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Ethnic minorities may be sent back to Kosovo

This content was published on Oct 11, 2008 Roma and Slav Muslims still faced discrimination at the beginning of the year, but the situation has now changed, Migration Office spokesman Roman Cantieni told German-language Swiss television. He said their status should now be re-examined. Kosovo, whose population is over 90 per cent Albanian, unilaterally declared itself independent of Serbia in February. The Swiss…

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Swiss footballers need to work as a team

This content was published on Oct 11, 2008 The Swiss won 2:1, their first win in the three games they have played so far in the qualifying round. But the victory was by no means a foregone conclusion. They drew their first match with Israel, but their loss to minnows Luxembourg a month ago was a real shock. The players came in for…

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Study raises question marks over obesity rates

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 A study comparing Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference measurements among the Lausanne population recently found large discrepancies in obesity calculations. BMI is worked out by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and one 30 or above is deemed obese.…

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El-Sabr Gameel (Patience Gifts Roses)

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008

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More gay men opt for unprotected sex

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 The Institute for Social and Preventative Medicine asked nearly 3,000 gay men about condom use and HIV testing. Of those, 24.2 per cent said they “never” or “every now and then” use a condom. That’s up from 8.9 per cent in 1994. The “Gay Survey 2007” also found that one third of the respondents did…

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Swiss pilots take skydivers to new heights

This content was published on Oct 10, 2008 Since October 2 Ruedi Isenschmid and Henri Schurch have been transporting skydivers up 8,990m in their tiny plane. But jumps were suspended on Wednesday as a mark of respect to 18 people killed when a plane crashed at the nearby Lukla airport. Before the fatal crash, swissinfo caught up with Isenschmid at the dropzone. He…

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Nachkriegsklänge. Schweiz – Postwar Sounds. Switzerland. Works of Rolf Liebermann, Richard Strauss, Arthur Honegger. Lübeck Philharmonic. Roman Brogli-Sacher, conductor.

This content was published on Oct 9, 2008

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Vaud debates assisted suicide in nursing homes

This content was published on Oct 9, 2008 The assisted suicide organisation Exit, which already helps terminally ill patients in a number of nursing homes, has launched a people’s initiative to force a local debate on the issue – a Swiss first. Swiss law tolerates assisted suicide when patients commit the act themselves and helpers have no direct interest in their death. Switzerland…

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Corin Curschellas: Grischunit

This content was published on Oct 9, 2008 Olma Da Vali Corin Curschellas

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Swiss abstain in UN Kosovo vote

This content was published on Oct 9, 2008 However, Switzerland, like most of the 27 European Union states, withheld its vote on Wednesday, fearing a drawn-out legal investigation would slow Kosovo’s integration into the world community. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is expected to take one to two years to issue its verdict. After the vote – 77 votes…

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