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Melt-resistant chocolate to beat the stains

This content was published on Jul 17, 2009 The innovative “Vulcano” chocolate from Swiss firm Barry Callebaut melts at 55 degrees Celsius compared with the normal 37 degrees – or body temperature. It is also infused with air bubbles to reduce the calorie count. Barry Callebaut has found a way of tweaking cocoa butter to make it more resistant to heat, and in…

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Getting an open-air festival ready

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009

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Ania Losinger – Matthias Eser: The Five Elements

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 Fire Ania Losinger – Matthias Eser

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Couchepin to sport new title

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 Couchepin will represent La Francophonie, the 56-member international organisation of countries that are connected to the French language or to French culture. He retires from Swiss politics in October. Couchepin replaces Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the former prime minister of France, who represented the group in Beijing, in 2008. The decision was announced on Monday after Couchepin…

Economic woes hurt foreign workers first

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 Representatives from the Swiss Trade Union Federation said on Thursday that the economic crisis had affected migrant workers for longer and more drastically than other work groups. Unemployment among foreign workers in Switzerland is now 6.6 per cent, almost double the national rate. One reason for the disparity could be that sectors that are particularly…

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Bank fugitive nabbed in $1 billion scheme

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 Bulgarian national Julian T., 36, was charged last autumn with fraudulently selling auction-rate securities backed by risky subprime mortgages to Credit Suisse clients between November 2004 and September 2007. He and another former Credit Suisse trader, Eric B., 37, were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. The trial was set to…

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Spending on gambling reaches record level

This content was published on Jul 16, 2009 After a slight decline in 2007, last year’s figure showed an increase of SFr50 million compared with 2006. In 2008, an average of SFr370 per capita was spent on lotteries and bets, an increase of SFr10 compared with the previous year. The turnover of Euro Millions increased by about ten per cent to reach SFr454…

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Child porn viewers “unlikely to abuse”

This content was published on Jul 15, 2009 The study by the psychiatric-psychological service of the canton of Zurich indicates that being apprehended for this crime and having to face justice has a strong deterrent effect. Researchers evaluated the cases of 231 men in canton Zurich who were prosecuted for possessing or downloading paedophile material from the internet. The study was published in…

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Vince Benedetti Hardbop World: Granada Calling

This content was published on Jul 15, 2009

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Locarno Film Festival presents leaner bill

This content was published on Jul 15, 2009 Hollywood romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer, and Mongolian epic, The Two Horses of Genghis Khan, will open and close the festival on August 5 and 15. Sandwiched in between will be retrospectives of Japanese animation and Chinese films, documentaries and a day devoted to Swiss works. There are 18 films currently up for the…

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