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Questions raised over labelling of halal meat

This content was published on Mar 22, 2010 Swiss Muslims can choose between many products bearing the halal label, but a single certification does not exist, which can lead to confusion and abuse. Those following Islam make up an estimated around 20 per cent of the world’s population or more than 1.3 billion people. This makes the halal food market an attractive one…

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Priest investigated for suspected abuse

This content was published on Mar 22, 2010 Police said on Monday that the investigation into the 40-year-old Swiss was over “acts against the sexual integrity of minors”. Evidence of possible wrongdoing by the man had led to his arrest on Friday, a statement said. More information has since been collected. This has resulted in heightened suspicions that the man’s behaviour had been…

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Swiss are satisfied with Vancouver Paralympics

This content was published on Mar 22, 2010 “The initial goal [of winning two medals] was achieved but we shall carry out an analysis of both the good and bad results,” commented Ruedi Spitzli, head of the Swiss team. Christoph Kunz won gold in last Thursday’s men’s sitting downhill event that was characterized by heavy wet snow and fog. “In a competition at…

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Disagreement on database for paedophile priests

This content was published on Mar 21, 2010 The president of the Swiss Bishops Conference, Norbert Brunner, in an interview published on Sunday rejected the idea and deflected the church’s responsibility in cases of abuse by clergy. It is “up to each diocese to clarify before an appointment whether a person meets the professional and moral qualifications,” Brunner, the country’s top-ranking Catholic, told…

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Church in Switzerland says pope’s letter enough

This content was published on Mar 21, 2010 A spokesman for the Bishops Conference told the Swiss News Agency the interests of victims were already top priority for the church. Walter Müller on Saturday said the pastoral letter, addressed to the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, was relevant to Switzerland as well. “The letter confirmed the directives the church established in 2002 for…

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Georgian director wins Fribourg film prize

This content was published on Mar 20, 2010 George Ovashvili also won the audience award for his film, which tells the story of a young refugee and his mother fleeing ethnic cleansing in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. Ovashvili received the Le Regard d’Or award for what judges called “the poetry and humanity of his gaze on a child and the discovery of…

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Ski jumper Ammann soars, beats world again

This content was published on Mar 20, 2010 Showing no sign of fatigue on one of the world’s largest hills, the Olympic double gold medalist put on a show at an event where athletes regularly fly in excess of 220 metres. Ammann collected 935.8 points over four attempts and posted a longest jump of 236.5 metres. Rival Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria finished with…

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Polaroid collection faces auction split

This content was published on Mar 20, 2010 More than 1,200 prints from the Polaroid collection are due to go under the hammer in New York on June 21-22. But the director of Lausanne’s Musée de l’Elysée says the European part of the collection could still be rescued. The Polaroid collection was started in the 1950s by Edwin Land, the inventor of the…

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Catholic child sex abuse scandal grips Europe

This content was published on Mar 19, 2010 After Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland, 70 new cases of abuse are reportedly under investigation in Switzerland. In addition, this week a priest in the eastern Chur diocese resigned after admitting to abusing children. The “deeply concerned” pope is due to publish an unprecedented pastoral letter to Irish Catholics on Saturday which he…

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Hannibal rejects mugshot payout, wants tribunal

This content was published on Mar 19, 2010 The comments are a turnaround by the Libyan leader’s son, and came on the first day of a hearing in Geneva into the publication of photos taken after his arrest in the city in 2008. Hannibal and his wife Aline had been held for two days for allegedly abusing their staff. The hearing followed a…

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