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Museum withdraws controversial foetus exhibit

This content was published on Aug 9, 2005 The move follows confirmation from the artist that the foetus head, which is attached to a seagull’s body, is genuine. Xiao Yu explained that he bought the head of a six-month-old female foetus in 1999 from someone connected to a scientific exhibition in the Chinese capital, Beijing. He said the head dated from the 1960s.…

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Leonhard Gmür

This content was published on Aug 9, 2005 Leonhard Gmür started location work in the early 1970s while working as an assistant to Austrian-born actor and director Maximilian Schell. He has been involved in finding locations for Bond films for more than 25 years. He has also found locations abroad from Mongolia to Canada. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

Fire dancers take over history museum

This content was published on Aug 9, 2005 All this week an open-air extravaganza, the Energy Show, is thrilling audiences with its mixture of physics, comedy and circus entertainment. From fire-dancers to science comedians, the sheer range of talent in the multinational cast is impressive. And the connection with Einstein? Director Dirk Schulz aimed to put together a show with energy as the…

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Public broadcaster supports Swiss films

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005 The SBC’s director-general, Armin Walpen, and industry representatives signed the deal at the Locarno film festival on Monday. Walpen said the goal of the Audiovisual Pact was to encourage the best technical and creative talents working in the independent film industry. He said the accord also guaranteed that high-quality, home-grown films were available on public…

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Musique de Romandie. Les plus belles mélodies et chansons.

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005

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More than just a museum

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005 It is also a place for researchers, music lovers and children. Its name, the Zentrum Paul Klee, gives it away – it is the Paul Klee centre, not museum. A traditional art gallery collects and displays works of art. The centre, on the other hand, has a broader conception of how the artist and his…

Migration office wants to open job market

This content was published on Aug 7, 2005 The aim of the proposal, which has been put to the government, is to help temporary residents integrate into Swiss society. Eduard Gnesa, head of the Federal Migration Office, says 90 per cent of temporary asylum-seekers stay in Switzerland. “[This] is why we must integrate them as well as possible,” he said in an interview…

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Mr Cinema reveals his strategy

This content was published on Aug 7, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, “Mr Cinema”, who will be responsible for state subsidies for the sector, said he wanted to encourage more art films and a greater commitment from producers. Bideau, the son of an actor and a director and currently head of the Foreign Ministry’s centre for foreign cultural policy, is due to…

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Senate washes its hands of “genocide” question

This content was published on Aug 6, 2005 Peter Briner said other countries had no business pointing the finger at Turkey 90 years after the disputed events. Briner said the committee had decided that the death or deportation of 800,000-1.8 million Armenians between 1915 and 1919 would not be the subject of a plenary session. He said the committee agreed with the government…

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Cyber criminals specialise in identity thefts

This content was published on Aug 6, 2005 Fraudsters have attempted to persuade unsuspecting online customers of financial institutions in particular to divulge their user names and passwords, leaving their accounts open to interference. The rapidly expanding domain of cybercrime requires new words to be invented constantly. This form of identity theft is known as “phishing” and involves counterfeit websites and brand hijacking.…

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