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Couple help Afghan kids get back to school

This content was published on Jan 3, 2004 The school shines as a beacon of hope in a region marked by decades of war and poverty. Joseph Häfliger and his wife, Johanna, from a mountain village this time in Switzerland, raised the money to give the children of Nuristan an education. Joseph, who is a precious gem trader and craftsman, first visited the…

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Needle exchange curbs spread of Aids

This content was published on Jan 2, 2004 There are now needle exchanges and injecting rooms in most Swiss cities, despite opposition from at home and abroad. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Switzerland had one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in Europe and a faster than average spread of HIV. Many addicts were sharing needles at the notorious open…

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Switzerland pardons Jewish refugee helpers

This content was published on Jan 1, 2004 But the rehabilitation does not include any financial compensation and many of those persecuted have since died. Although Switzerland took in more than 300,000 refugees from the countries under the control of the Nazi regime, it also turned away an estimated 20,000 people, mostly Jews. In order to maintain its neutral status, Switzerland set up…

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Bobsleigh speeds through first 100 years

This content was published on Jan 1, 2004 The St Moritz Olympia Bob Run is an anomaly in an era of hi-tech sport, as the track has changed little over the decades. A bone-chilling winter wind pushed temperatures down to well below freezing on the opening day of the new season in St Moritz, located 1,800 metres above sea level. The constant wintry…

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Computer artist explores space

This content was published on Dec 31, 2003 From his Zurich studio, Max Grüter explores outer space in his imagination then uses 3D digital imaging to transfer to the computer screen what he sees there in his mind. These animated pictures are now the centrepiece of an exhibition in Washington DC which also includes his video installations and sculptures. Grüter studied art at…

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Rebuilding Kyrgyzstan’s health care system

This content was published on Dec 30, 2003 The region is home to more than 240,000 people, spread across a barren high-altitude landscape the size of Switzerland. Poverty and the harsh climate have burdened the population with illnesses such as brucellosis, altitude-induced hypertension and lung diseases including asthma. Tobias Schüth, a project manager for the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) in Kyrgyzstan, told swissinfo…

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Geneva International Music Competition / Concours de Genève. Sergey Koudriakov, piano. L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève. Dir. Franco Trinca. Mozart, Brahms, Stravinsky.

This content was published on Dec 30, 2003

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ChueLee: Schiisdräck / Im Oergelihuus

This content was published on Dec 30, 2003

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Marianne Cathomen: Zwei Leben, eine Liebe

This content was published on Dec 30, 2003

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Bad Ragaz offers patients a frosty welcome

This content was published on Dec 29, 2003 Yet this is a balmy paradise compared with the extreme cold therapy endured by swissinfo’s Vanessa Mock in Bad Ragaz… in her swimsuit. I have always loathed the cold and found it unimaginable that people would willingly brave temperatures of minus 110 degrees Celsius in the belief it would do them some good. So when…

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