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Tamil weapons dealer sentenced

This content was published on Oct 31, 2008 The district court in canton Bern handed a sentence of 42 months to one of the three Swiss defendants, and gave suspended sentences of 14 and 24 months to two accomplices. One of the thieves was said to have been inspired by the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels. His Tamil acquaintance…

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Borders with EU could soon disappear

This content was published on Oct 31, 2008 A government representative attending Friday’s talks said he did not see anything else standing in the way of Swiss membership. “Technically, we’re ready and there is no reason to believe there will be any political obstacles to overcome,” said Luzius Mader of the Swiss justice ministry. A European Union advisory council will take a final…

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US poll

This content was published on Oct 31, 2008

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MP says Iraq holds thousands in secret prisons

This content was published on Oct 31, 2008 Sunni opposition MP Mohammad Al-Dainy is in Geneva to meet United Nations and Red Cross officials to request help to investigate “massive human rights violations” in Iraq. “These centres of detention are completely illegal. No one can visit them. The conditions are much worse than in the official prisons,” Al-Dainy told journalists in Geneva on…

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It’s a Brazilian wrap, says sausage task force

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 On Thursday, the Task Force Cervelat said the results of a test show that eating the skins poses no health risks. The Brazilian casings have been banned by the European Union and Switzerland in response to fears over Mad Cow Disease. The task force of the Swiss meat industry said it would now ask the…

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People’s Party reverses stand on labour treaty

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 Wednesday’s decision is an about face for the leadership of the rightwing party, which only this summer said it would not support a referendum opposing the free movement of people accord and extending it to Bulgaria and Romania. Swiss voters will have the final say on February 8, 2009, and three of the four parties…

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Hungarian president says thanks

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 Sólyom was speaking at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich on Thursday, where he laid a memorial plaque. He had arrived at Zurich airport earlier in the day for the start of a two-day state visit. Switzerland accepted refugees from the eastern European state, including more than 500 students, after Soviet tanks rolled into…

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Congo faces “humanitarian catastrophe”

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 Swiss aid workers on the ground say the situation has been deteriorating for some time and fears of a return to civil war have been realised. On Wednesday rebels loyal to General Laurent Nkunda advanced on the eastern city of Goma, scattering residents and threatening to overwhelm a 17,000-strong United Nations force, known as MONUC,…

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“UBS could have curbed losses to $500 million”

This content was published on Oct 30, 2008 In an interview with swissinfo, she discusses bonuses, bailouts and how UBS could have saved itself $39.5 billion (SFr45.4 billion) in the United States subprime crisis. UBS has suffered losses and writedowns totalling some SFr45 billion ($40 billion) over the past year because of bad investments in the subprime market and other risky financial instruments.…

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German minister renews his charge

This content was published on Oct 27, 2008 Less than a week after Peer Steinbrück provoked a row with Bern by saying Switzerland should be on the blacklist of “uncooperative” tax havens, he told journalists he was “astonished” by the reaction to his words. “No country should offer conditions which might encourage tax payers from a neighbouring state to indulge in tax evasion…

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