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Swiss ministers hold top-level meetings in Davos

This content was published on Jan 24, 2004 On Saturday, the Swiss president held meetings with the United States vice president Dick Cheney and the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Deiss said he used his 30-minute talk with Cheney to lobby on behalf of Swiss firms competing for lucrative contracts for the re-construction of Iraq. Although Deiss said Cheney made it clear that…

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Ten years of heroin handouts fixes drug crime

This content was published on Jan 24, 2004 The “harm reduction” policy has attracted criticism but its supporters say it has achieved its goals of keeping addicts off the streets and reducing crime. The scheme provides industrially-manufactured heroin to addicts under strict medical supervision. At the start of 2003, more than 1,200 addicts were registered in the programme, which prevents participants from taking…

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Swiss ban Thai and Chinese poultry imports

This content was published on Jan 23, 2004 The measure is aimed at keeping Switzerland free of the deadly virus, which has spread to humans in several southeast Asian countries. Friday’s decision by the Federal Veterinary Office came just hours after the Bangkok authorities confirmed two cases of avian flu in humans. Swiss officials stressed that the disease could not be transmitted through…

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Citizens count cost as summit swamps Davos

This content was published on Jan 23, 2004 Despite ever-tighter security, the locals simply grin and bear the upheaval – and just think of the money. In the skies over Davos, helicopters constantly shuttle back and forth, carrying their precious loads of business and political leaders. Others buzz over the resort and the surrounding area keeping a close on events on the ground.…

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Alles Banane. Kinderlieder von Caroline Graf.

This content was published on Jan 23, 2004

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Peder Rizzi: Magica Flauta De Pan

This content was published on Jan 23, 2004

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Opera Arias. Carlo Colombara. Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Dir. György G. Rath. Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Rachmaninov.

This content was published on Jan 22, 2004

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swissinfo – services – winter sport bulletin

This content was published on Jan 22, 2004 Check out the latest snow conditions in Switzerland’s favourite winter sports resorts.

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Schwyzerörgelitrio Ur-Musig: ghörig urchig

This content was published on Jan 22, 2004

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Where poverty and opulence collide

This content was published on Jan 22, 2004 He sent a brief snapshot of life in a city where abject poverty and extreme wealth co-exist. In Mumbai, everyone sees the disturbing images of a metropolis in which most live in misery, while a few enjoy exorbitant wealth, where the glitter of gold is juxtaposed with the smell of dust, kerosene and decomposition that…

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