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A Businessman and prominent columnist. The superiority of the Swiss work ethic reflects the character of this country, and the Swiss qualities of accuracy, commitment, and devotion has resulted in Switzerland amazing the world...
Smackers, whackers, violence victims, life-means-lifers - just about everybody who has initiated a referendum in this country may be in Queen St today to march behind a banner called "democracy".It belongs to an Auckland...
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz on Tuesday told voters that the call of the muezzin, or Muslim imam who calls people to prayer, would not sound in Switzerland, as he campaigned against a referendum motion seeking to ban the...
The majority of Swiss are not in favour of building minarets on new mosques, according to a new opinion poll published on Thursday. The Lausanne-based MIS Trend market research institute said 46 per cent of people questioned...
The Autumn 2009 issue of the comprises a detailed article on 'Foreign nationals, enemy penology and the criminal justice system' plus reports on the recent elections and the Swiss referendum on minarets.
The heady days of November 1989 brought East and West Berliners together (Keystone) History was written on November 9, 1989: the Berlin Wall was opened and tens of thousands of East Germans flooded into the western sector of...
Muslims in Switzerland have held open days in mosques across the country ahead of a controversial vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets. The poll was called by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, who argue that a...
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Swiss referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets on mosques is causing some businesses to say they worry about backlash from Muslim countries. The right-wing Swiss People's...
News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 4:03 PM EST Who's leading the conversation? This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of...
A Swiss friend of mine once told me the story of his mother. A recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report indicates that Turkey ranks 129th out of 134 countries in terms of dividing its resources and opportunities among men and...
