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Jaywalk

This content was published on Feb 7, 2003

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“Narcissistic” art thief sentenced to four years

This content was published on Feb 6, 2003 Stéphane Breitwieser, who was accused of boldly plundering museums across Europe, was found guilty on Thursday of stealing 69 works in Switzerland worth more than SFr1 million ($1.2 million). Once he has served his time in a Swiss prison, Breitwieser will be banned from re-entering the country for 15 years. After his Swiss sentence is…

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Save My Soul

This content was published on Feb 6, 2003

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Anti-US mood rising among the Swiss

This content was published on Feb 6, 2003 The results are among key findings of the latest Swiss opinion poll that shows only two per cent of the Swiss population back a war without a UN mandate. Conducted by the German-language magazine “Die Weltwoche”, the poll suggests the Swiss are arguably America’s most hostile critics in Europe – outstripping the anti-US mood of…

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Appenzeller Streichmusik Schmid: Fünfte Generation – Fifth generation

This content was published on Feb 6, 2003

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International law faces crucial test on Iraq

This content was published on Feb 5, 2003 The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, presented Washington’s case to the UN Security Council on Wednesday in an effort to secure its backing for war. As debate about the legality of a looming war in Iraq intensifies, many Swiss academics argue that the only way to ensure peace is through respect for international law.…

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CUDIH students explain why they came to Geneva

This content was published on Feb 5, 2003 She says the university has successfully turned the city into a giant campus, with a wealth of resources such as the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. “I could have focused on the same issues elsewhere, but it was the fact that this programme is in Geneva that brought me here,”…

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Zurich museum presents world tour of erotic art

This content was published on Feb 5, 2003 “The Art of Love” explores some 30 different themes taken from ten major cultural regions, including Ancient Greece, Persia, India, China, Japan, Peru and Africa. This exhibition – subtitled “the pleasures and pains of love in world art” – consists of over 230 works of art, many on loan from leading museums and private collections…

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Swiss to host talks on humanitarian issues in Iraq

This content was published on Feb 4, 2003 The foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, said Iraq as well as the United States and Britain would be invited to attend. Calmy-Rey said the conference would ensure that all participants would be fully prepared to deal with the humanitarian crisis that would follow military strikes. No date was set, but Calmy-Rey said the meeting would take…

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