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New inquest opens into CIA leak

This content was published on Jan 10, 2006 The principal aim of the enquiry, which comes a day after military prosecutors opened an investigation into a newspaper editor and two journalists, is to find the source of the leak. On Sunday the SonntagsBlick newspaper reported that Swiss military intelligence had intercepted a fax received by the Egyptian embassy in London supposedly confirming the…

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Citizenship initiative scrapes through

This content was published on Jan 10, 2006 After two recounts and the removal of 2,300 names, the federal authorities confirmed that the party had collected enough signatures to put the issue to a nationwide ballot. The People’s Party announced in November that it had collected more than the required 100,000 signatures for its people’s initiative “for democratic naturalisations”. The government said a…

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Bosnia war crime suspects elude Del Ponte

This content was published on Jan 10, 2006 Andre Liebich, professor of history and politics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, says Del Ponte’s mandate is difficult to reconcile with the demands of realpolitik in Bosnia. Since her appointment in August 1999, Del Ponte has been trying to bring the Bosnian Serb wartime leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic before…

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Legal decision on racism baffles experts

This content was published on Jan 10, 2006 The military authorities found that the behaviour in question was not discriminatory, as it did not take place in public but in barracks and on marches. The military spokesman said on Tuesday that only a very small circle of people had been subjected to the conduct of the two corporals and two recruits. However, the…

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D’ Muulörgeler vom Zürisee: Zauber der Mundharmonika.

This content was published on Jan 10, 2006

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Secret-service leak seen as storm in teacup

This content was published on Jan 9, 2006 Sir Timothy Garden does not believe that the publication of alleged documentary evidence of the existence of CIA terror cells in Europe will discredit the Swiss intelligence agencies. Garden was speaking after politicians expressed concern that the SonntagsBlick newspaper had acted irresponsibly by publishing what it claimed was a top-secret fax intercepted by Swiss surveillance…

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Security leak could damage Swiss image

This content was published on Jan 9, 2006 Hans Hofmann, who heads a parliamentary sub-committee investigating how the SonntagsBlick newspaper got hold of classified documents, says he is determined to plug the leak. The newspaper claimed to have received a copy of a fax sent by Egypt’s foreign ministry to the Egyptian embassy in London, intercepted by the Swiss intelligence service in November,…

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Swiss reject helping Russia over Yukos

This content was published on Jan 9, 2006 It froze SFr6.2 billion ($4.9 billion) linked to Yukos in 2004 at the request of Russia. A large part since has been released, but almost $50 million remain blocked. In three rulings, Switzerland’s highest court partly accepted appeals by a number of companies that were opposed to handing over financial information as part of the…

Education

Swiss teachers given guidance on Islam

This content was published on Jan 9, 2006 The book contains advice about the headscarf, taboos in Islam and how to help children feel included, and it offers pointers in improving inter-cultural dialogue while respecting Western laws and customs. If during a meeting with parents, for example, a teacher has to point out their child’s lack of progress, he would be well-advised to…

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UN queries Swiss war crimes legislation

This content was published on Jan 9, 2006 The Geneva-based UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is concerned that a change in Swiss legislation restricts the application of international law on war criminals. An amendment to the Military Penal Code, which came into force in June 2004, states that suspected war criminals must have a “close link” to Switzerland in order…

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