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Poll shows support split for cabinet nominee

This content was published on Nov 23, 2008 In the joint poll published on Sunday by the Matin Dimanche and SonntagsBlick newspapers, 67.8 per cent of respondents said they did not want Blocher to be re-elected, while 25.9 per cent were in favour of his return. Blocher is among the candidates nominated to become a new People’s Party cabinet representative to replace outgoing…

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A life devoted to helping drug addicts

This content was published on Nov 23, 2008 This four-pillar approach, which includes heroin substitution – a treatment he pioneered – was at first controversial. But Uchtenhagen tells swissinfo that the critics have been proved wrong. Voters will decide on November 30 whether this drugs policy should be part of Swiss law. In the 1980s pictures of Zurich’s open drugs scenes at “Needle…

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Activists combine to fight labour accord

This content was published on Nov 22, 2008 The 24-member group of union activists and socialists was set up in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday. It will campaign for people to vote against the treaty in a vote on February 8, 2009 by targeting union members and holding demonstrations. Members said the accord would weaken the unions and lead to exploitation among…

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Greens nominate Recordon for cabinet

This content was published on Nov 21, 2008 Recordon, 53, was chosen unanimously by the Greens, who on Friday said they didn’t want to see Christoph Blocher “or one of his clones” fill the cabinet hole left by Samuel Schmid, who is stepping down. At last year’s cabinet elections parliament’s refusal to re-elect the controversial Blocher, from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party, caused…

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Drivers’ poll

This content was published on Nov 21, 2008

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Tagliavini to lead Georgia inquiry

This content was published on Nov 21, 2008 Swiss foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Friday said she had agreed to the request by the French-led EU presidency. Georgia reportedly initiated an offensive to regain control over South Ossetia on August 7, launching heavy rocket and artillery fire and air strikes. In response, Russia, which has granted passports to most South Ossetians, launched overwhelming…

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Europe faces “disappointment” over Obama

This content was published on Nov 20, 2008 Obama attracted 200,000 people to a speech in Berlin and his victory sparked the unusual spectacle of Parisians dancing in the streets. “The whole world is counting on Obama,” said Swiss newspaper Blick. Many Europeans view Obama as the antithesis of George W. Bush: liberal, tolerant and with a sympathetic international outlook. But Professor Stephen…

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Children’s rights “have to be demanded”

This content was published on Nov 20, 2008 Thursday’s Universal Children’s Rights Day serves as a reminder that these young people are no longer being considered simply as victims but as a group that has fundamental rights that must be respected, advocates say. According to the Lausanne-based non-governmental organisation Terre des Hommes, between 50 and 100 million children around the world live and…

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Swiss allocate SFr24 million to Burkina Faso

This content was published on Nov 19, 2008 Assistance for the next three years will amount to SFr24 million ($19.9 million) to support broad economic and social reforms. The goal is to establish the necessary conditions for strong and sustainable growth and the alleviation of poverty, according to the Swiss economics ministry. Aid allocated to Switzerland’s partner countries is conditional on certain agreed…

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Russia and Georgia hold Geneva talks

This content was published on Nov 19, 2008 The talks ended after three hours and with an agreement to meet again in December. A first set of talks, brokered by the European Union and other international bodies, failed to get started last month because of disagreements about whether representatives from South Ossetia and Abkhazia should take part, and how. Abkhazia’s Deputy Foreign Minister…

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