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Jodlerquartett Ankebälli: Wir si ds Ankebälli gsy.

This content was published on Dec 9, 2006

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Nations target health gaps in poorer countries

This content was published on Dec 8, 2006 Their comments follow the first meeting of a World Health Organization body set up to prepare a global strategy and action plan to ensure poorer populations get better access to medicines. Speaking at the end of five days of talks, Gaudenz Silberschmidt, head of international affairs at the Federal Health Office, said there was a…

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Nigeria denies misuse of Abacha money

This content was published on Dec 8, 2006 Under an agreement between the Swiss and Nigerian governments the funds must go to health and education projects, as well as infrastructure development. “The Nigerian government is pleased with the way the money was used,” said Ambassador Joseph Ubaka Ayalogu on Friday in the Swiss capital, Bern. He was responding to reports, based on information…

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Swiss Press Photo

This content was published on Dec 8, 2006

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Hush-hush exercises in security cooperation

This content was published on Dec 8, 2006 What appears to be a military plot is in fact a training course organised by Switzerland, as part of its contribution to Nato’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme. The scene is confusing for an observer: in the basement of a Swiss barracks, an improvised office has been set up. Some of the officers man the…

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“The Baker report should mark a turning point”

This content was published on Dec 7, 2006 Victor-Yves Ghebali of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva also tells swissinfo that President Bush is unlikely to accept a proposal to open talks with Iran and Syria. The document, named after the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group and former Secretary of State James Baker, is highly critical of US policy on…

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ICRC call for cash to aid the Middle East

This content was published on Dec 7, 2006 The Geneva-based organisation said it was planning to step up its aid activities in the Middle East, but the bulk of the funds was to go towards Africa. “Providing a professional humanitarian response to increasingly diverse and demanding situations of armed conflict and to other forms of armed violence around the world presents a daunting…

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Zoo bird flu vaccinations considered success

This content was published on Dec 7, 2006 The tests, authorised by the Federal Veterinary Office, showed that most of the animals had supported the treatment well and many of them had built up resistance to the influenza virus. The vaccination campaign was launched after the deadly HN51 virus made it to the shores of the Black Sea in autumn 2005. The zoos…

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Charity reveals tragedy of forced marriages

This content was published on Dec 7, 2006 The charity Surgir (Rise), which carried out the survey, is now calling on the government to draw up a national strategy to aid victims. Announcing the findings in Geneva on Wednesday, Jacqueline Thibault, the organisation’s president, described the scale of the problem as “enormous”. She added that many victims were too afraid to escape forced…

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Jodlerquartett Ankebälli: Wir si ds Ankebälli gsy.

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ICRC call for cash to aid the Middle East

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Zoo bird flu vaccinations considered success

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