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Kidnapped Red Cross delegate is freed

This content was published on Mar 14, 2006 Official confirmation of the news came on Tuesday evening from the ICRC headquarters in Geneva. “I can confirm happily that Julien Grosclaude, our delegate who works in Khan Younis in Gaza, was released late Tuesday afternoon,” ICRC spokeswoman Antonella Notari told swissinfo. “He’s been released unconditionally and he is well,” she added. Notari said that…

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Phonak suspends another rider over doping

This content was published on Mar 14, 2006 If confirmed by an additional test, the news will be a blow for the team, which has been hit by a series of doping scandals in the last two years. According to a statement released on Monday, Phonak was informed by Swiss Cycling, the Swiss national cycling association, that a test carried out on February…

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Museums proposal rejected by parliament

This content was published on Mar 14, 2006 The House of Representatives followed the Senate in rejecting the restructuring plans, calling instead for a review of all 15 state-run Swiss museums. There was cross-party recognition of the importance of the national museums in parliament on Tuesday. But an overwhelming majority in the House wanted the newly-appointed heads in the Federal Culture Office to…

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SLM52: So laufts mängisch

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Milosevic case offers lessons for justice

This content was published on Mar 14, 2006 Professor Kai Ambos of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Göttingen, Germany, says the work of the Tribunal will not be judged on the Milosevic case. The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) officially put the Milosevic case to rest on Tuesday. After four years…

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Anger over loan of nation’s birth document

This content was published on Mar 14, 2006 Politicians from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party said they want to buy the 700-year old document to prevent it from being taken to the United States for an exhibition on Americans with Swiss roots. The group, led by People’s Party parliamentarian Christoph Mörgeli, said on Tuesday they were willing to help raise SFr1 million ($760,000)…

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VanessaEdita: Z’ Debü

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Zorg: Between Us

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Cool “Cube” takes ski holidays to new heights

This content was published on Mar 13, 2006 Ski passes, video games, and access to the world’s biggest living room are included in the price at Switzerland’s first Cube, in the southeastern resort of Savognin. Beds start at SFr59 ($45) a night, and guests are obliged to buy a ski pass on top of that at a discounted rate. The all-inclusive concept and…

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Carla Del Ponte feels “total defeat”

This content was published on Mar 12, 2006 Del Ponte said the death of the former Yugoslav president on Saturday made the arrest of Bosnia Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, and his military commander, Ratko Mladic, even more pressing. In an interview with the Rome newspaper la Repubblica, del Ponte said she was enraged by the death, only months before the verdict was due…

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