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Swiss to vote on heroin program

upi.com
29-Nov-2008 260 related
        

BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Citizens of Switzerland will vote Sunday on whether to continue a test program of giving heroin to addicts. The Swiss Parliament has given its approval for the new drug policy but the...

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Referendum threat to EU-Swiss passport-free deal

euobserver.com
27-Nov-2008 26 related
        

VALENTINA POP Today @ 17:45 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Switzerland will join the European Union's passport-free zone on 12 December, EU ministers agreed on Thursday (27 November). But the Alpine country's participation in the...

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Chief judge in Guantanamo to retire early

nation.co.ke
18-Nov-2008 26 related
        

The US military judge in the case of the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks has decided to retire rather than continue to oversee the complex proceedings, defence officials said yesterday.

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Swiss observer "appalled" by conditions in Gaza

swissinfo.ch
12-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Palestinian fisherman greet the arrival of the European mission (Keystone) A group of 11 European members of parliament, including one Swiss representative, has returned from a fact-finding mission to Gaza in defiance of...

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Swiss President: Armenian Genocide should be studied by historians, but its denial should be...

panarmenian.net
12-Nov-2008 23 related
        

PanARMENIAN.Net/ The President of the Swiss Confederation has backed Turkey's calls for a study of the Armenian Genocide, saying the dispute over history should be settled by historians, not politicians. Pascal Couchepin is on...

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Swiss president upholds Turkish call for ‘genocide’ study

todayszaman.com
11-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Switzerland's President Pascal Couchepin gestures in front of a table on which the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne that settled the borders of modern-day Turkey 85-years ago, was signed. The president of the Swiss Confederation has...

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UBS executives urged to pay back bonuses

independent.co.uk
06-Nov-2008 8 related
        

Directors of UBS could be forced to repay bonuses they have already been awarded as Switzerland's biggest bank, which has been severely damaged by the credit crunch, comes under intense pressure over executive compensation.

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Switzerland to improve depositor protection amid financial crisis

xinhuanet.com
05-Nov-2008 12 related
        

GENEVA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Swiss government plans to dramatically increase guarantees for bank deposits amid the current global financial crisis, the official Swissinfo news website reported Wednesday. According to a...

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