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No foreign knives for the army

This content was published on Feb 10, 2008 The NZZ am Sonntag and Sonntag newspapers revealed on Sunday that Victorinox in canton Schwyz would supply 65,000 silver knives, worth around SFr1.2 million ($1.1 million). The defence ministry’s procurement agency caused an uproar when it announced that it was calling for tenders from abroad last summer, claiming that under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules…

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Smoking continues to lose its appeal

This content was published on Feb 9, 2008 While specialists says that the decrease is probably due to price increases, bans on smoking in public places and prevention campaigns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the Swiss could do far more to fight tobacco use. There is no precise figure for cigarette sales 40 years ago, but estimates put the number somewhere between…

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Airforce probably won’t have its wings clipped

This content was published on Feb 8, 2008 A poll carried out for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation found that 55 per cent of voters intended to vote against the proposal, 34 per cent were in favour and 11 per cent had not yet decided. The initiative, put forward by environmentalist Franz Weber, wants to stop the air force from carrying out training flights…

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Alpine freight policy remains in a smog

This content was published on Feb 7, 2008 Green groups say the government must act immediately to move freight from road to rail. The constitution limits the number of transalpine trucks to 650,000 a year but there are currently twice as many, and the figure is growing. Swiss voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1994 introducing the limit, and a few years later…

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Media see impasse and hope after Super Tuesday

This content was published on Feb 7, 2008 Commentators said that US politics is undergoing a clear revival as voters show that they are ripe for change after eight years under President Bush. Democrat candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are neck and neck after primaries in 24 states to decide presidential candidates. John McCain has pulled ahead for the Republicans. According to…

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Lenten campaign to support right to food

This content was published on Feb 6, 2008 The associations Bread for All and the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund made the announcement ahead of their annual fundraising campaign. One major problem is that small-scale farmers around the world cannot access enough land and water to feed their families, they say. Both groups already work in developing countries to provide food security, but are…

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Kenyan violence rooted in “economic interests”

This content was published on Feb 5, 2008 Urs Wiesmann tells swissinfo about the ongoing unrest in Kenya that has led to nearly 800 deaths since the beginning of the year. At the end of January former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan agreed to negotiate between President Mwai Kibaki and his political opponent, Raila Odinga. The two sides are currently talking – a…

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“Super Tuesday” vote attracts global gaze

This content was published on Feb 4, 2008 For the first time Swiss-based Democrats will be able to vote in the primary via internet, fax and post. The Republicans are instead concentrating on getting supporters overseas to register for the November 4 election. Tuesday, February 5 is America’s moment of truth when Republicans and Democrats from 24 states vote for their favourite candidate…

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Expatriates arrive in Switzerland from Chad

This content was published on Feb 4, 2008 Thirty-eight people flew via Paris and landed in Zurich, Geneva and Basel on Monday, the Swiss foreign ministry reported. In all, 54 Swiss have now flown from the Chad capital N’Djamena, according to Markus Boerlin, head of the ministry’s emergency task force. Twenty other Swiss, currently under French protection, were to be flown by the…

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Government sends plane for Chad expatriates

This content was published on Feb 3, 2008 The plane will head on Monday to Libreville in Gabon, where the French army is flying expatriates being evacuated from Chad. The foreign ministry said 49 Swiss including children had left N’Djamena since Saturday along with hundreds of other expatriates. It added that 25 Swiss remained in N’Djamena, housed in two of the three centres…

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