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Swiss schools remember the Holocaust

This content was published on Jan 27, 2006 The event is marked by schools across the European Union, but it is not known how many classes in Switzerland will participate. Central themes this year are racism and tolerance. This year marks the first International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The United Nations passed a landmark resolution last…

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“Hamas won by promising change”

This content was published on Jan 26, 2006 But Victor Kocher said he did not think the Islamist militant group’s ballot-box victory would do much to change the lives of those caught up in the Middle East conflict. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to ask Hamas to form the next government after conceding that his Fatah Party had been defeated in the…

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Hospitals get tough on germs

This content was published on Jan 26, 2006 The campaign is aimed at stamping out infections, which affect around 70,000 Swiss hospital patients every year and generate health costs of SFr230 million ($182 million). The launch of the initiative was timed to coincide with the second annual national day of hand hygiene. Last year more than 100 Swiss hospitals collected data on the…

Gaddafi fingers Swiss doctor

This content was published on Jan 26, 2006 In May 2004 Libya sentenced to death five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. The medics, who arrived in Libya in 1998 and worked in a paediatric hospital in the seaport of Benghazi, were arrested in 1999. So far around 50 patients have died of…

Calmy-Rey joins Kosovo’s goodbye to Rugova

This content was published on Jan 26, 2006 Switzerland is home to one in ten Kosovans, and Calmy-Rey is one of the few western politicians to have publicly supported the province’s demands for statehood. Earlier this week Calmy-Rey said she was confident that negotiations on the future status of Kosovo would continue despite the death of Rugova. The former Serbian province has been…

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Swiss call for Palestinian government of unity

This content was published on Jan 25, 2006 Spokeswoman Carine Carey said she welcomed the Palestinian Authority’s view that Islamist militant group Hamas should only be allowed to share power if it renounces violence. Prior to the elections Israel said that future peace negotiations could be put in doubt if Hamas joins the government. The United States has also voiced its concern. Switzerland…

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Swiss women fade out as hopes lie with Federer

This content was published on Jan 25, 2006 Fellow Swiss Patty Schnyder was knocked out by Amélie Mauresmo of France on Wednesday, while Hingis lost to Belgium’s second-seeded Kim Clijsters. There was some consolation for Swiss fans, however, as Roger Federer notched up his 50th straight win on hard courts, against Nikolay Davydenko, earning a place in the men’s semi-finals. Clijsters reclaimed the…

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A property tale of two ski resorts

This content was published on Jan 25, 2006 A mere 12 kilometres separate the two places but architecturally they are worlds apart. The most prominent property in Klosters, best known as Prince Charles’ ski resort of choice, is a seven-storey apartment block in the middle of town. The gabled-roof building with decorative wooden balconies at each level epitomises the style of architecture most…

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German court dismisses airport noise case

This content was published on Jan 24, 2006 The judges said there was no legal basis for any of the eight plaintiffs – four local councils from the Zurich region and four individuals – to take their case over noise pollution to a German court. In a ruling on Tuesday, the court in the state of Baden-Württemberg said the Swiss authorities were responsible…

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CIA report highlights European complicity

This content was published on Jan 24, 2006 But Dick Marty, who is investigating the affair for the Council of Europe, said in an interim report he had no concrete proof of CIA detention centres in eastern Europe or elsewhere. It is highly unlikely that European governments, or at least their intelligence services, were unaware of the “rendition” of more than 100 detainees,…

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