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  • October 2007

    • Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 8, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

      Bern was beset by rioters aiming to thwart a pre-election rally by the rightist Swiss People’s Party, expected to dominate this month's elections with its xenophobic platform. Masked protesters threw bricks and gas bombs and outwitted police by operating in small groups and destroying the party stage. The mayor admitted “impotence” in controlling the weekend riots, reports the Guardian. More »

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      immigrant  • Switzerland  • xenophobia  • Swiss People's Party  • Christoph Blocher  • racist

  • September 2007

    • Swiss Fight Fire With ...Er, Rap

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 25, 07 8:25 PM CDT

      Swiss Fight Fire With ...Er, Rap

      Tired of receiving directory assistance calls on their emergency line, Swiss firefighters filmed a rap video that no one could forget. The resulting “118 Project," which clears up the  confusion, has become a YouTube sensation. “They chose rap because it is spoken and not sung,” a fire lieutenant told the BBC, “because clearly they are not singers.” More »

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      France  • YouTube  • firefighters  • Switzerland  • rap music

    • Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 1, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      Using the image of three white sheep kicking a black sheep out, Switzerland’s biggest political party has begun a campaign to institute mandatory deportation of criminal immigrants and their families. Though critics compare the proposal to Hitler and Stalin practices, the party is expected to prevail in October elections. "We haven't had any complaints," said the party president. More »

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      election  • racism  • Nazi  • immigrant  • Switzerland  • xenophobia

  • August 2007

    • Global Warming Protesters B-r-r All on Glacier

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 10:39 AM CDT

      Global Warming Protesters B-r-r All on Glacier

      Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • environment  • Switzerland  • Greenpeace  • glacier  • Spencer Tunick

    • Swiss Army Eyes Outsourcing

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 11:43 AM CDT

      Swiss Army Eyes Outsourcing

      Can a Swiss army knife be made in China and still cut it as an icon? That's become a hot political topic in Geneva since the army announced that, under WTO rules, they have to open up the manufacture of their signature knives to bids from companies in other countries. China, which has been producing knockoffs for years, is thought to have the best chance of scoring the contract, the Guardian reports. More »

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      China  • Switzerland  • outsourcing  • WTO

  • July 2007

    • Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 13, 07 5:24 AM CDT

      Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

      Neighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people have committed suicide with the help of Dignitas. More »

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      Switzerland  • assisted suicide  • Zurich

    • Alinghi Defends America's Cup

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jul 3, 07 12:37 PM CDT

      Alinghi Defends America's Cup

      Alinghi defended the America's Cup today, scoring a 1-second victory over Team New Zealand and returning the most prestigious title in international sailing to landlocked Switzerland. The series, contested off Valencia, Spain, was the closest since 1983—the widest margin in Alinghi's 5-2 victory in the nine-race series was 35 seconds—despite the huge disparity in the teams' resources. More »

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      Switzerland  • New Zealand  • billionaire  • sailing  • America's Cup

  • May 2007

    • Tolerant Swiss to Ban Minarets?

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 28, 07 9:57 PM CDT

      Tolerant Swiss to Ban Minarets?

      The Swiss have gone NIMBY (not in my back yard) on minarets.  While Switzerland's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, a number of leading politicians want to ban them via a referendum this fall.  There are now exactly two minarets in all of Switzerland. More »

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      religion  • Islam  • Switzerland  • Islamic law

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