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Parliament calls for curbs on dangerous dogs

This content was published on Mar 16, 2006 The cabinet decided last week to withdraw a recommendation to ban pitbulls and enforce other measures but it will now have to review its position. The House of Representatives on Wednesday, and the Senate on Thursday backed a motion demanding national rules for dangerous dogs. The government’s decision not to pursue the issue further on…

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Roche steps up output of Tamiflu

This content was published on Mar 16, 2006 The Basel-based group said on Thursday it would lift capacity by an additional 100 million treatments to a total of 400 million treatments by the end of the year, after striking deals with external producers. Governments around the world have been building stockpiles to deal with a potential pandemic triggered by avian flu. Roche said…

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Number of H5N1 bird flu cases rises to three

This content was published on Mar 16, 2006 On Monday, a British laboratory confirmed that two dead wild birds discovered on Swiss soil had the highly contagious strain of the disease. In total, Switzerland has reported 13 cases of avian flu among wild fowl. The Federal Veterinary Office said the two new cases of H5N1 involved a tufted duck found dead two weeks…

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Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 33. Quatuor Terpsycordes playing on period instruments stringed with gut.

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George: Adrenalin

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Chinese students face visa restrictions

This content was published on Mar 16, 2006 The Swiss authorities have imposed restrictions on student visas for Chinese nationals, fearing some applicants may be trying to abuse the system. “We decided in December to centralise applications here at the Federal Migration Office,” spokesman Dominique Boillat told swissinfo. Previously it was the responsibility of the 26 cantonal authorities to process student visa applications…

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“This is an acceptable compromise”

This content was published on Mar 16, 2006 The council was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, despite opposition from the United States, and will replace the discredited Human Rights Commission. Kälin, a renowned expert on humanitarian and international law, admits that the new UN body is not all he hoped for but says it will make a difference. In…

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Headquarters get a makeover at Novartis

This content was published on Mar 15, 2006 Top architects, who want to remodel a whole neighbourhood and turn it towards the nearby River Rhine, are designing the company’s new headquarters. To get inside Novartis’ front door nowadays involves getting past a row of trucks waiting to cross the nearby border into France. The St Johann neighbourhood is grey and not particularly welcoming.…

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Aid workers warned over abductions

This content was published on Mar 15, 2006 A Swiss delegate of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was among those abducted but he was later released unharmed. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) said on Wednesday that all foreign aid staff had been warned by the United Nations to stay out of the Palestinian territories. The security…

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Religions form a united front

This content was published on Mar 15, 2006 They hope the pioneering project, to be launched in May, will help them find a common position on problem issues, such as the recent row over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. “The globalisation of religion is a fact, and here in Switzerland we also have different cultures and religions,” said Markus Sahli,…

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