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Parliament backs tougher asylum law

This content was published on Mar 17, 2005 The new legislation, which has already passed the other parliamentary chamber – the House of Representatives – has been sharply criticised by churches and refugee organisations. On Thursday, the Senate voted by 25 to 11 to extend an existing ban on welfare benefits to all those whose asylum requests have been turned down, including those…

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Subtle tensions mar race relations

This content was published on Mar 17, 2005 But does the report – the first of its kind – give an accurate picture of life for black people? “I think the study is very precise and gives quite a few details of day-to-day racism and how black people are being treated on the streets and in their homes,” Paula Charles told swissinfo. The…

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Betty Legler: Der Zwirblizwärg Murrlibutz…

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ICRC makes plea against torture

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005 The head of the ICRC, Jakob Kellenberger, told the United Nations Commission on Human Rights that there was no justification for torture, not even for reasons of security. Addressing the commission during its annual meeting in Geneva, Kellenberger said the “ban on torture and other forms of cruel or inhumane treatment, physical or mental, under…

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Suspect arrested in banker murder case

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005 A Geneva magistrate said the suspect had “intimate relations” with Stern over several years and had confessed to killing him. Investigating magistrate Michel-Alexandre Graber said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspect was a French woman, but he declined to identify her. Stern, a leading figure in the banking world, was found dead in…

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Asylum debate causes controversy

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005 Senators on Thursday passed proposals by justice minister, Christoph Blocher, which include doubling pre-deportation detention and scrapping all welfare payments for rejected asylum seekers. The House of Representatives – the other parliamentary chamber – approved a previous version of the bill last May with the support of the political Left. It foresees cracking down on…

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Further arrest over Servette collapse

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005 Police said ex-club director Olivier Maus had been detained, two days after the arrest of former president Marc Roger. Like Roger, Maus is accused of mismanagement of the club, which was declared bankrupt early last month, with debts estimated at around SFr11 million ($9.5 million). Maus, who has been connected with Servette for 30 years,…

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Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882): Cello Concertos

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005

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