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Adventures of an aerial photographer

This content was published on Sep 8, 2005 This is what happened to Georg Gerster when he took a break from photographing the Amazon from the air, and he only made it back home thanks to the quick thinking of his pilot. An unscheduled stop to answer a call of nature in the depths of Brazil nearly led to disaster during a 1979…

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Campaign targets online child pornography

This content was published on Sep 8, 2005 This comes as figures show that over half of the 1,550 Swiss investigated over the past three years for receiving and passing on child pornography have been convicted. The “Stop child pornography on the internet” campaign was launched on Thursday by the federal police and the Swiss Crime Prevention Centre. It is the latest in…

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Report slams UN over corporate governance

This content was published on Sep 7, 2005 Lawyer Mark Pieth was speaking after the publication of the committee’s final report, which slammed the UN for operating the now-defunct programme in a corrupt and wasteful manner. The report, published in New York on Wednesday, strongly criticises UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his deputy and members of the UN Security Council for mismanaging the humanitarian…

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Foreigners face language-class obligation

This content was published on Sep 7, 2005 The authorities say the measures, which are due to come into force next February, would help promote integration. Under the new rules, the authorities will have to take into consideration the degree of integration of the applicant when granting a residence permit or permit extension. Previously these conditions only applied to applications for citizenship. In…

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Marius & die Jagdkapelle: Verschreckjäger

This content was published on Sep 7, 2005

Education

Number of higher-education students set to rise

This content was published on Sep 6, 2005 Foreign students are expected to account for most of the increase this year, while a European-wide reform of the education system is making progress. The number of students who begin their studies at a Swiss university or technical college is likely to increase by three per cent in the 2005/06 academic year, according to figures…

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NGOs renew calls for increased development aid

This content was published on Sep 6, 2005 They say Switzerland will be one of the few nations at the World Summit next week not to announce an increase of its aid in the years to come. “By refusing to increase public funding of development aid, Switzerland – along with the United States and Australia – is one of the few OECD [Organisation…

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Swiss “off the pace” in peace talks

This content was published on Sep 6, 2005 While Norway and Finland are successfully brokering peace deals, the Swiss are finding neutrality is no longer the best card to play on the international stage. According to Trachsler, the example of Norway shows it is more important to be an impartial facilitator than always to be neutral. The Middle East, Kosovo and the two…

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Experts take stock of hunt for Aids vaccine

This content was published on Sep 5, 2005 The conference in Montreal, which has been described by organisers as “critical”, comes as the number of new infections and deaths continues to rise. The latest figures released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) show that the number of people living with HIV has reached its highest level ever. Last year there…

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Iconic Jewish publication revived in Zurich

This content was published on Sep 5, 2005 Founded in New York in 1934 by German-speaking refugees, Aufbau, or “Reconstruction”, was a guiding light for Jewish immigrants trying to integrate into American society. Beyond practical information about life in their new homeland, the paper featured articles by German luminaries, such as Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann. In its heyday Aufbau boasted a circulation…

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