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Nato urged to uphold humanitarian law in wartime

This content was published on Sep 25, 2002 The conference, which is taking place within the framework of Nato’s Partnership for Peace (PfP), has attracted participants from over 30 countries. Switzerland and Britain are joint organisers of the event, which aims to put forward concrete measures to ensure international humanitarian law is integrated into multinational military operations. When Switzerland first joined Partnership for…

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Child porn sweep nabs 1,300 suspects

This content was published on Sep 25, 2002 The Federal Police Office announced on Tuesday that the 1,300 suspects included local officials, schoolteachers and high-ranking civil servants. Spokeswoman Daniele Bersier said the nationwide swoop was being conducted in parallel with similar operations in Germany and other European countries. Eighty people are under investigation in canton Vaud and the authorities in canton Bern have…

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New York court dismisses Hingis’ suit

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 The Manhattan Supreme Court ruled that the $40 million case could not be tried in the US as it is already pending in Italy. The 21-year-old and her mother claimed that Tacchini shoes might be behind Hingis’ recurring foot injuries. In June last year, Hingis filed a $40 million (SFr60 million) lawsuit against Tacchini, claiming…

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Holocaust lawyers take their cut

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 The United States district judge, Edward Korman, has approved the payouts in New York. Most of the US lawyers acted for nothing, have given away their legal fees or accepted a fraction of what is normal in such lawsuits. Three individuals are contesting the recommendations made by Burt Neuborne, the lead lawyer in the settlement…

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Putting culture out of harm’s way

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 The meeting comes just weeks after floods in central Europe revealed the need to improve protection of works of art. In Prague, rising waters damaged priceless archives, while museums in eastern Germany were forced to take urgent measures to move paintings and other valuable items out of harm’s way. The Swiss, who escaped the worst…

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ABB hammered over asbestos worries

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 Uncertainty about the scale of asbestos claims sent ABB’s share price tumbling. The company’s former United States subsidiary is one of 250 firms which were facing trial in West Virginia this week. Most have agreed to settle out of court. ABB told swissinfo it would not make any comment on its strategy pending the trial,…

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Tribute to Niki de Saint Phalle extended

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 It was mounted in Fribourg’s “L’Espace Jean Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle” shortly after her death in May this year at the age of 71. Her marriage to the Swiss sculptor and painter Jean Tinguely was one of the 20th century’s most important artistic partnerships. Canton Fribourg-born Tinguely, who died 11 years ago, is…

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Holocaust lawyer wants more money

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 Holocaust lawyer Ed Fagan is said to want more than the $300,000 he has been offered. The United States district judge, Edward Korman, gave the go-ahead for the payouts in New York on Monday. However, some of the lawyers who represented Holocaust victims in their class action lawsuits are reportedly contesting the sums they’re being…

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IMAX film festival and invasion of British cars

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 The town of Morges on the shores of Lake Geneva will be invaded by classic British cars on October 5. Flights of fancy Many of the films to be screened at the IMAX Days festival at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne take a bird’s eye view of the world. The giant IMAX screen will…

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Cable car company comes out on top

This content was published on Sep 24, 2002 But they live so near to big resorts that they have become indifferent to the financial problems of the city’s very own cable car company and ski resort. What would New York be without Central Park, or London without Hyde Park? That was the question the residents of Chur had to ask themselves about their…

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