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Fernand Carrel: “This war could be a disaster”

This content was published on Mar 18, 2003 swissinfo: Is there a valid reason for going to war? I think we are in a truly difficult situation. Everybody agrees that Saddam Hussein’s regime is no good, but there are huge differences on how to deal with him. What bothers me is that we are in a situation where misunderstandings, bad faith and disinformation…

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Suzette Sandoz: “A war is never legitimate”

This content was published on Mar 18, 2003 She is currently a professor at the University of Lausanne, where she teaches, among other subjects, family law. swissinfo: Is there a valid reason for going to war? Is there ever a good reason for going to war? For me, there is a right to defend oneself when you are attacked; otherwise a war is…

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Dances and Tunes

This content was published on Mar 18, 2003 Most of the selected music represents relatively unknown compositions, recorded here as they were performed among rural societies of the Emmental (Canton Berne) or the Toggenburg (in the eastern Canton St. Gallen) in the late 19th century. The musical items were clearly in the folk tradition of their time. But they were not so far…

East West Symphony

This content was published on Mar 18, 2003 East West Symphony for Chinese and Western Symphony Orchestras Heinrich Schweizer’s East West Symphony celebrates the cultural interaction between Hong Kong, China and the West. It is the first major work to put both, a full Chinese and a full Western orchestra on the same stage, and it is designed to have an immediate appeal.…

Accounts frozen in Swissair probe

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 The move is part of an ongoing investigation into the fall of the former national airline. Zurich’s justice department said on Monday that the accounts of Eric Honegger, Philippe Bruggisser and Mario Corti had been blocked, as well as that of former finance head, Georges Schoderet. Hanspeter Hirt, the district prosecutor in charge of the…

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Human rights talks begin as war looms

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 Participants say the crisis is likely to dominate proceedings, but Switzerland hopes other issues will not be overshadowed. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the United States gave Saddam Hussein and his sons a 48-hour ultimatum to leave the country or face war. “We are all about to be tested,” said the UN High…

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Basel hosts monumental Persian art exhibition

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 It’s the first time since the 1979 Iranian Revolution that Persian art treasures have been seen abroad. Some of the exhibits have never before been presented to the public. The exhibition at Basel’s Museum of Ancient Art gives a breathtaking panoramic overview of 7,000 years of civilisation. Selected archaeological finds illustrate the most important phases…

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Authorities on alert over mystery virus

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 Passengers at Swiss airports are being offered the option of emergency medical check-ups, following fears that the virus had spread to Switzerland. The Federal Office for Health said two suspected cases in Geneva were unrelated to the atypical pneumonia which has killed nine people in Canada and Asia. However, officials in canton Fribourg said on…

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Jazz in Switzerland (Vol. 1)

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 Jazz is a constantly changing mixture of various cultural influences. Originating at the beginning of the 20th century in the southern states of the USA, jazz soon had an influence on the musical life of all major American cities. Before World War I, its influence spread to Europe, with the focal points being such major…

Swiss Composers 2

This content was published on Mar 17, 2003 Gaspard Fritz (1716-1783) Gaspard Fritz who was born and died in Geneva, was considered an important composer and violin pedagogue during his lifetime. Among his numerous compositions, Fritz wrote a number of violin sonatas wich are still compelling thanks to their freshness and originality. His music, at the threshold between the Baroque and the early…

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