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Dalai Lama denied official cabinet welcome

This content was published on Jul 15, 2009 Instead the speaker of the House of Representatives, Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi, is ready to welcome the Tibetan spiritual leader, according to the foreign ministry. It is still possible that cabinet ministers will meet with the 74-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner on an informal basis, government officials said. The human rights group, Society for Threatened Peoples, accused…

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America’s Cup rivals called back to court

This content was published on Jul 15, 2009 The two teams scheduled to meet in the next America’s Cup will continue their argument over the competition rules before a New York State court. Software executive Larry Ellison’s BMW-Oracle team, sponsored by GGYC, and the defending Swiss champions Alinghi, backed by biotechnology billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, have been locked in a legal dispute for more…

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Mali hostage speaks to the media

This content was published on Jul 14, 2009

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Street Parade 2009: Official Compilation

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Court agrees to release Mobutu assets

This content was published on Jul 14, 2009 In a ruling published on Tuesday, the Federal Criminal Court rejected a citizen’s appeal by Basel University criminologist Mark Pieth to keep a freeze on funds worth SFr7.7 million ($6.68 million). Pieth opposed returning the funds to Mobutu’s heirs, who he alleged were suspected of criminal activities in what is now the Democratic Republic of…

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Street Parade 2009: Official Compilation

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British conductor and wife in Swiss suicide

This content was published on Jul 14, 2009 The family said Sir Edward Downes, aged 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan died “peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing” at the Dignitas premises in Zurich. “After 54 happy years together, they decided to end their own lives rather than continue to struggle with serious health problems,” said the family statement on Tuesday.…

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Study finds tattoo ink to be substandard

This content was published on Jul 13, 2009 The Federal Health Office on Monday said researchers studied 152 ink samples used for tattoos. They found four out of five samples did not meet statutory codes and forty per cent of the samples tested had bans against their use. Some unapproved substances in the ink could lead to cancer, the office said. Ten samples…

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Asylum applications up by almost half

This content was published on Jul 13, 2009 In total 8,392 people sought asylum during the first six months of 2009. That is 41.2 per cent, or 2,447 applications, more than for the first half of 2008, office figures released on Monday show. Most of the applications arrived in the first quarter of 2009, when 4,938 people sought asylum. About 14.5 per cent…

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