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Survey exposes the reality of Swiss corruption

This content was published on Dec 9, 2005 The Global Corruption Barometer, based on a 69-nation survey, shows that the Swiss public have the least confidence in politics, business and the media. Just one per cent of the Swiss respondents admitted they had paid a bribe over the last 12 months. However, Schwübel complains that there have been very few criminal convictions for…

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Roche confirms Tamiflu production talks in US

This content was published on Dec 9, 2005 The partnership would dramatically increase the world’s supply of Tamiflu as countries gather stockpiles of the drug in preparation for a possible flu pandemic. The Basel-based firm confirmed on Thursday that it was in talks with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Mylan Laboratories, but declined to provide the names of any other companies. “Roche is in advanced…

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Kapelle Oberalp: Volldampf mit der Oberalp.

This content was published on Dec 9, 2005

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Charity assesses tsunami reconstruction work

This content was published on Dec 8, 2005 The charity announced on Thursday it had so far approved 90 reconstruction projects valued at SFr122.3 million ($94.1 million) – the equivalent of SFr500,000 a day. At a news conference in Bern, Swiss Solidarity – the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo’s parent company – said that projects worth another SFr34 million were…

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Calmy-Rey meets Tunisian rights activists

This content was published on Dec 8, 2005 The four, whom she met in Bern on Thursday, included two lawyers who went on hunger strike during last month’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. Calmy-Rey received them after a request from a Fribourg human rights organisation, Vérité-Action. The two hunger strikers – Abderraouf Ayadi and Samir Dilou – wanted to…

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Terror suspect case reveals poor collaboration

This content was published on Dec 8, 2005 The team investigated the handling of the detention and eventual extradition to Spain of Madrid terror suspect Mohamed Achraf. Achraf, who is believed to be Algerian, was arrested in Zurich in August 2004 for theft and immigration violations. But it wasn’t until October 2004 that the Swiss authorities realised the seriousness of the case. On…

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W. A. Mozart: Serenades For Wind. Amphion Wind Octet..

This content was published on Dec 8, 2005

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Footballers give Thun an early present

This content was published on Dec 8, 2005 A goalless draw against Sparta Prague on Wednesday was enough to qualify for the knock-out stage of the Uefa Cup and offer consolation for missing out on further Champions League glory. As players and fans celebrated the continuation of Thun’s European dream, Mayor Hans-Ueli von Allmen revealed the impact the football stars have had on…

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Conrad Zwicky, viola. The Playad Ensemble. Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos.

This content was published on Dec 7, 2005

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Bündnerflaisch: E-mail

This content was published on Dec 7, 2005

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