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Breaking News: Swiss to vote on minaret ban
Source: Al Jazeera

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Sat Nov 28 22:22:50 -0800 2009 | political-news

Posters have appeared in many Swiss cities showing a dark, almost menacing figure of a woman, shrouded from head to foot in a black burka. Behind her is the Swiss flag, shaped like a map of the country, with black...
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Latest Breaking News: Minaret vote is Switzerland's towering inferno
Source: The independent

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 27 16:26:54 -0800 2009 | political-news

The posters are considered racist and insulting to Islam, yet they are on public display in the streets and main squares of Switzerland's biggest cities ahead of tomorrow's hotly disputed referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets on...
Credibility Views: 3 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 7 | 8 | 15 | 0
 
Current News: Roman Polanski moving from jail to luxury
Source: Toronto Star

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 27 08:23:04 -0800 2009 | political-news

Roman Polansk's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland is seen on Nov. 26, 2009. Switzerland–After two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski prepared Thursday for the splendid captivity of his $1.6 million (U.S.) chalet in one of world's most luxurious winter...
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 13 | Blog Posts: 14 | 30 | 28 | 0
 
Current World News: India raises pitch against protectionism
Source: The Economic Times

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 27 07:44:16 -0800 2009 | political-news

Ahead of the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Geneva next week, India on Friday said protectionism by some countries need to be opposed and delay in reaching a global trade-opening deal will harm developing countries. "We are concerned about the global...
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Source: B92

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Thu Nov 26 01:14:08 -0800 2009 | political-news

Geneva, have worked together on several significant projects, adding that MUP has successfully organized a regional ministerial conference dedicated to border security and control, that is the improvement of the work of border police. "We want to promote this cooperation...
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Current Event: IRS gets secret account data from 14,700 Americans
Source: Taiwan News

Bern :: Switzerland | updated Tue Nov 24 10:08:18 -0800 2009 | political-news

More than 14,700 Americans disclosed secret offshore bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service, ensuring billions of dollars in new tax collections and data for a crackdown on evaders, Commissioner Doug Shulman said yesterday. Shulman reported the voluntary disclosures under...
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Latest World Event: Associated Press: UN slams Burma over forced labor practices
Source: BurmaNet

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 23 12:59:32 -0800 2009 | political-news

Geneva — The UN labor agency has criticized Burma for failing to abolish forced labor more than a decade after the global body first took up the issue with the Southeast Asian country, officials said Friday. The International Labor Organization...
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Breaking News Event: Countries submit Oscar foreign language contenders
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Tue Sep 29 04:54:29 -0700 2009 | political-news

Academy Awards deadline approaching, a flock of international film bodies have announced their country's official candidates for foreign language Oscar consideration. Diehard fans have proved that the late Michael Jackson can still sell out a venue, after an early Los...
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Latest News Event: Armenia - Turkey: protocols signed.
Posted by: YerevanReporter

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Wed Oct 14 16:17:45 -0700 2009 | political-news

October 10 in Zurich University foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Nalbandian and Davutoglu signed the Armenian-Turkish protocol on establishing diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral relations. The signing ceremony was attended by foreign ministers of Russia, Slovenia,...
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Breaking World News: Turkey and Armenia sign landmark accord
Source: The Guardian

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Sat Oct 10 16:43:13 -0700 2009 | political-news

Representatives of Switzerland, Russia, the United States and Europe gathered to witness the historic agreement that will open borders and establish diplomatic ties, much to the anger of some Turks and Armenians worldwide...A delay came at the very last minute...
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