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Funding free-for-all favours rightwing

This content was published on Sep 28, 2007 In an interview with swissinfo, Geneva University professor Pascal Sciarini says anonymous donors are bankrolling an increasingly American-style campaign marked by unprecedented media coverage. Sciarini says party policies have taken a back seat during the run-up to next month’s parliamentary elections as personalities and negative campaigning have dominated the electoral landscape. First came the People’s…

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Expert says China holds key to Myanmar crisis

This content was published on Sep 28, 2007 For its part, the Swiss foreign ministry has advised its citizens against travelling to the southeast Asian country, where troops and riot police are battling to put an end to ten consecutive days of protests. The crackdown has led to international condemnation of the military regime and further demonstrations are planned at embassies across southeast…

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Soldiers can keep guns at home but not ammo

This content was published on Sep 27, 2007 With the exception of a few thousand of the 120,000 soldiers in Switzerland’s militia army who keep their cartridges at home, all army ammunition will have to be stored in central arsenals. Army guns can still be kept at home. The House of Representatives on Thursday followed the Senate in backing a motion that will…

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Calmy-Rey calls for a “more coherent” UN

This content was published on Sep 26, 2007 Speaking at the opening of the UN’s 62nd General Assembly in New York, she described the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar as “alarming” and urged all sides to engage in dialogue to resolve the situation. “The international community has approved a great many development objectives in recent decades,” Calmy-Rey told world leaders on Wednesday.…

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Polish official sues Marty over CIA prisons

This content was published on Sep 26, 2007 Marek Siwiec, who is now vice-president of the European Parliament, has filed a libel suit against Swiss senator Dick Marty in the district court of Poznan, Siwiec’s office said. Marty identified Siwiec as one of several local officials privy to the United States secret detention programme in Europe after the 2001 attacks. The former Swiss…

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Fears increase amid clashes in Myanmar

This content was published on Sep 25, 2007 Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities’ new ban on assembly and crackdown on demonstrators. “We are closely watching developments in Myanmar,” said Swiss foreign ministry spokeswoman Carine Carey in the Swiss capital, Bern on Tuesday. “Switzerland urges the authorities in Myanmar to…

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Governments urged to act on global warming

This content was published on Sep 25, 2007 The one-day meeting, a first for the UN, came ahead of global talks about the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set the day’s theme in his opening address, declaring that “the time for doubt has passed” on the issue of global warming. Ban organised the summit on Monday to build momentum…

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Young people strengthen political presence

This content was published on Sep 24, 2007 They include a demand to lower the voting age from 18 to 16, with two-thirds of the 14- to 21-year-olds at the annual meeting in Bern believing “political maturity does not depend on one’s age”. Other topics they want to be discussed in parliament include youth violence prevention, energy labels for household appliances, criminalising doping…

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Foreign residents given their say

This content was published on Sep 23, 2007 The aim of the German-language site is to show that foreigners – who account for 20 per cent of the population – are responsible citizens and should be granted voting rights. Hans Verbeke, one of the founders of the website, www.auslaender.ch, said issues such as tax rates, pensions and relations with the European Union are…

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Partial ban on cluster bombs draws fire

This content was published on Sep 20, 2007 On Wednesday the Senate followed the House of Representatives in adopting a ban on “unreliable” cluster munitions, which would allow the country to keep its arsenal largely intact. The initiative, which was passed unanimously by the Senate, calls for a ban on the production, stockpiling and use of cluster munitions that pose a serious humanitarian…

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