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Aids continues to spread rapidly

This content was published on Dec 1, 2003 Education campaigns are failing just about everywhere, with Switzerland no exception – the number of people infected with HIV jumped by 25 per cent last year. Of the more than 42 million people infected with HIV worldwide, five million of them contracted the disease last year. The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, says governments are…

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Zurich says no to more religions

This content was published on Nov 30, 2003 Some 64 per cent of voters said no to recognising faiths other than the three official religions in the canton. Markus Notter from the Zurich cantonal government – which only recognises the Protestant, Roman Catholic and the Old Catholic Churches – called the outcome of the vote “regrettable”. He added that good relations with the…

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Book reopens dark chapter in Swiss history

This content was published on Nov 30, 2003 To mark the occasion, Joseph Spring – who was handed over to the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz – returned to the country which expelled him. Written by historian Stefan Keller, “The Return: Joseph Spring’s Story” recounts how Spring – aged 16 and accompanied by two cousins – crossed over the border into Switzerland in…

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Unofficial accord seeks Middle East peace

This content was published on Nov 30, 2003 Dubbed the “Geneva Accord”, the initiative is the brainchild of Swiss academic, Alexis Keller. Six weeks after wrapping up secret negotiations in Jordan, the signatories to the Geneva Accord will officially publish the document at a ceremony in the lakeside city. The launch of the peace plan marks a return to the initiative’s source, because…

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Computer literacy holds key to a brighter future

This content was published on Nov 29, 2003 But it is here that hundreds of impoverished students are being given a head start in life, thanks to a Swiss-backed e-education initiative. The sprawling township, which lies 55 kilometres south of Johannesburg, is home to over half a million people – most of whom are unemployed. The children growing up here – and in…

Culture

Radio helps rebuild civil society in South Africa

This content was published on Nov 29, 2003 But community radio is proving to be an effective tool for re-establishing civic pride and responsibility in townships and settlements across the country. “Many of the elements of civil society that democratic societies take for granted, like cooperation and altruism, are completely missing in many parts of South Africa,” said John Van Zyl, who heads…

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Africa’s needs highlight summit challenges

This content was published on Nov 29, 2003 In the first part of its series on the World Summit on the Information Society, swissinfo takes a look at the challenges facing two very different African nations – Mali and South Africa. Mali Driving down the red dirt roads of Mali’s teeming capital of Bamako, it is difficult to imagine how the country’s population…

Culture

War highlights importance of telecommunications

This content was published on Nov 28, 2003 According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), satellite phones, radio and the internet are continuing to help save lives inside and outside the country. “When our team in Baghdad remained behind after the bombing started, they had to have radio communication with us,” Antonella Notari, a spokeswoman for the ICRC, told swissinfo.…

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Ernest Bloch: Helvetia. Suite for viola and orchestra. Suite Hébraïque for viola and orchestra. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Gérard Caussé, viola. Dir. Lior Shambadal.

This content was published on Nov 27, 2003

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Daniel Schläppi: Dimensions

This content was published on Nov 27, 2003

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