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“Shoe-ing”

This content was published on Oct 19, 2009 On December 14, 2008 Zaidi threw both of his size ten shoes at former president George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad to protest the US presence in Iraq. According to Arab tradition, throwing shoes and calling the intended target a dog is a double insult.

Legal action planned against poster ban

This content was published on Oct 18, 2009 The committee which launched the popular initiative to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland has now said it plans to take legal action against towns which have banned its display. Committee chairman Walter Wobmann told the Swiss News Agency on Sunday that the committee had not yet decided the precise legal route they would…

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Mediation fruitless in crisis with Libya

This content was published on Oct 17, 2009 In an interview carried in Saturday’s edition of the French-language Le Matin newspaper, Micheline Calmy-Rey said that other parties had tried to mediate but that this had brought “no results”. “From the beginning the Libyans made very clear that they wanted to see this case managed bilaterally, given its family component,” she said. The crisis…

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Swiss farmers positioned to help the hungry

This content was published on Oct 16, 2009 Doris Leuthard, speaking during World Food Day at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) on Friday said more needs to be done to protect valuable farmland and water sources at home to better help those abroad. The number of people who suffer from hunger grew from 850 million in 2005 to more than one…

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“Crimes committed on both sides” in Gaza conflict

This content was published on Oct 16, 2009 In a special session in Geneva, 25 members voted in favour of the resolution that criticised Israel for failing to cooperate with the UN mission led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone. Another six voted against. Eleven abstained. Both Israel and Hamas have rejected the charges in the 575-page Goldstone report, which is critical of…

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UN top official backs Goldstone report on Gaza

This content was published on Oct 15, 2009 Navi Pillay’s endorsement of the report by an expert group led by South African judge Richard Goldstone came as Israel warned the UN Human Rights Council that approving the document risked undermining Middle East peace. Pillay told the 47-member council in Geneva that she supported the report’s recommendations, “including its call for urgent action to…

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Order for new fighter jets reportedly dropped

This content was published on Oct 15, 2009 Switzerland had originally planned to spend SFr2.2 billion ($2.17 billion) to buy 33 new jets to replace the ageing fleet of 54 Tiger fighter aircraft. The order was then reduced to 22 jets. But sources told Swiss radio and television on Wednesday night that the money would only suffice for the purchase of about a…

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Libya nominates Indian for Gaddafi tribunal

This content was published on Oct 14, 2009 The Swiss foreign ministry said at the end of August that Elizabeth Wilmshurst, a British lawyer, would be Switzerland’s arbitrator on the panel, which will be located in London. Neither Rao, a 67-year-old expert on public prosecution who currently works in Qatar, nor Wilmshurst would comment on the appointment. The tribunal is a condition of…

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Merz and Calmy-Rey questioned on Libya

This content was published on Oct 13, 2009 Martine Brunschwig Graf, a member of the commission, described the information given by Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and head of the Geneva police, Laurent Moutinot, on Tuesday as “convincing”. She said Moutinot had confirmed that the arrest in Geneva in July 2008 of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the Libyan leader, and…

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Towns divided over controversial poster

This content was published on Oct 13, 2009 The French-speaking towns of Neuchâtel, Nyon and Morges joined Basel, Fribourg, Lausanne and Yverdon in forbidding the poster, which shows a woman wrapped in a burka standing next to a Swiss flag that is dotted around with minarets. Neuchâtel described the posters as “full of hate and disrespect”. However, three other towns, Olten, Chur and…

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