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Ogi gives Liberia a sporting chance

This content was published on Mar 16, 2007 In an interview with swissinfo, the United Nations special adviser on sport for development and peace also discusses his future, and Swiss preparations for the Euro 2008 football championships. Ogi was in Liberia earlier this month to launch the nation’s “Sports for Peace” programme aimed at promoting reconciliation and development. Football, kickball and volleyball tournaments…

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Critic of Swiss neutrality ousted

This content was published on Mar 16, 2007 Singer’s departure follows a chaotic period for the group, which began when its Swiss affiliate discovered $1.2 million (SFr1.4 million) in money transfers between accounts in New York, Switzerland and London. “Israel Singer is no longer associated with the World Jewish Congress or any of its affiliates,” the organisation reported in a statement in an…

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NGO claims victory in ransom lawsuit

This content was published on Mar 16, 2007 The Dutch authorities brought the unusual case against Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland, after €1 million (SFr1.6 million) was handed over to free Arjan Erkel, a Dutch national kidnapped in the Caucasus in August 2002. In a statement on Thursday, the medical aid group – also known as Doctors Without Borders – said the court in…

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Robb Cole: Indiscrivibile

This content was published on Mar 15, 2007

Dr Bescht Mix vom Hausi Brog.

This content was published on Mar 15, 2007

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Aid to crime victims abroad curtailed

This content was published on Mar 14, 2007 The decision came despite opposition by the centre-left and brings Switzerland into line with other European countries. The Senate followed the House of Representatives on Wednesday in approving an overhaul of the law proposed by the government. The legislation has been in force since 1993 and notably served as the basis for payments to victims…

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Unearthing La Tène’s Celtic mysteries

This content was published on Mar 14, 2007 To celebrate the 150-year anniversary of Kopp’s important discovery, three Swiss museums with the largest La Tène collections have got together to launch the “Year of the Celts”. Alongside a series of exhibitions and events to mark the occasion, a three-year research project, financed by the National Science Foundation, will be attempting to shed new…

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European Aids community takes stock of progress

This content was published on Mar 14, 2007 At a two-day conference of EU health ministers and Aids experts in Bremen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany, which holds the presidency of the EU and the G8, would ensure the issue was on both summit agendas in June. “This really was the most important aspect of this conference,” Roger Staub, head of the…

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Senior beauty

This content was published on Mar 13, 2007

Court halves jail sentence for “ecoterrorist”

This content was published on Mar 13, 2007 The jury decided to cut the 17-year sentence, handed down in 2004, to eight years following a retrial in Zurich this week. The court followed the defence and rejected a demand by the prosecution to lock the defendant up for life or have him undergo psychiatric tests. “It would be disproportionate to lock the defendant…

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