In reaction to the two day detention of Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the country's leader, Libya deided to stop oil shipments to Switzerland. There have also been protests in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tripoli. " Libya halts Swiss oil shipments ...
I am always amazed by the amount of effort some people expend in getting upset by what others believe or do."SWITZERLAND: SWITZERLAND BRACED itself for a troubled campaign of Islamophobia yesterday after the far right won enough support to force a national vote to ban...
This is something that we should give our attention. There are plenty of issues with every browsers so far, infact the Mozilla Firefox gets updated every time with the help of open source community. By this study,...
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The Jetson's are coming... well the jet pack is here anyway. Yves Rossy a former Swiss military pilot has ensured the future is now by producing a personal jet pack and soaring successfully through the alps. The...
"Massachusetts regulators filed civil fraud charges Thursday against UBS Financial Services for allegedly selling investments it knew were extremely risky, but portrayed as safe. The complaint by the...
Railway workers in Switzerland`s national railway have to stop wearing orange reflective vests for fear that Dutch soccer fans will follow them on to the railway lines. This change in uniform was prompted by an...
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The fans will be out in full-force for Euro 2008 as it opens in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday evening."The Euro 2008 tournament starts here in Basel on Saturday evening. It is clear at every turn that after years of preparation they are just about ready. Fans arriving at the...
"Bex, Switzerland (ANTARA News/afp) - Icarus crashed and burned when he flew too close to the sun but a modern-day Swiss adventurer had a happier landing Wednesday when testing his new jet-powered "wing".Yves Rossy, the self-styled "Fusionman", leapt into the skies 2,500...
Roger Federer, currently ranked number one in the world, is out of the Rome Masters tournament, after a surprise defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek in the quarter-finals."Federer lost 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (9-7), his...
Fastest way to start a riot is to run out of french fries. The Swiss were wise to take steps to avoid a tragedy in the making."The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes...
The head of the UN has held a joint press conference with the head of teh World Bank to discuss how the two organisations are going to deal with the food crisis. So far Moon has been criticized for not doing enough to draw attention to the problem."United Nations...
She could be British for all I knew until I met Stephanie Booth at South by Southwest.In fact she lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, speaks French fluently and being one of these so called Global Nomads decided to stage Going Solo, a one day conference directed mainly at...
Apparently this year, there is a bumper harvest, with eager factories waiting to package the raw spaghetti for export to other countries.The spaghetti tree was first discovered by botanist Avi Ganef, who was at first...
This sounds like the coolest place to work - I would love a slide to get to my desk or to quickly go downstairs and grab a cup of coffee. Alas, I am forced to take the stairs..."
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