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Switzerland grants aid in bribery case

This content was published on Mar 30, 2009 The case is against a British lawyer suspected of having paid bribes of $133.5 million (SFr153.5 million) between 1995 and 2004 to Nigerian officials on behalf of a consortium of firms for a contract worth $6 billion. The documents are similar to those already given to France and the United States in the case, which…

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Ringing church bells day and night

This content was published on Mar 29, 2009 In a study first published in 1974, historian Giorgio Cheda takes a close look at his home village of Maggia. This summary from Maggia Viva was translated and interpreted by Jay Grossi, a descendant of Ticinese emigrants and a lecturer of Italian language and culture at the University of California at Davis. Maggia Viva At…

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Thick snow cover raises spring flood risk

This content was published on Mar 29, 2009 The Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos says there is a risk of serious flooding in the coming months, as there was in 1999. The research institute said a few of its weather stations have registered record amounts of snow, many others were close to all time highs and nearly all reported above…

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Plug pulled on AC/DC concert in Zurich

This content was published on Mar 29, 2009 The Swiss concert organisers, Good News Productions, said the performance by the legendary Australian group would be postponed until a later, unspecified date. The Zurich concert was sold out in less than half an hour after tickets went on sale last October. AC/DC’s current European tour is the first since 2001. The band is known…

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Buemi scores points in Formula One opener

This content was published on Mar 29, 2009 Driving for Toro-Rosso, Buemi became the first Swiss since Marc Surer in 1985 – and the fourth-youngest driver in history – to win a point on the Formula One circuit. Buemi overtook three other drivers shortly after the start and moved up to eighth only three laps from the end when Sebastian Vettel and Robert…

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Swiss beat Moldovans in World Cup qualifier

This content was published on Mar 28, 2009 The match was important for Switzerland, who needed the three points from the victory to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the World Cup in South Africa next year. The underdogs Moldova started strong but the Swiss players slowly found their rhythm and enjoyed a few excellent scoring opportunities. Benjamin Huggel’s sharp header was…

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New passport wins expats’ stamp of approval

This content was published on Mar 28, 2009 Voters will have the final say on May 17 in a ballot forced by a coalition of centre-left and rightwing politicians who are challenging a decision by parliament. The decision by the Council of the Swiss Abroad is in line with the government, the main centre-right parties and the business community. Supporters of the biometric…

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Call for better tabs on released offenders

This content was published on Mar 28, 2009 In a newspaper interview on Saturday, Widmer-Schlumpf said probation officers must spend more time with each felon. However, the justice minister said she was opposed to calls for each offender to undergo a risk assessment before being released. Not every offender poses a risk to society, she told the Bund and Tages-Anzeiger newspapers. A 16-year-old…

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Swiss refocus humanitarian aid

This content was published on Mar 28, 2009 But speaking before the annual conference of the humanitarian aid unit of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Calmy-Rey employed imagery from a long-standing conflict. “We were all shocked to see these images,” the foreign minister said in Bern against a backdrop of images from January’s conflict in the Gaza Strip. Apart from…

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Switzerland’s Schengen entry finally complete

This content was published on Mar 27, 2009 Airborne passengers travelling within the zone will no longer have to submit to routine passport checks in line with road and rail border crossings that relaxed controls when Switzerland implemented the agreement in December. Switzerland was the 25th country from the European Union and European Free Trade Association to join the Schengen zone. It was…

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