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Suspense builds over cabinet elections

This content was published on Dec 12, 2007 On Wednesday parliament showed its dissatisfaction with the controversial Blocher when it failed to re-elect him, voting instead for his People’s Party colleague Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Widmer-Schlumpf will announce on Thursday whether she has decided to accept her nomination. The joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate had been expected to confirm all…

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Blocher ousted by Swiss parliament

This content was published on Dec 12, 2007 The two chambers of parliament, meeting to elect the seven-member government, chose Blocher’s party colleague Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf instead following last-minute horse-trading among the parties. The joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate had been expected to confirm the seven members of the cabinet unchanged for the next four-year term. The first four…

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Cabinet set for re-election amid protests

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 The focus is on attempts to unseat controversial Justice Minister Christoph Blocher of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party. His rightwing Swiss People’s Party has threatened to go into opposition if Blocher is not re-elected. The party won a record 29 per cent of the vote in October’s parliamentary elections – ahead of the three other…

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OSCE maintains delicate balance in Kosovo

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 Tim Guldimann of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was commenting as Serbia increased diplomatic resistance to any change in the status quo. Serbia’s Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the European Union on Tuesday that sending a supervisory mission to Kosovo could damage relations with Serbia. The EU is preparing to deploy…

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Algiers attacks condemned

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 At least one United Nations employee was among the dead and 13 were missing after car bombs hit UN and other buildings in the Algerian capital on Tuesday, according to UN officials. Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey said there was no explanation or justification for the attacks. The government added that the blasts were all the…

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Swiss approve MMS alarm for missing children

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 The move is a political response to the abduction and murder of a five-year-old girl in eastern Switzerland earlier this year. Swiss Justice Minister Christoph Blocher said that the system using photos was a totally new approach in the hunt for missing children – and a first worldwide. It would involve sending a picture of…

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Swiss approve MMS alarm for missing children

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 The MMS alarm is a new departure worldwide in the hunt for missing children. Text messaging is already used in Canada, the United States and France. The move is the political response to the abduction and murder of a five-year-old girl in eastern Switzerland earlier this year. The Ylenia case shocked the country and led…

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“This is not the beginning of a new war”

This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 Kurt Spillmann, former director of the Centre for Security Studies at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, thinks Serbia and Russia “will protest and express their anger and frustration” but he doesn’t expect an outbreak of violence. On Monday the newly elected government of Kosovo said it would start immediate talks with its Western…

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Unorthodox challenger eyes cabinet seat

This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 The Green Party senator stands virtually no chance of getting elected, but he has made a mark on parliament over the past four years. Recordon’s appearance is remarkable enough. A tall man with a leonine mane, he is forced to walk slowly and uncertainly on artificial legs: Recordon was born 52 years ago with Holt-Oram…

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Ogi set to leave UN at the end of the year

This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 The 65-year-old Bernese, who took up the job in 2001 at the request of the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said in Geneva on Monday that he had tried to promote sport within the UN as a tool for peace. The world body set up about 1,000 projects involving sport during his mandate. Ogi noted…

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