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Swiss arrested in Thailand for drug trafficking

This content was published on May 13, 2011 According to media reports, the 47-year-old Thai resident was detained on Monday at Phuket airport after being found allegedly carrying four kilogrammes of cocaine. Under local law, the man could be sentenced to death if found guilty of drug trafficking. The foreign ministry said it had contacted both the man and the Thai authorities to…

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Amnesty criticises xenophobic trend

This content was published on May 13, 2011 In its annual report, Amnesty wrote it was most concerned by Swiss voters’ approval last November of a rightwing proposal to expel foreign residents found guilty of committing crimes. Amnesty called the decision “a clear setback from a human rights perspective” and implementing the harsher rules would be “an infringement on Switzerland’s commitments to upholding…

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Close Japanese–Swiss ties to defy tsunami impact

This content was published on May 12, 2011 In an interview with swissinfo.ch, Ambassador Ichiro Komatsu also said he hoped a key trade accord between Japan and Switzerland would yield positive results. Komatsu said the disastrous earthquake in March and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant showed how powerless humankind is in the face of nature. He said the compassion…

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This content was published on May 12, 2011

Talks on returning Mubarak funds “constructive”

This content was published on May 11, 2011 Switzerland has frozen SFr410 million ($466 million) in assets held by 12 people, including Mubarak, family members and four government ministers. A team of Swiss experts were in Cairo on May 10 and 11 to assist Egyptian judicial authorities in establishing mutual legal assistance procedures, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “The talks focused…

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Calmy-Rey visits families of Moroccan victims

This content was published on May 11, 2011 A foreign ministry statement said the minister had expressed her sincere condolences on behalf of the government. “We share the sadness of those close to these three young people and express our deepest sympathy for them during these difficult times,” Calmy-Rey said. The three victims – two Swiss and a Portuguese resident of Switzerland – were…

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Google to appeal against Street View ruling

This content was published on May 11, 2011 In a statement on Wednesday, Google said it would take the decision by the Federal Administrative Court before the Federal Court in Lausanne, Switzerland’s highest appeals court. The ruling in April said Google must guarantee anonymity in its street view service, obscuring faces and vehicle license plates captured in Switzerland. This could force Google to…

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Zurich set for vote on assisted suicide

This content was published on May 11, 2011 The slogans are punchy and powerful: “Freedom at the end!” on one side against “Save life!” on the other. They belong to opposing campaigns ahead of the cantonal vote on Sunday, when voters will have a say on two people’s initiatives: one calling for a ban on assisted suicide in Switzerland, the other for it…

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National languages “a condition for integration”

This content was published on May 10, 2011 Speaking ahead of the second national conference on integrating foreigners to be held in Bern on Thursday, Sommaruga said Switzerland should not be afraid to insist that migrants stand on their own two feet. “Knowledge of a national language is not too much to ask. It is a condition for integration,” Sommaruga said. The justice ministry…

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UN report warns of spiralling disaster costs

This content was published on May 10, 2011 The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction was published on Tuesday to coincide with two major disaster reduction and reconstruction conferences opening in Geneva. A large Swiss delegation is in attendance. The report says countries around the world have strengthened their capacities to reduce mortality risks associated with major weather-related hazards. But it…

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