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PAKISTAN SHELTER – Work in Progress

This content was published on May 19, 2009 350 CharactersI just came back from my village where I spent 6 days. My village Shewa exists in District Swabi however bordering with District Buner. A heavy military operation against Taliban is going on in the four districts i.e. Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Upper Dir. These are highlands however thickly populated. Most of the…

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SCHMUGGEL IM TESSIN – Work in Progress

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Swiss “CSIs” help US secret service

This content was published on May 19, 2009 Researchers from Lausanne University are the brains behind the Digital Ink Library, a high-tech database of 10,000 different inks collected by the US secret service over the past 40 years. “The US secret service deal with all kinds of litigious correspondence like anonymous letters to the president or to influential members of the government,” Christophe…

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Duo Räss-Gabriel: (Wortlos)

This content was published on May 18, 2009 Duo Räss-Gabriel

Geneva insecurity threatens cultural mix

This content was published on May 18, 2009 Politicians, the police and local residents remain at odds over how to get to grips with the persistent insecurity in the popular lakeside district and in particular, how to deal with repeat offenders. The Paquis quarter, squeezed between Lake Geneva and the train station, is best known for its colourful blend of cultures, funky restaurants…

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Fears rise about shortage of researchers

This content was published on May 18, 2009 As a result, the Foundation said on Monday it intended to boost funding to young researchers as a priority. It noted that as Switzerland was an attractive place to carry out research, universities repeatedly succeeded in employing both top researchers and academics from abroad. But young Swiss academics were “few and far between” in many…

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Have you heard the one about Swiss humour?

This content was published on May 18, 2009 The Swiss National Museum has uncovered what has made the reserved country roar with laughter over the years. It reveals that many burning issues were just as relevant for past generations as they are now. The exhibition’s title, Witzerland, is itself a pun – Witz meaning joke in German. Most of the material is in…

Demographics

Passport vote wins majority and puzzles experts

This content was published on May 17, 2009 But the government came very close to losing Sunday’s ballot. Political analysts say the outcome reflects a widespread indecisiveness among the electorate and is the result of an alliance of sorts between conservative rural as well as centre-left urban opponents. Final results show supporters with 5,500 votes more than opponents – a margin of 0.2…

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Federer defeats Nadal at Madrid Open

This content was published on May 17, 2009 The win for the Swiss in one hour, 26 minutes over the world’s best tennis player ends Federer’s five-time losing streak in championship play against the Spaniard. The victory is his first title of the year. Federer’s win in Madrid is something of a miracle, as Nadal, at least statistically, had most of the advantages…

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Biometric passport scrapes through at ballot box

This content was published on May 17, 2009 Official final results show 50.14 per cent voted in favour. A separate initiative promoting alternative medicine won 67 per cent approval. The result of the biometric passport vote was for several hours too close to call. And although it was passed, a majority of cantons – including Bern, Geneva, Basel City and Ticino – said…

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