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ICRC to visit new Guantanamo inmates

This content was published on Sep 7, 2006 The news comes after Washington acknowledged on Wednesday the existence of the prisons and said that the 14 men had been sent to the US-run detention centre in Cuba. The Geneva-based organisation said on Thursday that it had received assurances from the United States that the visit would take place under the usual terms and…

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“Switzerland must address migration needs”

This content was published on Sep 6, 2006 Walter Fust, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), voiced his concerns during the publication of a United Nations report on women and international migration. Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, Fust said he was duty bound to support the government, which wants voters to approve tougher legislation on foreigners and asylum on…

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Swiss organist Albert Bolliger.

This content was published on Sep 6, 2006

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Minaret row rumbles on in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 5, 2006 On Monday the Zurich cantonal parliament said it would look into banning the construction of minarets across the canton. The decision came after parliament accepted an initiative from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party calling for the canton’s planning laws to be altered to forbid minarets. The move has been condemned by centre-left and centre-right parties…

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Multipart Sounds

This content was published on Sep 5, 2006 Over the centuries the alphorn has been blown to call and calm the cattle or to give signals to the people of the neighbouring alps and in the valley. In the function of a herdman’s tool, the alphorn was always played as a solo instrument. The mendicant alphorn-blowers of the 19th century were playing alone…

s’ Bescht us em Appenzellerländli.

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This content was published on Sep 5, 2006 Young and old, from the cities and countryside, gathered in Interlaken in 2006 for the Unspunnen Swiss Traditional Costume and Alpine Herdsmen Festival. Strongmen competed in Swiss wrestling and stone throwing competitions. Yodellers and dancers also enjoyed their moment in the sun. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)

Lunik: Preparing To Leave

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Swiss heroin model reporting benefits

This content was published on Sep 4, 2006 Initially met with criticism and apprehension, the Swiss model is now attracting the interest of other countries. Programmes for the administration of heroin under medical supervision are still viewed warily by the World Health Organization, which is heavily influenced by governments with repressive drug policies, principally the United States. But the Swiss model, dating from…

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