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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

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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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Gottfried August Homilius: Passion Cantata. Basler Madrigalisten. Fritz Näf, cond.

This content was published on Mar 13, 2007

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US anti-terrorism policy irks Swiss centre-left

This content was published on Mar 13, 2007 Centre-left parties in Switzerland have serious reservations about the deal on police cooperation. They insist Washington should apply international humanitarian law and conventions against torture. The accord, which is scheduled for debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, provides the legal basis for joint investigations and an exchange of information in the fight against…

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The Alps

This content was published on Mar 12, 2007

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