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Media cites new challenges in old Gaza conflict

This content was published on Nov 18, 2012 The NZZ am Sonntag applied a larger lens to the age-old conflict, citing the 40,000 dead in Syria in the past 20 months versus the 6,500 Palestinians killed in spats with Israel in the last 12 years. “Of course, the death toll is not the only indicator of suffering,” the paper stated. “However, it is…

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Brazilian sex traffickers target Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 18, 2012 Between 2005 and 2011, 475 Brazilians, mostly women, were victims of people trafficking networks, according to the report published at the end of October. Of this total, 337 were forced into prostitution. Switzerland emerged as the second most popular destination – 127 official cases were reported – after Surinam (133), a transit country for the…

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Sex workers “are deprived of all freedom”

This content was published on Nov 18, 2012 At the end of October, police in Bern dismantled a human trafficking network. Seven people have been charged with bringing into Switzerland 50 women and transsexuals, mostly of Thai origin, with the intention of forcing them into prostitution. The phenomenon is not new. A few weeks earlier, clandestine trafficking of Hungarian prostitutes was uncovered in…

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Teenagers urged to take up politics

This content was published on Nov 17, 2012 Around 200 young people were at the youth session in Bern on Saturday to debate political issues such as environmental policy, bank data protection and the ageing population. Their conclusions will be presented to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hansjörg Walter. Urging their continued political activism for the good of Switzerland, Berset, who…

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Public set to vote on phasing out nuclear power

This content was published on Nov 16, 2012 The initiative was needed to ensure the transition to the government’s new energy strategy, said Regula Rytz, co-president of the Green Party, before the media in Bern on Thursday. “The nuclear phase-out should not be delayed any further,” she added. Rytz described the initiative as a “safety net” providing protection against the “unbelievable risks and…

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Media don’t hold breath for Chinese reform

This content was published on Nov 16, 2012 “Sobering and yet not hopeless” was the title of the editorial in the Basler Zeitung, commenting on Thursday’s naming of Xi Jinping to the top post of the ruling Communist Party. Long-anointed successor Xi “spoke openly and smiled”, it wrote, at the end of a weeklong Communist Party congress and months of divisive bargaining “and…

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The impact of Swiss corporate tax perks

This content was published on Nov 16, 2012

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Abbas ends European tour in Bern

This content was published on Nov 15, 2012 “We have a very grave situation in Gaza, we have situation deteriorating on the hour every hour and President Abbas now is in touch with His Excellency President Mursi of Egypt, Dr. Nabil Elaraby of the Arab League, Ban Ki-moon … and others in Europe and the United States, hoping to begin a process of…

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Swiss criticise UN sanctions regime

This content was published on Nov 15, 2012 Switzerland welcomed the Security Council’s resolution from June 2011, which introduced measures to improve the sanctions regime such as the creation of an ombudsman. Paul Seger, Switzerland’s ambassador to the UN, said these measures had led to an improvement in the respect for human rights and the rule of law. He added, however, that the…

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Health care in Syria is “beyond catastrophic”

This content was published on Nov 13, 2012 At a time when many doctors have fled or gone into hiding for fear of their lives, the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organisations is still trying to keep secret hospitals running on the ground, according to member Tawfik Chamaa, a Syrian exile for the past 30 years who practises medicine in Geneva. The Swiss…

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