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Fight against child porn steps up a gear

This content was published on Oct 22, 2002 Delegates from more than 35 countries attended the three-day Interpol meeting, which focused on fighting pornography on the Internet. A spokesman for the federal police office said four international investigations had been launched as a result of the new information presented at the conference, which ended on Thursday. At the start of the conference, the…

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Anti-terrorist official warns against complacency

This content was published on Oct 22, 2002 Gurulé insisted that his team were closing in on a number of “serious financiers of terror” but that they needed ongoing help from the private sector. “I can’t tell you much about these individuals,” Gurulé told swissinfo. “And certainly not their names or their nationalities because I don’t want to give them any warning, but…

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Fight against child porn steps up a gear

This content was published on Oct 21, 2002 Some 100 experts from around the world are hoping to exchange information and strengthen global cooperation at the three-day meeting, organised by Interpol. Other topics to be discussed include sex tourism, child prostitution, trafficking and missing children. “These are all fields where you can’t do anything without international collaboration,” federal police spokesman, Daniel Dauwalder, told…

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US official talks terrorism with federal prosecutor

This content was published on Oct 21, 2002 Jimmy Gurulé, the US under-secretary in charge of combating terrorist financing, held talks with the Swiss federal prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher. Gurulé met with Roschacher for around one hour on Monday morning in Switzerland’s financial capital, Zurich. “There was an exchange of opinions and an exchange of information in a very friendly atmosphere,” said Hansjürg Mark…

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Béjart’s Company M makes Lausanne début

This content was published on Oct 21, 2002 The lakeside town is already home to Béjart’s main company, the Béjart Ballet de Lausanne, and his ballet school, Rudra-Béjart, which he founded in 1992. The new troupe is made up of the class of 2002 – 15 graduates from the Rudra-Béjart school in their late teens and early 20s. Béjart was so impressed by…

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All is forgiven as Expo.02 closes its doors

This content was published on Oct 21, 2002 Tears were shed at the closing ceremony in Neuchâtel on Sunday and by Monday even the media were lamenting its passing. The months of controversy, recriminations, and complaints about soaring costs were forgotten, as the curtain finally fell on the five-month show. For the “Berner Zeitung”, this Expo was the best ever (there have been…

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Swiss police hunt for Turkish businessman

This content was published on Oct 20, 2002 According to a Sunday newspaper report, 44-year-old Fadil Akgündüz is accused of using the money to finance extremist Islamic organisations. The Swiss newspaper, “SonntagsZeitung”, reports that Turkish authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Akgündüz. Agkündüz – believed by Turkish police to be still in Switzerland – stands accused of defrauding investors by selling…

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Exhibition reveals why people collect art

This content was published on Oct 20, 2002 The nearly 100 works range from Impressionist masterpieces to paintings by leading figures of classic modernism. All are on loan from private collections in canton Ticino. Fourteen major collections – most of them little-known to the public – are represented in the exhibition, entitled “Passioni d’Arte – da Picasso a Warhol. Masterpieces of Ticino collections”.…

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Swiss hospital to begin human Aids vaccine trials

This content was published on Oct 19, 2002 Together with a hospital in London, the Lausanne University Hospital will begin the first vaccine tests on humans early next year. Giuseppe Pantaleo, head of the immunology and allergy unit at canton Vaud’s University Hospital (CHUV) in Lausanne, said several vaccines would be tested during the preliminary stages of the trials. Further tests will then…

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Cloud shines as Expo fades out

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 “Ethereal and compelling…the Cloud is the star of Switzerland’s costly, controversial and imaginative national exhibition,” wrote Britain’s “Guardian”. The Cloud, designed by New York architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, was the star attraction at the Expo arteplage in Yverdon, one of the four national exhibition sites in western Switzerland. The paper described the Cloud…

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