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Foreigners charged higher rents

This content was published on Jan 15, 2009 In the two biggest cities, Zurich and Geneva, foreign nationals can pay up to seven per cent more in rent, according to the study published in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. The research team led by Andrea Baranzini of the Geneva School of Business Administration say their findings are proof of geographical segregation,…

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ICRC workers abducted in the Philippines

This content was published on Jan 15, 2009 They include a Swiss, an Italian and a Philippine national. An armed group abducted them as they were travelling in an ICRC vehicle on the southern island of Jolo, Richard Gordon, the head of the Philippine National Red Cross Society said on Thursday. The alarm was raised when the workers failed to arrive for a…

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Birds do it, bees do it…

This content was published on Jan 14, 2009 Documentary maker Marianne Pletscher spent two and a half years at the zoo observing its efforts to encourage orang-utans and snow leopards to produce babies. Love, death – and, of course, sex – all feature in the film, which also has a serious message about animal conservation. One of the stars of the two-part documentary,…

Bruno Spoerri, Synthesizer: Voice Of Taurus

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Joint operation breaks cocaine ring

This content was published on Jan 14, 2009 Border officials in Vallorbe stopped two Cameroonian women aboard a train from Paris to Lausanne in April 2008 after they were spotted in unseasonably warm clothes. The women were wearing body packs containing around two kilograms of the drug. One of the pair admitted forcing an infant travelling with them to swallow a pack. Vaud…

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Schmid-Rojas-Manzanilla: Gersau

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Wakker Heritage Prize

This content was published on Jan 14, 2009 The Swiss Heritage Society awards the prize every year to a town or village in recognition of successful urban planning developments.

Redcharly: Shot By The Muse

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“There’s no place for Sharia in Switzerland”

This content was published on Jan 14, 2009 Christian Giordano told swissinfo that current Swiss legislation was “too narrow” for minorities and he put a case for introducing legal pluralism. His position echoes that of Anglican Church head, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who last year caused a storm of protest in Britain after suggesting a partial adoption of Sharia law there. “Touching simple-mindedness”…

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Man jailed over theft of museum watches

This content was published on Jan 13, 2009 The Serb national was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday by a Neuchâtel court for the robbery at the Girard-Perregaux museum in July 2007. He was found guilty of aggravated burglary. One of the museum employees was attacked during the robbery. The accused had told the court his role in the theft was…

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