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ICRC budget to remain unchanged in 2010

This content was published on Dec 1, 2009 Presenting the organisation’s 2010 budget in Geneva, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said that while overall projected expenditure would remain virtually unchanged compared with 2009, spending on medical activities would increase by seven per cent. “The additional funds will be used mainly to expand field hospital capacities in Pakistan, as well as to improve access to…

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Living with HIV as a constant companion

This content was published on Dec 1, 2009 On World Aids Day, swissinfo.ch looks at the life of one Zurich woman who tested HIV positive in 1986. “At the time Aids was a new disease. We knew that most Aids sufferers died within two to three years.” Françoise Dupont (not her real name) recalls. UNAids has reported a drop in new infections of…

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Lucerne Jazz Orchestra: Don’t Walk Too Far

This content was published on Dec 1, 2009 Lucerne Jazz Orchestra

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Volkmar Andreae: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Quartet for Flute and String Trio.

This content was published on Dec 1, 2009 Volkmar Andreae: II. Movement. From String Quartet No. 2. Locrian Ensemble

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Rightwing rejects parallel Muslim society

This content was published on Dec 1, 2009 High on the agenda are tighter legal measures against forced marriages and genital mutilation of women, as well as a ban on wearing the burka in public and special dispensation from swimming lessons for Muslim pupils. “Voters gave a strong signal to stop the claim to power by political Islam in Switzerland at the expense…

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Swiss minaret ban sends ripples worldwide

This content was published on Nov 30, 2009 UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir, criticised the “clear discrimination towards the members of the Swiss Muslim community”, in a statement on Monday. “I have serious concerns about the negative consequences of the outcome of this vote on the freedom of religion or belief of members of the Swiss Muslim…

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“Swiss voters were misled”

This content was published on Nov 30, 2009 Ismael Amin, the former president of Association of Islamic Organisations in Zurich, believes Swiss Muslims’ poor social standing meant they were unable to get across the real issues surrounding minarets and thus lost the battle for Swiss hearts and minds. According to final results, 57.5 per cent of voters and a majority of cantons backed…

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Minaret ban aftermath

This content was published on Nov 30, 2009 With banners saying “This is not my Switzerland” some Swiss took to the street to protest against a ban on minarets approved at the polls. Members of the Muslim community expressed their disappointment and incomprehension. (SF-TSR/swissinfo.ch 30.11.2009)

World’s press dissect Swiss minaret ban

This content was published on Nov 30, 2009 “The irrational fear of Islam has struck once again in Europe,” said the French Libération newspaper in an editorial headed “Absurd”. “The ban on minarets has cast a sudden pall on the image of a country which is used to the peaceful coexistence of religions,” it commented. Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says the Swiss People’s…

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This content was published on Nov 30, 2009

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