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‘The Day the Democrats Finally Grew Teeth’: Nachrichten of Switzerland (The Moderate Voice)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:54:44 GMT

Among the many perceptions emerging across the Atlantic since the end of the Democratic National Convention, is that Joe Biden has helped U.S. Democrats get over their traditional hesitance to fight as hard and nastily as they need to do, in order to beat the Republicans. Writing of Senator Biden’s speech, Patrik Etschmayer writes form Switzerland’s Nachrichten: “On Wednesday Biden was cutting,...

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Privacy In Switzerland (Sound Of Cannons)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:19:00 GMT

Switzerland Still Has the Guts to Fight for Your Privacy - Even if UBS Doesn't Two months ago a U.S. District Court judge in Miami, Florida, authorized the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to go after information from Switzerland's largest bank, UBS. In other words, the court gave its blessing for the IRS to go on a fishing expedition for supposed American tax evaders at UBS. In my opinion,...

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Switzerland's two leading banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, are among the 20 biggest donors to the two United States presidential candidates. (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:32:00 GMT

Switzerland's two leading banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, are among the 20 biggest donors to the two United States presidential candidates. The Republicans are ...

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SWITZERLAND: Josson takes commercial role at Nicolina (Just Style)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Luxury footwear firm Nicolina has named Cris Josson as the Swiss company's new east coast commercial director, USA.

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The transit - Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:28:29 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland geneva...

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Day 3: Lausanne to Grindelwald - Grindelwald, Swiss Alps, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:29:41 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Grindelwald, Swiss Alps, Switzerland Day 3: Lausanne to Grindelwald So originally we thought we were going to head to Interlaken today, but I woke up early and couldn't find any open beds in Interlaken online, so we made reservations for tonight and tomorrow night in Grindelwald and for the nights of the 29th and 30th in Interlaken! Today started out a little...

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Pop megastar Madonna will take to the stage for the first time in Switzerland on Saturday before 73,000 adoring fans. (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:00 GMT

Pop megastar Madonna will take to the stage for the first time in Switzerland on Saturday before 73,000 adoring fans. The singer's Sticky & ...

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My BlogCamp Switzerland Talk (Afrigator)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:19:27 GMT

... about a rural area in northern Malawi where villagers climb an ant hill to get a better signal. In Switzerland we take a lot of things such as the excellent infrastructure we have for granted. I shared some of my observations from my recent holiday in Blantyre, some data on the pricing models and how public wifi is being introduced in urban areas. I was a little shaky on the stats side of...

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Going Medieval in Geneva - Geneva, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:24:49 GMT

Cruising Eastern Mediterranean - to Istanbul and back (with Geneva, Switzerland for an appetizer)!

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Switzerland Keeps Credit Crunch At Bay (Forbes)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Even though Swiss bank UBS has gained notoriety as the worst banking victim of the past year's , the snowy alpine peaks of its homeland have actually managed to preserve economic strength to a better extent than neighboring countries. Whereas other European countries have had to contend with a housing market slowdown and a rapid unraveling of the days when credit was cheap and easy to come by, Switzerland's...

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LEBANON: ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ Looks for Revival (Global News Blog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:04:17 GMT

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPSFriday, August 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Mona Alami BEIRUT, Aug 29 (IPS) - Lebanon was long dubbed the ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ for its advanced banking sector. It lost its status 23 years ago at the dawn of the 1975 civil war, which [...]

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Bugs and Bravery - Iseltwald, Bern, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:35:52 GMT

110 Days: Homeless in Europe

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Summary Notice of: (1) Pendency and Proposed Settlements of Class Action, and (2) Hearing on Proposed Settlements in the SCOR Holding (Switzerland) AG Securities Litigation Case (PR News Wire )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP is issuing the following statement regarding the SCOR Holding (Switzerland) AG Securities Litigation. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re SCOR HOLDING (SWITZERLAND) AG SECURITIES LITIGATION Case No. 04 Civ. 7897 (DLC) TO: (1) ALL PERSONS WHO, DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY...

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Day 6 of our Trip, Gravedona (IT) to Lugano (CH) - Lugano, Swiss Alps, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:52:54 GMT

Part 3 of our MTB Trip to Santiago di Compostella, this time from Tirol (Austria) to Lugano (Switzerland)

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Day 4 of our Trip, Ried (AUT) to Zernez (CH) - Zernez, Swiss Alps, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:11:53 GMT

Part 3 of our MTB Trip to Santiago di Compostella, this time from Tirol (Austria) to Lugano (Switzerland)

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and we're off... - Gryon, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:55:05 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Gryon, Switzerland It has been pretty exciting over the last couple of days, not only were we getting ready to get back on the road, but we heard news from home that Kevin is now an uncle!!! Congrats Krista and Matt! Welcome to the family Declan, we can't wait to see you! So with that wonderful news lighting up our day we have left Switzerland for Colmar,...

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Britain, Germany and Switzerland officially warn citizens about the dangers of travel in Mexico (One Old Vet)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:29:52 GMT

Visit our website: http://www.nafbpo.org Foreign News Report The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican and Central and South American on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider. Britain, Germany and Switzerland...

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Switzerland Frees $60 Million in Zardari's Assets (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Mr. Zardari's accounts were frozen in 1997 at the request of Pakistani authorities investigating allegations that Mr. Zardari had received kickbacks while he was ...

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Soaking up the sun in Geneva - Geneva, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:57:21 GMT

Cruising Eastern Mediterranean - to Istanbul and back (with Geneva, Switzerland for an appetizer)!

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Day 2: Geneva to Lausanne - Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:17 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland 26.8.08: Day 2 - Geneva to Lausanne Ah, so today we were able to sleep in. After a marathon day yesterday, it felt amazing. I know an 11am start time is pretty poor considering we didn't have much time to spend in Geneva as it was, but we needed the rest to function. The view from my spot on the floor was as fantastic this morning...

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