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Formula One stars attend funeral of Regazzoni

This content was published on Dec 21, 2006 Regazzoni, aged 67, was killed in a collision with a truck in a motorway accident near the northern Italian city of Parma. Among those attending the service on Thursday were drivers Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda, as well as the former boss of Switzerland’s Sauber racing stable, Peter Sauber. Stewart told Swiss television…

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Swiss conductor acquitted of sect killings

This content was published on Dec 20, 2006 An appeals court in France on Wednesday upheld the verdict of a lower court, which in 2001 acquitted Tabachnik over the deaths of members of the Swiss-based Order of the Solar Temple. Tabachnik, who admitted to belonging to the Solar Temple cult, was accused of encouraging cult members to “a transit towards the star Sirius”-…

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Tough naturalisation laws criticised

This content was published on Dec 20, 2006 Historians from Bern University conclude in their report, “Integration and Exclusion”, that Swiss laws are far too restrictive and outdated. In Switzerland, foreign residents must wait 12 years before being eligible to apply for citizenship, compared with between four and ten years in EU states. In most EU countries it is easier for children born…

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Christmas trees to remain in the classroom

This content was published on Dec 20, 2006 Muslims themselves recently gave their support for maintaining Christmas traditions in Swiss classrooms. The whole debate seems to have been triggered by misconstrued comments by the president of the Swiss teachers’ association that no one in Switzerland should be forced to take part in religious celebrations. Earlier this month an article published in the tabloid…

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Swiss among worst child sex culprits in Kenya

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006 The joint United Nations Children’s Fund, Unicef, and Kenyan government report says up to 15,000 12-to-18-year-olds from four coastal districts exchange casual sex for cash. Swiss men were the fourth worst offenders among the tourists, it claimed, accounting for 12 per cent of the clients, after Kenyans (38 per cent), Italians (18 per cent) and…

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Regula Gerber: Nandri

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006

Format A’3: Pirate

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006

The art of acoustics

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006

Supreme court to rule in minaret row

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006 The dispute is one of several cases in the country, and comes as some rightwing groups are attempting to fuel the debate over minarets. Opponents of the minaret in Wangen near Olten said they would hand in their appeal before the deadline runs out at the beginning of January. A lawyer said it was not…

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Newland: Journey

This content was published on Dec 19, 2006

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