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Texas fever returns

This content was published on Aug 28, 2002 Eradicated in the 1940s, it reappeared in the US as commercial exchanges with Mexico expanded. Texas fever was first identified in North America in Virginia and Missouri around 1810. The disease, which causes cattle to become extremely anemic, has appeared all over the world for centuries. Cattle imported from Spain American scientists have concluded that…

Tropical cow disease causes alarm

This content was published on Aug 27, 2002 Authorities have said the entire herd of 300 cows in canton Graubünden should be put down, although the owner is reportedly battling to save some of the animals. There are now concerns that the disease could spread, because some of the cows from the herd were sold on to other farmers before the tick-borne infection,…

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Argentina fails to persuade Swiss in Menem case

This content was published on Aug 27, 2002 Argentina is seeking Switzerland’s help into a bribery probe, and has already been told twice that its case does not stand up to scrutiny. The Swiss justice ministry said the latest appeal for assistance “fails to satisfy the conditions under which Switzerland is able to comply”. Argentina claims that the former president accepted $10 million…

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Cow disease rattles Swiss

This content was published on Aug 26, 2002 The incident has brought back memories of BSE or mad cow disease, which decimated the same herd three years ago. Authorities in canton Graubünden are to put down an entire herd of around 300 cows as a precautionary measure, after 28 cows became contaminated with the disease. “A large proportion of the cow herd at…

Bad start for Swiss at Earth summit

This content was published on Aug 26, 2002 Rosmarie Bär has arrived back in Switzerland after being attacked by an armed robber in her hotel room on Sunday. She will not be replaced. Former Green party parliamentarian, Bär, had been scheduled to speak at a seminar at the Swiss sustainable development platform in Johannesburg. Security has meanwhile been stepped up at the Swiss…

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Swiss Earth Summit delegate attacked in hotel

This content was published on Aug 25, 2002 The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, was attacked by an armed robber who entered the hotel room in the early hours of Sunday morning. The assailant shot at the delegate at close range when she was awoken by a disturbance in her room. Her attacker fled empty-handed after the bullet missed. The delegate –…

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New ambassador heads for the big apple

This content was published on Aug 25, 2002 Billi Bierling caught up with him a few days before his departure to find out more about his mission in New York. After having served as the Swiss ambassador to Singapore for the past five years, Raymond Loretan is getting ready for his new position as the Swiss ambassador and general consul to New York.…

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Images from a forgotten war

This content was published on Aug 25, 2002 Swiss photographer Michael von Graffenried also hopes the display can help to promote dialogue between different faiths in the aftermath of September 11. “When George Bush called for a war against terrorism last year, it made me think about how the Algerian military have been fighting “terrorists” for more than ten years,” von Graffenried told…

ICRC on a mission to explain

This content was published on Aug 25, 2002 The ICRC’s director of operations, Pierre Krähenbühl, says the Geneva-based organisation now realises it has an obligation to explain its actions. The winds of change have swept through ICRC headquarters. The organisation’s decisions are no longer a question of old-fashioned Swiss collegiality, since increased powers were placed in the hands of the new director-general, Angelo…

Swiss photographer honoured in New York

This content was published on Aug 24, 2002 Schwarzenbach died tragically young at 34 from a bicycle accident after a life marred by drugs and scandal. She is best known in Switzerland as a novelist and travel writer but she also photographed her journeys, which took her to Europe, the Middle East and the USA during politically troubled times. The Dark Years In…

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