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Facing up to the new photographic portrait

This content was published on Dec 3, 2006 The Canadian says that the art of photographic portraiture – and his own museum – is currently at a turning point, as methods and perceptions change. The book, entitled “Face – the new photographic portrait”, contains 240 pictures from 113 international photographers. There are five editions in three languages. “Face” is mainly the result of…

Education

Historical dictionary seeks a future

This content was published on Dec 2, 2006 With politicians concerned all work will cease once the project ends, swissinfo caught up with its leader Marco Jorio, to see how the dictionary can build on its unexpected success, especially on the internet. The fifth volume out of 13 of the dictionary will eventually count was published in November. There is still plenty to…

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Swiss return Thai villages to communities

This content was published on Dec 2, 2006 The project, backed with public funds and private donations, aimed not just to provide new homes to the villagers, but also give them a sustainable livelihood. Two official ceremonies on Saturday marked the handover of the communities on the islands of Ko Phra Thong and Ko Kho Khao, almost two years after they were washed…

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Which way now for UN human rights body?

This content was published on Dec 1, 2006 Switzerland’s Walter Kälin, who drew up the blueprint for the Human Rights Council, tells swissinfo where it is going wrong and what needs to be done. Hailed as a new dawn for the rights of the oppressed when it started work in June this year, the successor to the widely discredited Human Rights Commission has…

Culture

Martin Werner plays Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Felder.

This content was published on Dec 1, 2006

Culture

Wiehnachtsstärn. s’ Schwiizer Wiehnachtsalbum. The Swiss Christmas Album.

This content was published on Dec 1, 2006

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Partners bring HIV into the home

This content was published on Nov 30, 2006 Two decades after Aids was identified, the vast majority of HIV infections occur during unprotected sex, often between couples in stable relationships. The study, commissioned by the Federal Health Office, sought to understand how the Aids epidemic is spreading now. People diagnosed with HIV within five months of becoming infected were asked when and where…

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ICRC steps up efforts to stop Iraq violence

This content was published on Nov 30, 2006 At a news conference in Geneva on Thursday it condemned recent bloodshed in Iraq and called on all parties to halt deliberate attacks on civilians. The Geneva-based organisation said it planned to expand its work in Iraq despite difficult security conditions for its staff. It also announced that it was close to an agreement with…

Education

Swiss return to their roots to study

This content was published on Nov 30, 2006 Every year an association, sponsored by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, deals with hundreds of requests for information or financial assistance. The AJAS (Education for Young Swiss Abroad in Switzerland) has been responding to the needs of those who want to study or get training in their homeland for the past 44 years. In…

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Long road to achieving gender equality

This content was published on Nov 30, 2006 The body, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Thursday, warns that despite legal progress since the 1970s, gender equality is still far off that of model countries such as Sweden or Norway. In 1976, when the federal commission was set up, a married Swiss woman still had to ask her husband’s permission to work.…

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