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Tensions still running high in Tunisia

This content was published on May 16, 2011 On Saturday the authorities eased a curfew in the capital Tunis, a week after it was imposed following four days of unrest during which 600 people were arrested. Preparations are under way for a general election on July 24 to elect a 260-person body to establish a new constitution. But on May 12 Yadh Ben…

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Minister calls for WHO reforms

This content was published on May 16, 2011 In his opening address at the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Burkhalter said he wanted to see greater cooperation between sectors at the United Nations health body and new mechanisms to enable this. He also stressed the importance of working to prevent non-transmissible diseases, deaths from which, he warned, were set to rise by…

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Arrest seen as end of IMF head’s political career

This content was published on May 16, 2011 Strauss-Kahn, charged on Sunday with sexually assaulting a maid at a New York hotel, was considered to be a serious challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 French presidential elections. “The fall of the heir apparent to the throne” was the headline in the story in the Bund and Tages-Anzeiger newspapers. Describing the arrest of…

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Swiss shows keep Ai Weiwei in public eye

This content was published on May 15, 2011 Two exhibitions involving the artist’s work open this month in Lucerne and Winterthur. Ai was due to take part in both, but that changed when he was arrested in Beijing in April for “suspected economic crimes”. He has not been seen since, with Chinese state security believed to be holding him. The government has refused…

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Gotthard canton says no to second tunnel

This content was published on May 15, 2011 The initiative was put forward by the youth branch of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party. Voters also rejected a similar counter initiative proposed by the cantonal government. The result has been seen as a victory for the non-governmental Alpine Initiative group which aims to protect the alpine environment from increasing road traffic. The motorway under…

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Zurich voters reject ban on “suicide tourism”

This content was published on May 15, 2011 A proposal to restrict access for foreigners to assisted suicide only to those living at least one year in the canton was rejected by 78.4 per cent of voters. A second popular initiative launched by fringe conservative parties the Federal Democratic Union and the Evangelical Party seeking a national ban on assisted suicide was rejected…

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Libyan-backed foundation has assets frozen

This content was published on May 13, 2011 Although the “Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Organisations” does not figure by name on the Swiss sanctions list, it has been affected because the foundation president is Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of the leader’s sons. Saif al-Islam also chairs another Tripoli-based foundation with a similar name: “Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation”. The head of…

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Spanish royals wrap up visit

This content was published on May 13, 2011 They spend most of Friday in Lausanne, where the king spent part of his childhood. Before leaving Bern, the king had breakfast with Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, and met representatives of Swiss industry, including Nestlé, ABB and UBS. In Lausanne the royal couple visited a museum before meeting representatives of the Spanish community in Switzerland.…

Women find no justice in law profession

This content was published on May 13, 2011 Long hours, the lack of part-time work and expectations that women will take up family rather than business law help explain the gap and why women in general don’t rise to the upper law echelons. “When I was elected in 1990, I kept being asked: are you there because you had a career plan? My…

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Net of frozen Egyptian assets to be cast wider

This content was published on May 13, 2011 Swiss experts met Egyptian officials this week to discuss the process of returning an estimated SFr410 million ($466 million) in assets belonging to 14 people, including former President Hosni Mubarak and members of his close family. Swiss Ambassador to Egypt Dominik Furgler tells swissinfo.ch Egyptian authorities have formally asked Switzerland to investigate whether additional people held…

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