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Arms control talks limp along in Geneva

This content was published on Aug 3, 2007 Ambassador Jürg Streuli said on Thursday that time was running out to make progress this year on the package, which includes issues such as the demilitarisation of outer space. Streuli, the current president of the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD), said opposition from three countries – China, Pakistan and Iran – was blocking efforts to…

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Swiss president calls for more integration

This content was published on Aug 1, 2007 Police on Wednesday prevented dozens of rightwing extremists – who have in previous years disrupted the celebrations – from reaching the site, which is near Lake Lucerne. In her speech, Calmy-Rey said she understood that some people feared losing their identity, but she said that peaceful coexistence with other cultures was the only solution. It…

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Swiss National Day

This content was published on Jul 31, 2007

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Iraqi refugee crisis reaches breaking point

This content was published on Jul 31, 2007 Delegates at the meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus, warned that health and other basic services in the two countries were being overwhelmed. Among those attending the conference, which ended on Monday, were the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).…

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Gotthard put forward to stage Expo 2020

This content was published on Jul 28, 2007 Solari, who helped organise the 700th anniversary celebrations of the Swiss confederation in 1991, suggested the exhibition be held in 2020 to mark the opening of the new Gotthard rail tunnel. Reaction to the idea has been mixed. In an interview with Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Saturday, Solari said simply cutting a ribbon as had…

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Blocher has misgivings about new US entry rule

This content was published on Jul 28, 2007 Blocher expressed his misgivings about having to register online to US authorities 48 hours before departure to the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, in Washington. He said having to register and fill out a questionnaire before a journey was an added administrative burden. Chertoff had “calmed him a little” by saying that registration…

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Poorer nations lack support to sink piracy

This content was published on Jul 27, 2007 Nikolaus Thumm, senior economic counsellor at the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, says most countries have legislation to combat piracy but enforcement is far from satisfactory. “It’s nice to have good-looking laws and regulations, but if they are not enforced they are not worth anything,” he told swissinfo. Thumm was speaking at the end of…

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ICRC rejects Ethiopian charges after expulsion

This content was published on Jul 26, 2007 The Swiss-run humanitarian agency was on Tuesday given seven days to leave after 12 years operating in the region. The ICRC said its expulsion would hurt needy civilians. “All ICRC activities in Ethiopia are conducted in strict accordance with the principles of independence and neutrality,” Daniel Duvillard, head of ICRC operations for the Horn of…

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Army blasts media over Jungfrau deaths

This content was published on Jul 26, 2007 In an attempt to provide answers to the deaths of six Swiss soldiers in the Alps two weeks ago, officials said there had been an avalanche near the accident site. But it was still unclear whether it was the direct cause. Martin Immenhauser, spokesman for the military justice department, said the military investigators appreciated the…

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Switzerland wants corrections in WTO talks

This content was published on Jul 25, 2007 Wasescha said despite progress in negotiations on agriculture and industrial goods, Switzerland would push for changes in September. “We now have a solid working basis but I doubt that things can progress very quickly,” he told the Swiss news agency. Wasescha said compromise proposals put forward last week by the New Zealand ambassador, Crawford Falconer,…

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