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Swiss children mark day of rights

This content was published on Nov 20, 2001 In a nationwide gesture of solidarity for street children around the world, school pupils spent several hours on the streets of Swiss cities and towns. They took on tasks such as shoe shining, car washing and helping members of the public to pack their shopping bags in a bid to raise money for the Swiss…

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China expels Swiss Falun Gong supporters

This content was published on Nov 20, 2001 “The relevant departments have given the 35 foreigners who broke Chinese law a warning for disrupting public order and have dealt with them according to the law by ordering them to leave the country by a specified time,” Chinese state radio said. Police arrested the foreign members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement when they…

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Beijing arrests Swiss Falun Gong supporters

This content was published on Nov 20, 2001 A group of foreign sect members were demonstrating in Tiananmen Square against alleged oppression by Chinese authorities. Police stepped in as they chanted slogans and unfurled banners in support of the banned sect. Chinese state media reported that 35 foreigners had been detained for displaying a banner of the “notorious cult, Falun Gong.” Police said…

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A journey for the eyes

This content was published on Nov 20, 2001 “Man’s desire to widen his field of view was the foundation for panorama paintings,” says the introduction to the exhibition, which begins on November 23. In the late 19th century, the panoramas were popular in Europe. In Switzerland, people flocked to see the works depicting city scenes, historic battles or alpine landscapes – as they…

Afghanistan talks won’t be held in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 20, 2001 According to United Nations officials in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the conference will take place in Berlin on Saturday, Iranian state radio reported. A Swiss foreign ministry spokesman said that the government “did not think the meeting would be held in Switzerland.” Switzerland had sent signals to the United Nations that it was willing…

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Swiss president praises work of volunteers

This content was published on Nov 19, 2001 “The work of the volunteer opens our eyes to the values of the human being and of humanity itself,” Leuenberger said during the course of his address to delegates. According to figures released by the Federal Statistics Office, 41 per cent of Swiss people regularly undertake some kind of voluntary activity. Taken together, Leuenberger suggested…

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US accuses countries of producing germ weapons

This content was published on Nov 19, 2001 Four other countries cited by the US as being at various stages in the development of weapons were Libya, Syria, Iran and the Sudan. The US Under-Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Bolton, told conference delegates that Iraq has produced and stockpiled biological warfare agents and weapons despite a 1972 agreement forbidding such…

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Second Swiss misses out on PGA card

This content was published on Nov 19, 2001 Knight is the second Swiss to miss out on the chance of playing on the European Tour, after André Bossert failed to make the cut on Sunday during the qualifying tournament in San Roque and Sotogrande in Spain. Knight, who was born in Britain and who only recently took up Swiss citizenship, finished the final…

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Swiss wins trans-Atlantic race

This content was published on Nov 19, 2001 Their 60-foot multihull Groupama crossed the finish line in Salvador, Brazil on Sunday 14 days nine hours and three minutes after leaving France. They beat Frenchman Alain Gautier and Englishwoman Ellen MacArthur by several hours. Groupama covered 6,015 miles (11,390 kilometres) at an average of 17.43 knots (20 kilometres per hour). “It was a very…

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No European PGA card for Bossert

This content was published on Nov 19, 2001 Bossert, who was taking part in the qualifying tournament in San Roque and Sotogrande in Spain, didn’t make the cut after four rounds. The golfer missed out by just one shot the place he needed among the first 80. The other Swiss representative attempting to get his card, Englishman Marcus Knight, did pass the cut…

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