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Breaking News: Swiss Ban on Mosque Minarets - Analysis and Impact
Posted by: Junaidkhan

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 18:21:34 -0800 2009 | political-news

The Swiss Government has recently banned the building of Minarets in Mosques. The ban comes as a result of a recently held referendum in Switzerland. According to New York Times story : The Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national...
Credibility | Reach Views: 1,159 | News Stories: 34 | Blog Posts: 15 | 26 | 28 | 2
 
Latest Breaking News: Neutrality be Damned- Switzerland’s Ban on Minarets Seen as a Violation of Freedom of Religion
Posted by: pakistanisforpeace

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 21:41:26 -0800 2009 | political-news

Geneva, Switzerland- In a referendum seen across Europe and much of the world as a strong rebuke of the perceived Islamization of the continent, Swiss voters on Sunday passed a bill that bans the construction of new minarets for mosques...
Credibility | Reach Views: 12 | News Stories: 6 | Blog Posts: 4 | 13 | 5 | 1
 
Current News: Did We Go too Far?
Posted by: emanuela

Bern :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 03:47:14 -0800 2009 | political-news

It seems that more and more our desire for freedom and democracy it actually limits our choices, our actual freedom and all those things we wished and fought for. I am amazed by the direction ourr need for protection has...
Credibility | Reach Views: 5 | News Stories: 15 | Blog Posts: 7 | 8 | 4 | 0
 
Current World News: Fermilab gets passed
Source: The Batavia Sun

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 22:13:49 -0800 2009 | technology-news

French-Swiss border pushed past Fermilab's Tevatron, becoming the world's most powerful collider. "It's a mixed feeling of course for us," Fermilab spokesman Kurt Riesselmann said. "On one hand, we don't hold the world record any more. But on the other...
Credibility Views: 5 | News Stories: 13 | Blog Posts: 7 | 30 | 30 | 0
 
Latest World News: UN aid agency makes record $7.1bn appeal for 2010
Source: The Daily Star

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 20:42:34 -0800 2009 | political-news

The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $7.1 billion in humanitarian aid for 2010 but said it was finalizing calls for about a billion more, which would push the request to a record high. The amount did not include the...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 4 | Blog Posts: 4 | 11 | 30 | 0
 
Source: SwissInfo

Schaffhausen :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 02:16:52 -0800 2009 | allnews

The Lauterbrunnen valley in the Bernese Oberland promotes itself as the Valley of 72 Waterfalls – though whether this is a record, its promotional literature doesn't say. "The soul of man is like water. It comes from heaven and rises...
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Latest World Event: Field hockey targets India to help boost income
Source: Dawn

Lausanne :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 08:09:13 -0800 2009 | sports-news

We want to locate our top properties into our top markets,’ Troendle said. ‘Today we are totally invisible.
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 1 | 3 | 2 | 0
 
Source: Democracy Now

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 07:27:21 -0800 2009 | political-news

Investigative journalist Greg Palast files a report from Geneva where he interviews WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to see how much the organization and its priorities have changed over the past 10 years.
Credibility Views: 0 | News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
 
Source: Japan Today

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 14:26:14 -0800 2009 | political-news

Japan is seeking ‘‘flexibility’’ during World Trade Organization negotiations on the number of key agricultural products that can be exempted from sharp tariff cuts, the Japanese farm minister said Monday.     Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu told...
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Source: The Guardian

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Mon Nov 30 20:42:50 -0800 2009 | political-news

Your description of the Swiss People's party (SPP) as "far right" is neither fair nor accurate and to link it to the word "Nazi" is not worthy of you ( Editorial , 30 November). It really cannot be put in...
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