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Restoring values to restore communities in Congo

This content was published on Apr 11, 2009 The Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund is working with local partners in villages in eastern and central Congo to which displaced people are returning as peace is gradually restored. Fighting is still continuing in some parts of the country, but even where it is now calm, life is far from easy. “The war has left behind…

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Bunnies go forth and multiply

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Alinghi poll

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Italy mourns those who died in quake

This content was published on Apr 10, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI called on survivors, many of them angry, to take courage and have hope. Thousands of people attended the ceremony conducted by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the number two at the Vatican. Among the 205 coffins, most covered in flowers and family photographs, were about 20 containing children and teenagers. The pope told survivors…

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Chocolate art steals the show

This content was published on Apr 10, 2009 The city of Lucerne in central Switzerland has come up with an answer that should appeal to chocolate lovers of all ages. “100% Chocolate” is the name of a new exhibition at the city’s Museum of History. According to curator Alexandra Strobel, life without chocolate would be “impossible”. She herself normally consumes about 40 grams…

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Take off your dancing shoes for Easter

This content was published on Apr 10, 2009 Although Lucerne agreed in March by a single vote to lift a five-century-long ban on dancing on Good Friday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, other mostly German-speaking cantons still maintain it. Traditions and laws governing leisure activities during religious holidays vary from canton to canton. Cantons Uri, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Basel Country,…

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Christoph Meili returns – as hero or villain?

This content was published on Apr 9, 2009 Meili has returned home from voluntary “exile” in the United States, saying he felt let down by the US. The incident with the shredder happened in early 1997 at the height of investigations into Switzerland’s behaviour during the Second World War and in particular into dormant accounts from that era. Meili, who was then working…

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Naval battle leaves the courts

This content was published on Apr 9, 2009 Swiss sailor Nils Frei, who was part of the triumphant 2003 and 2007 Alinghi teams, tells swissinfo about the decision and whether it will affect their chances of a hat trick. The next America’s Cup had been scheduled for this summer but was delayed because of a protracted legal case that had entangled yachting’s showpiece…

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Eggstravaganza

This content was published on Apr 9, 2009 The Easter Egg Market in Wolfwil, in canton Solothurn, was founded in 1990 to promote the tradition of painting eggs. The local event featuring just ten people quickly turned into an international meeting point. This year exhibitors from Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Hungary and France are all taking part. (Pictures and text: Rolf Amiet, swissinfo)

Legendary St Bernard dogs find a home

This content was published on Apr 9, 2009 The institution also takes a look at the Great St Bernard Hospice high in the Alps, where the dogs earned their legendary status as lifesavers of travellers lost in the snow. At the end of 2004, the friars at the hospice said a lack of manpower meant they would have to give up their world…

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