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Good Samaritan tends to illegal immigrants

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005 Their applications turned down by the authorities, and with no work or place to go, these mainly black African illegal immigrants had nothing to do but walk the streets, trying to keep warm. Peter, 20, from Sudan has been in Switzerland since August, and faces deportation. Shivering in his short jacket he told swissinfo that…

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Kapelle Alderbuebe: Alder-Weltskonzert.

This content was published on Mar 16, 2005

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Government pledges to fight anti-Semitism

This content was published on Mar 15, 2005 Schmid spoke during a visit to Jerusalem, where he attended Tuesday’s inauguration of a new museum at Israel’s Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem. Schmid said all of Switzerland was in shock over Monday’s attack, which was the first time in living memory that a Jewish house of worship in Switzerland had been set alight. “The government…

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Wrestling puts Switzerland in a neck hold

This content was published on Mar 15, 2005 swissinfo met two of the increasing number of brave youths who are being enticed away from Schwingen by the glitz and glamour of a more modern form of wrestling. Marco Jaggi, whose wrestling stage name is Ares, is considered a local hero. The former heavyweight champion is one of three Swiss wrestlers who compete outside…

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Rive Gauche

This content was published on Mar 15, 2005

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Swiss push for reforms of UN human rights body

This content was published on Mar 14, 2005 Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said reforms of the UN’s top human-rights watchdog were needed to boost its credibility. She told the annual session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva on Monday that Switzerland was willing to contribute to a team of international human-rights experts. Calmy-Rey said she was in favour of…

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Season to forget as skiers draw a blank

This content was published on Mar 14, 2005 Even the team’s coach says the problems affecting the once-mighty Swiss are so deep rooted that it could take years for them to climb back to the top. The disastrous results have already claimed one victim. Marie-Theres Nadig, the head of the women’s team, was given the push by the Swiss Ski Federation at the…

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Arsonists firebomb Lugano synagogue

This content was published on Mar 14, 2005 A fabric shop owned by a Jewish family in the southern Swiss city was also set alight. Police say both blazes are connected. The president of Lugano’s Jewish community described the attacks as “anti-Semitic”, but police declined to comment on a possible motive. No one was hurt in either incident. The synagogue lost its entire…

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Hollywood dominates Swiss movie screens

This content was published on Mar 13, 2005 But the share of Swiss films on the country’s silver screens slipped by more than half to just 2.6 per cent. 2004 was one of the most successful years of the past decade, said the cinema industry association, ProCinema. A total of 17,706 million tickets were sold – up 4.4 per cent on the previous…

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