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Swiss Authorities Convict Abacha's Son of Graft

Yemi Adebowale With agency report Lagos — Swiss authorities yesterday convicted Abba, one of the sons of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, for graft and ordered $350 million worth of assets to be seized from him....

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The ranks of the 50p tax rate rebels are swelling but will they really all leave?

Wealthy Britons left, right and centre have pledged to move abroad in protest at Labour's 50p rate of income tax. The artist Tracey Emin has said she will move to France if the 50p tax rate is brought in Photo: Getty The actor...

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Swiss kept in Libya over Gaddafi son mugshots

The publication of mugshots of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son after his arrest in Switzerland led Tripoli to block the return of two Swiss nationals from Libya, the Swiss President told newspapers Friday. Daily newspaper La...

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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN

From correspondents in Geneva, Switzerland, 08:07 PM IST Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the UN has said. It is especially dangerous for girls, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) said...

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Solar-powered aeroplane takes to the runway

Cath Everett, BusinessGreen , Friday 20 November 2009 at 12:22:00 Prototype hits speeds of five knots in Switzerland A prototype of the world’s first solar-powered aeroplane had its initial runway outing yesterday in...

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Moody's Cuts UBS Ratings (Zacks.com)

Moody's has downgraded the bank financial strength rating and the long-term debt and deposit ratings of UBS AG. The bank financial strength rating was lowered two notches to C from B-, while its deposits and senior debt ratings...

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Council Of Europe Is Ready To Help Armenia And Turkey In Process Of Rapprochement

COUNCIL OF EUROPE IS READY TO HELP ARMENIA AND TURKEY IN PROCESS OF RAPPROCHEMENT ArmInfo 2009-11-19 11:18:00 ArmInfo. The Council of Europe (COE) hopes Armenian-Turkish rapprochement will help settling the Karabakh conflict,...

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UNDP, Swiss Embassy launch disaster-management project

By Matern Boeselager Special to The Daily Star Thursday, November 19, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: The country’s political crisis may have been resolved for now, but Lebanon is still exposed to a looming...

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Man beaten by sheikh sues Swiss

Mr Orsi says his rights were infringed when Sheikh al-Nahyan was acquitted A man who claims he was whipped by a UAE sheikh is taking Switzerland to the European Court of Human Rights after Swiss courts acquitted his attacker....

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Swiss to Turn Over Tax Names

By LAURA SAUNDERS And ANITA GREIL The Swiss government said it would turn over to U.S. authorities by August 2010 the names of U.S. taxpayers with UBS accounts of more than 1 million Swiss francs ($993,000), and also those...

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