Apples, Apples, Apples and homemade Apple pie

The early settlers brought Apple seeds to Massachusetts from Europe. A farmer named John Chapman, from Leominster Massachusetts was known as “Johnny Appleseed”. He distributed apple seeds all over North America...

Swiss Delighted That "The Russians are Coming" ....finally

Suvorov's march across the Alps No Russian Head of State has ever visited Switzerland - no Tsar, no President. Are the Swiss on the bottom of priorites?  The Kremlin denies this. Building on common ground...

New Alinghi catamaran unveiled

UPDATE: August 5th, source http://genevalaunch.com Update 3 10:35  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The next America’s Cup race, the top event in the sailing world, will be held starting 8 February 2010 in Ras...

Footwear store in Geneva uses Buddha statue to hang shoes

An Indian family was horrified at what they witnessed in a shoe shop in Geneva. The sense of respect the Indians have for any religion is admirable and is shared by many Asian countries. " PATNA: Sight-seeing in...

Italy and Switzerland may redraw their borders as glaciers melt

Italy and Switzerland may be forced to redraw their borders along the Alps near the Matterhorn as the glaciers continue to melt. Franco Narducci from Italy's Democratic Party wants to submit a bill to redraw the border with Switzerland, and Switzerland is agreeing with this...

Switzerland: People mix up "neutral" with "au naturel"

Switzerland long known as a neutral country with natural remedies and the right to die, is now in the news for nude hiking. The Canton of Appenzell has always been known for being a little different. Women only...

Time to buy gold

OPINION Time to short $USD and long gold.  technicals are there and fear is rising of world wide currency weakness.  " Gold firm on currency fears, rising demand FRANK TANG AND PAUL LAUENER...

Update: Swiss police: Woman may have faked skinhead attack?

Wow another possible fraudulent  accusation. The Brazilian woman who claimed to lose her unborn twins in a skinhead attack was not pregnant and probably carved the initials of Switzerland's main right-wing party into her own skin, investigators said Friday.  Paula...

Japan to make Climate Change the priority over the economy.

Japan’s PM Taro Aso want to counter Climate  change in spite of economic downturn. As the business daily Nikkei said citing unnamed government sources. Aso want to order a stimulus package that will focus on...

Request made by the Denmark and Swiss Ambassadors to visit North,

Request made by the Denmark and Swiss Ambassadors to visit North, rejected. [Monday February 09 2009 07:17:07 AM GMT] Government has rejected the request made by the Ambassadors of Denmark and Swiss to visit Northern Sri Lanka. Both Ambassadors decided to visit...

Tamil refugees shelled as army closes in

Tamil refugees shelled as army closes in: “The army have asked people to go to specific areas and then they fire on them” [ Sunday, 01 February 2009, 19:11 GMT+01:00 ] [InfoTamil] by Marie Colvin, The Times, London, February 1, 2009) - MORE than 250,000 terrified...

Thousands of Tamils demonstrate at UN Geneva headquarters

Thousands of Tamils demonstrate at UN Geneva headquarters [ Friday, 06 February 2009, 17:37 GMT+01:00 ] [InfoTamil] Thousands of Tamils from all over Switzerland gathered outside the UN headquarters in...

Marijuana Growers Beware - Google Earth is Watching

"ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software." The find led to the...

U.N High Commissioner Express Serious Concerns in situations in n

U.N High Commissioner Express Serious Concerns in situations in north of Sri Lanka Geneva: Dr. Navaneetham Pillay, the U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights Expressed serious concern at the "rapidly deteriorating conditions facing quarter of a million civilians" and of "alleged...

Switzerland helps Cambodia repair Banteay Srey temple

Banteay Srey is a magnificent jewel of a temple.  Finely sculpted, with an incredible richness of details, the pink shades of the sandstone come alive in the early morning and at the end of the day. ...

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