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This content was published on Jan 13, 2010 The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.Haiti’s worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings.

Hundreds feared dead after Haiti quake

This content was published on Jan 13, 2010 Switzerland has sent a quick-response team to Port-au-Prince to assess needs. Haiti’s worst quake in two centuries struck late in the afternoon local time about 16 kilometres southwest of Port-au-Prince, and was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. Serious damage has been reported to the headquarters of the United Nations…

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Nigerian dictator’s son to face trial in Geneva

This content was published on Jan 12, 2010 The initial judgment of November last year would only have stood if uncontested by the 41-year-old Nigerian. The case will now go to trial. At stake is $350 million (SFr355 million) in Abacha funds in Luxembourg and the Bahamas which was confiscated by the investigating judge in the course of the investigation. The Geneva investigation…

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Swiss-EU bilateral relations to be tested

This content was published on Jan 11, 2010 For the next eight days the European Parliament is holding a series of public hearings with the 26 candidate Commissioners in Brussels. Swiss diplomats will be watching closely to see how the new Commission will deal with the thorny subject of tax. Ahead of the parliamentary grilling, the incoming European commissioners already provided written answers…

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No Swiss rethink on ending aid to North Korea

This content was published on Jan 9, 2010 The foreign ministry says it now has a strategy for the withdrawal of Swiss development workers from the communist country by the end of 2011. In 2008 the government approved a motion by parliamentarian Gerhard Pfister demanding a halt to development aid in response to North Korea’s continuing nuclear ambitions. “The atomic weapon programme violates…

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China warns Swiss over asylum cases

This content was published on Jan 7, 2010 Switzerland is currently studying the case of two brothers from the Chinese province of Xinjiang, who are due to be released as the US-run jail is closed down. They have never been charged with any offence, and the western canton of Jura has said it is ready to accept them. But the Chinese embassy in…

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Urban refugees tell their tale

This content was published on Jan 5, 2010 “A struggle for rights” depicts the urban refugees who often live unnoticed among their neighbours in three cities in three countries: Colombia, Malaysia, and South Africa. Today, more than half of the world’s refugees live in urban situations.

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New president eyes challenges ahead

This content was published on Jan 1, 2010 As she tells swissinfo.ch, good relations with foreign countries are essential if Switzerland is to solve its economic problems. swissinfo.ch: There is a lot of unfinished business and unresolved problems left behind from 2009. Are you looking forward to your presidential year or are you embarking on it with a certain amount of trepidation? Doris…

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“Switzerland needs no EU defender”

This content was published on Dec 31, 2009 Fernando Riquelme, Spain’s ambassador to Bern, explains to swissinfo.ch Madrid’s outlook on sensitive Swiss topics like banking secrecy and the anti-minaret initiative. With its willingness to renegotiate double taxation treaties, Switzerland has shown a desire to adapt to the OECD rules on banking secrecy. For that reason, Riquelme says Switzerland needs no “defender” at the…

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Civilian service victim of own popularity

This content was published on Dec 31, 2009 The head of the Civilian Service, Samuel Werenfels, told Swiss public radio on Thursday that 7,000 applications had been submitted in 2009, nearly three times more than were expected. Since April, conscientious objectors to military service are no longer screened, giving young Swiss men what amounts to a choice between becoming soldiers or doing work…

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