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It’s saved lives. It’s a present for presidents. It’s standard equipment for Space Shuttle crews and it continues to sell by the million. If anything is a real symbol of Switzerland, it must surely be the Swiss Army Knife, the little red prodigy packed with precision and quality. Swiss Radio International’s Robert Brookes reports.

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