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Eduardo Frei loses Chile presidential runoff

This content was published on Jan 18, 2010 Conservative billionaire Sebastián Piñera won the national election on Sunday, ending two decades of centre-left rule in Latin America’s most stable economy and the world’s top copper producer. Piñera won with almost 52 per cent of the vote; Frei, a leftist, quickly conceded defeat. Frei held the presidency from 1994-2000. Frei, whose father also served…

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Foreign minister visits Georgia and Russia

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 Micheline Calmy-Rey arrived in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Saturday. During her visit, which lasted until Sunday afternoon, she met members of the government, political parties and non-governmental organisations. At the centre of her discussions in Georgia was the progress of democratic reforms and the fall-out from the conflict with Russia in August 2008, which…

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Trial of second businessman postponed in Libya

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 Rachid Hamdani, like fellow-countryman Max Göldi on Saturday, refused to leave the Swiss embassy in Tripoli, where the two men have been living for several months. The men’s lawyer, Salah Zahaf, said Hamdani’s trial was now scheduled for January 31. Göldi’s is due to take place the day before. The two have already been sentenced…

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Yemen faces the abyss

This content was published on Jan 17, 2010 The Swiss-Yemeni political scientist, Elham Manea, tells swissinfo.ch that the country on the Arabian Peninsula could collapse. Yemen, Manea says, desperately needs help and Switzerland can contribute to improving the situation in the troubled nation. swissinfo.ch: The government has huge problems to deal with at home: a rebellion in the north, a separatist revolt in…

Swiss plane lands with medicines for Haiti

This content was published on Jan 16, 2010 The aid consists of first aid kits, medical material and medicines, shelters and generators, a spokesman for the foreign ministry told the Swiss News Agency. A second plane will leave Switzerland with more aid on Monday, he added. A total of 41 Swiss experts are also on the ground in the region. Of these, 25…

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Russia ratifies key European court reform

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 Friday’s ratification is a positive sign for Switzerland, which has presided over the Council of Europe since November. The lower house of Russia’s parliament, the Duma, ratified the protocol with 392 votes in favour and 56 opposed, reversing its previous rejection of the protocol in 2006. Russia was the last member of the 47-nation Council…

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Veteran diplomat to take on financial headache

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 Occupying the top post in a newly created department, Ambühl will effectively become the number-two man in the finance ministry when he begins his tenure as State Secretary for International Financial and Tax Matters on March 1. The move, widely welcomed by the media, academics and financial industry watchers, will see the 59-year-old career diplomat…

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Swiss aid begins to arrive in Haiti

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 A second team would arrive later on Friday, said Toni Frisch, the head of the humanitarian aid unit at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. A third aircraft carrying medical specialists and 33 tons of relief supplies is also scheduled to leave Switzerland on Friday, the foreign ministry said, followed by a second relief…

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Diaspora wants a say in Haiti’s future

This content was published on Jan 15, 2010 Many of them will be gathering in Lausanne on Saturday, to exchange news and consider the best ways to organise aid now. They will also be discussing what needs to happen in the long term, how Haitians abroad can become more involved in the country’s affairs. Jean-Wilfrid Fils-Aimé, secretary general of the Swiss Haitian Club,…

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Swiss seek sustainable aid for Haiti

This content was published on Jan 14, 2010 She said it was important to provide help efficiently and not to stage an event in the media limelight. Calmy-Rey added that there was no information on possible Swiss victims of the powerful earthquake that hit the Caribbean island on Tuesday. A number of Swiss tourists are currently in Haiti. Switzerland decided not to send…

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