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Model prison

This content was published on Apr 27, 2006

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Swiss president criticised for Hamas remarks

This content was published on Apr 27, 2006 Leuenberger told the Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera, that it would have been more “reasonable” to grant Hamas a probationary period to prove itself. This year’s Swiss president was reacting to a decision by the European Union and United States to suspend direct aid to the Palestinian government. In part of the interview, which was broadcast…

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Sri Lanka violence hits tsunami aid projects

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006 Aid workers have been withdrawn from the district of Trincomalee, which on Wednesday saw renewed air and artillery strikes against rebel Tamil Tiger positions. The attacks – the first official military action since a 2002 ceasefire halted two decades of conflict – follow a deadly suicide bomb attack in the capital Colombo on Tuesday. The…

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Bern targets pink franc

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006 The national tourist office recently held a symposium on how to increase its share in the international gay travel market, worth an estimated $65 billion (SFr83 billion) in the United States alone. “Switzerland is the only country in the world where legalised [gay] partnerships came about as the result of a public vote. That is…

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Local films appeal to Swiss moviegoers

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006 French speakers are somewhat less enthusiastic, a difference the survey’s authors say is due to popular German-language films failing to find an audience elsewhere. The survey, the first of its kind in Switzerland, was carried out for the Federal Culture Office. According to Nicolas Bideau, head of the office’s cinema section, nobody actually knew what…

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Swiss Jazz Orchestra and Jim McNeely: Paul Klee

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006

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Rock legends The Who top Paléo bill

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006 The six-day festival in Nyon, which runs from July 18-23, also boasts established and rising stars of the past decade including Ben Harper, Placebo and Goldfrapp. Setting the pace at the top of the bill are British rock veterans The Who, led by singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend. Famed for their live performances,…

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Outdoor poultry ban to be lifted on May 1

This content was published on Apr 26, 2006 In a statement on Wednesday, the cabinet said it was safe for farmers to allow their chickens outside again since not a single case of avian flu had been reported this month. The outdoor ban – the second in 12 months – was introduced on February 20 to reduce the risk of Swiss poultry coming…

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Swiss tourists stay despite Egyptian blasts

This content was published on Apr 25, 2006 The Swiss authorities have condemned the blasts, which left one Swiss man dead and a Swiss woman severely injured. Like many countries, Switzerland did not wait long before denouncing what it called a “cowardly attack,” adding that nothing could justify such action and calling on the Egyptian authorities to find those guilty quickly and bring…

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