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Fight against tobacco gets a shot in the arm

This content was published on May 31, 2003 Such a product is being developed by Swiss biotechnology company, Cytos, and is already being tested on human volunteers. It is designed to prevent nicotine – the addictive component of tobacco – from reaching the brain where it has a pleasurable effect. The treatment works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies that combine…

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Waxing lyrical in Solothurn

This content was published on May 29, 2003 For three days, streets, churches, theatres and galleries were awash with verse and prose as authors presented their latest books. Around 100 events catering for every literary taste were held in venues dotted around the city, showcasing the latest novels, poetry, theatre and children’s books. Authors writing in all four of Switzerland’s national languages were…

Jodlerklub ‘Safran’ Mund. 25 Jahre. Schwyzerörgeliquartett ‘Gmietlich am Rüüss’.

This content was published on May 28, 2003

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Swiss police criticised for excessive use of force

This content was published on May 28, 2003 The human rights organisation said black Africans and Muslims in particular were treated harshly by police officers. In its 2003 report, Amnesty cited a handful of cases in which violence was used against non-Swiss people – and said this had in some instances even resulted in death. Jürg Keller from Amnesty’s Swiss section told swissinfo…

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Swiss police criticised for excessive use of force

This content was published on May 28, 2003 The human rights organisation said black Africans and Muslims in particular were treated harshly by police officers. In its 2003 report, Amnesty cited a handful of cases in which violence was used against non-Swiss people – and said this had in some extreme cases even resulted in death. The organisation acknowledged that Switzerland had tried…

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Celebrating 50 years of climbing Everest

This content was published on May 28, 2003 Fifty years on, a team of 14 Swiss climbers – including a camera crew – has been attempting to follow in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Swiss German television is currently screening a documentary series about the Swiss expedition, showing the hardships of scaling the 8,850-metre summit in the Nepalese Himalayas. The…

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Airport security put to the test

This content was published on May 28, 2003 Plane crashes and virus-infected passengers were also included. The two-day emergency exercise, codenamed “Caramba”, also envisaged a major plane crash at the airport, the arrival of an aircraft full of virus-carrying passengers and repeated terrorist attempts to breach the airport’s perimeter. After more than 15 years of exclusive responsibility for the airport, the fourth regiment…

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Aid worker accused of pocketing Swiss money

This content was published on May 28, 2003 The worker, who is currently on the run, was entrusted with the cash as part of a project funded by the Swiss government’s development agency. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that a formal investigation had been launched into the alleged fraud. It did not name the aid worker, who was in charge of the project…

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Digital fingerprinting gets thumbs up

This content was published on May 28, 2003 Border guards say the new system has enabled them to speed up the identification of people entering Switzerland with a past criminal record. “We are very satisfied with the system,” said Werner Schöni, deputy director of one of the border guard units at a press conference on Tuesday. Of the 3,457 digital fingerprints taken between…

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Stefanoni: Nicht genug von dir

This content was published on May 27, 2003

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