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Upheaval in Egypt

This content was published on Feb 1, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in the capital, Cairo, and other big cities to protest against the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Unruffled by the presence of troops and police, they were resolute in calling for basic human rights.

Entrenched views prevail in Swiss gun debate

This content was published on Feb 1, 2011 The February 13 vote has sparked the most interest from United States-based readers, probably the country where the debate has the most resonance. After a controversial ban on privately held firearms in Belgium, the issue is also a sore point there. The views of contributors to swissinfo.ch feedback may not be scientifically representative but the…

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Facebook revolutionaries outflank Arab regimes

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 Swiss researcher Patrick Haenni is currently in Tunisia for the International Crisis Group. He has been researching Islamist movements, the internet and blogs for a number of years for the Fribourg-based Religioscope organisation. Social networking sites like Twitter, Flickr, Facebook and YouTube have been used recently to mobilise anti-government protests in Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan. …

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Police defend WEF demonstration actions

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 The newspaper’s Andrew Clark said he was pulled off a train heading out of Davos and his hands bound behind his back. He was then made to wait while searches and identity checks were made. The entire affair lasted three hours, he reported. Cantonal police spokesman Thomas Hobi confirmed that police had stopped a train,…

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Women recall how men voted “Yes”

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 It was not until February 7, 1971, just 40 years ago, that Swiss men finally voted in favour of women’s suffrage. Looking back, it seems extraordinary that Switzerland waited so long before giving women the vote, but although the campaign for women’s suffrage had lasted for decades and its proponents had been very active, by…

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Family seeks damages over Swiss-Tunisian death

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 The victim, aged 67, was hit by a stray bullet while watching a demonstration from a terrace during the recent unrest in Tunisia. She was employed at the university hospital in Lausanne and was married to a Swiss. In the complaint the family are demanding compensation and calling for an inquiry to be held into…

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Swiss newspapers chart Egypt’s turmoil

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 “Mubarak’s regime lies in tatters,” wrote Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger on Monday, the seventh day of demonstrations across the country calling for democratic reforms and in protest against Mubarak’s 30-year regime. Describing the situation on the ground, the newspaper said: “Egypt is caught in a painful vacuum between a dictatorship and something new, from which everyone hopes things…

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Bitter struggle over Ivory Coast cocoa

This content was published on Jan 31, 2011 Last week Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara ordered a month-long ban on cocoa exports to cut funds from his rival for the presidency, incumbent Gbagbo. Swiss chocolate producers meanwhile downplay their role in the country. Online activist group Avaaz.org ran an advert in last Saturday’s Financial Times calling on Swiss food giant Nestlé and…

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Swiss citizens advised to leave Egypt

This content was published on Jan 30, 2011 The foreign ministry also extended its travel advisory on Sunday to warn people against travelling to the country. On Friday, it had only said large Egyptian cities should be avoided. According to the Swiss embassy in Cairo, 1,574 Swiss are registered as residing in Egypt. These citizens are being asked to inform the embassy of…

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New global realities split WEF opinion

This content was published on Jan 30, 2011 While some observers hope the civil unrest in Egypt, and before that in Tunisia, will transform autocratic regimes into stable democracies, others fear it could result in chaos spreading into the Middle East. The response of Russia to the Moscow suicide bombing, that claimed 35 lives, also left some people wondering about new realities. Having…

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