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Swiss Projected To Ban Minarets »
Posted by: newsguy2005 5 days, 5 hours ago in News
A Swiss referendum on the banning of minarets, the spiraling towers used by Muslims for their call to prayer, has passed with an overwhelming majority ...
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Is The Healthcare Bill As It Now Stands Even Worse Than Nothing? »
Posted by: Tumultuous 5 days, 1 hour ago in Political Opinion
This morning's San Francisco Chronicle pointed up the inconsistencies in comparing the proposed healthcare reforms with the Insurance Industry straw man (Canada and Britain ...
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Want the World's Best Wages? Move to Switzerland; Mumbai has lowest »
Posted by: WikiMap 3 months ago in News
It pays to work in Switzerland: employees in Zurich and Geneva have the highest net wages in the world, a study by banking group UBS ...
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UBS to Reveal Clients, Pay $780 Million to Avoid Prosecution in U.S. Probe »
Posted by: engineer 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
UBS AG , Switzerland’s largest bank,
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will pay $780 million and disclose the names of some secret
account holders to avoid U.S. prosecution on ...Read (243) | Share | Discuss (3) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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Muddy Waters (T-Bone) Walker live in Switzerland »
Posted by: Progressive 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland.
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The Swiss Menace »
Posted by: Beau7890 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Investor’s Business Daily would like you to believe that Obamacare would turn America into Britain — or, rather, a dystopian fantasy version of Britain. The ...
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MP3 Player Leads to Skiers' Rescue »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 11 months, 1 week ago in News
Swiss air rescue organization Rega says that an MP3 player was the key to locating two lost French tourists.
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Zurich elects lesbian mayor | News Story on 365gay.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 8 months, 1 week ago in News
(Zurich, Switzerland) Switzerland has elected its first openly gay mayor. Corine Mauch, a longtime political activist and environmentalist, scored a massive victory in voting on ...
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UBS move shakes foundations of Swiss banks »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Switzerland’s president said Thursday that his country will hold onto its treasured tradition of confidential bank accounts, even as it took the unprecedented step ...
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Out of Sight Out of Mind...Swiss Ban Minarets »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 days, 10 hours ago in Religion
Voting by an unexpectedly large margin, the Swiss overwhelmingly have adopted a national ban on the construction of minarets. Sunday's vote represents a clear ...
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Swiss crackdown on 'suicide tourism' »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month ago in News
Switzerland announced plans yesterday to crack down on "suicide tourism" signaling that it might close the Dignitas clinic that has helped hundreds of terminally ill ...
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Clerics enraged by Swiss minarets ban »
Posted by: BronxBomber 2 days ago in Religion
Egypt - New legislation prohibiting the building of minarets on top of mosques in Switzerland has been met by strong condemnation from Egypt’s grand religious ...
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Switzerland Denies Polanski’s Bid for Release »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 month, 4 weeks ago in News
This is strike one in Roman Polanski's current legal battles. Swiss officials have denied his request for an immediate release on bail. They fear ...
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Switzerland To Consider Hosting Guantanamo Inmates »
Posted by: idyll 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Switzerland is ready to consider taking in detainees from the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba if that helps to ...
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Film-Maker Polanski Arrested in Switzerland - ABC News »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 2 months, 1 week ago in News
Film-maker Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant, the Zurich Film Festival said in a statement Sunday.
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