Swiss club Sion report match-fixing suspicions - The Guardian
Police in Germany, Britain, Austria and Switzerland cracked down on the ring, staging simultaneous raids that resulted in 15 arrests in Germany and two in Switzerland. Officers seized one million euros ($1.49 million) in cash or goods as part of the ...
Rights group calls on Switzerland to strengthen blood ... - Expatica
Basel, Switzerland GenevaLunch – With more than 100,000 people expected at Basel World, Switzerland’s premier watch and jewellery show in Basel until 25 March, rights group Human Rights Watch HRW has called on Switzerland to take the lead in ...
Vocational training must for economic development ... - Hindu Business Line
Vocational education and training will be an advantage for emerging economies such as India, according to Mr Rudolf Strahm, former Swiss Price Regulator, Government of Switzerland. Speaking at a conclave here, Mr Strahm said that the industrial ...
Credit Suisse under probe - Straits Times
The probe into Switzerland's second-largest bank by assets relates to a CD with client data bought by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 'We already have restrictions on travel in place and now these are being applied very strictly in the ...
Credit Suisse limits staff travelling to Germany - Financial Times
Credit Suisse has severely restricted travel to Germany by private bankers working for rich German clients with accounts in Switzerland, amid fears such employees could be detained by the authorities across the border. The move follows the disclosure ...
Jones wins second game of women's world curling ... - TSN
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. -- Canada's Jennifer Jones won her second game in a row to open the women's world curling championship with a 6-4 victory over Switzerland's Binia Feltcher on Sunday The Canadian team (2-0) was scheduled to play Norway's Linn ...
Dozen BA Flights to Switzerland Cancelled - Turkish Weekly
British Airways cancelled twelve flights to and from Switzerland for Sunday, the second day of a strike by the airline’s cabin crew. According to the websites of Swiss airports, eight flights to Geneva were cancelled, two to Zurich and two to Basel ...
We Are Switzerland! - DAILY KOS
Cheese, chocolate, clocks, the Alps, secret banks, referendums, neutrality - these are a few of the more prominent associations most people have with the land of Roger Federer. Just reading that list underlines how different the US and Switzerland ...
Jones wins second straight at worlds - canada.com
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Canada’s Jennifer Jones scored three in the fourth en route to a 6-4 victory over Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher in Sunday’s afternoon draw at the Ford world women’s curling championship. Jones scored two and added ...
Swiss prelate suggests Vatican sex abuse register - Global Nation
Werlen is the abbot of Einsiedeln monastery in the German-speaking east of Switzerland, where five monks have been involved in sexual harassment or abuse since the 1970s. Werlen, whose own appointment as abbot in 2001 had been endorsed by then pope ...
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Iceland fears eruption could spark another
 A volcano in southern Iceland erupts for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Net called great threat to rare species
The Internet is one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists say.
Nepalese doc is 'God of Sight' to poor
 Thousands of doctors all over the world have been trained in Dr. Sanduk Ruit's novel approach of removing cataracts, with the hope of slowly lessening the leading cause of blindness that affects 18 million people worldwide.
Explosives found aboard India plane
Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.
Power cut to 60,000 as cyclone hits Australia
About 60,000 homes are without power, trees and signs have blown over and boats have been smashed on the rocks after a massive storm blew across the coast of northeastern Australia.
Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
 Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebukes Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Afghan bomb attacks kill at least 12 civilians
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
Iran's supreme leader cold to Obama overture
Iran's supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.
Transport strikes, marches on Tuesday in France
French train lines, public transport, schools and day care centers face disruptions on Tuesday as unions strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's policies on jobs and the economy.
164 people face charges over massacres in Nigeria
A Nigerian police spokesman says 164 people will be charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorism, for their suspected roles in the slaughter of more than 200 people in central Nigeria this month.
Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2
A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.
With cheap food imports, Haiti can’t feed itself
 The earthquake smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left over 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food.
Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur
An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur.
Officials: U.S. missiles kill 4 in Pakistan
Suspected U.S. drones fire missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least four people, officials said.
China state media accuses Google of political agenda
China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by "groundlessly accusing the Chinese government" of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt
The IMF warned the world's wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery.
Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis in relations between the two longtime allies.
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