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Switzerland

Type: Country

Name: Switzerland

population: 7,452,101

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

Switzerland registers first swine flu death

The five-month-old infant died at the weekend, but it was only after tests had been carried out that it was known that the baby had the H1N1 virus, authorities said.The baby boy had other health conditions, including a cleft lip and palate, a heart problem ... [Grub4Life - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Switzerland, Thomas Zeltner, Swine Flu

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

CERN

Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again

There were emotional scenes last night at the headquarters of underground international atom-smasher science alliance CERN, as joyful boffins celebrated the successful restarting of the Large Hadron Collider. The colossal machine circulated its first ... [The Register - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Large Hadron Collider, CERN, Geneva

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)

World Trade Organization

India to press for reforms in WTO functioning

NEW DELHI: In the run-up to the seventh WTO Ministerial Meeting in Geneva beginning November 30, India has proposed urgent reforms in the functioning of the multilateral trade body.More transparency on the issues related to the non-trade barriers tops ... [Times of India - 21 mins ago]

Entities: World Trade Organization, India, Geneva, Doha (Qatar)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 Documents

Council of Europe

Azerbaijan is important Swiss partner: Council of Europe

France, Strasburg, Nov. 19 / Trend News A.Maharramli /Azerbaijan is an important Swiss partner, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said today.Swiss-Azerbaijani bilateral relations are developing rapidly. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev recently ... [Trend News Agency - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Council of Europe, Micheline Calmy-Rey

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents

More than 200 law enforcement officers train in Geneva

GENEVA - Geneva County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Helms skimmed over hundreds of law enforcement officials at Maple Avenue Baptist Church on Friday. He offered a small smirk every now and then that symbolized his excitement. ... [Local News for Dothan Eagle - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Geneva, Baptist Church

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 Documents

Swiss seize $US350m from late dictator

Swiss authorities say they've ordered that about $US350 million ($A380.68 million) of assets be seized from the son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha for graft.'The first order of the sentence issued yesterday by the examining magistrate found ... [Sky News Australia - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Sani Abacha, Dictator, Geneva, Criminal

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Students in Switzerland mounting protests

CommentBERN, Switzerland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hundreds of university students in Switzerland have been protesting as part of Global Week of Action, participating students said.A Bern University sociology student identified only as Luca said this week's rallies ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bern (Switzerland), Switzerland, Basel (Switzerland), Zurich (Switzerland)

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Police Expose Largest Ever European Match-Fixing Scandal

About 200 European football matches are under investigation in a match-fixing inquiry, German prosecutors have said.At least three of the games were in the Champions League and another 12 were in the Uefa Europa League, officials said.Uefa representative ... [Sofia News Agency - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Uefa, Austria, Switzerland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Bern Convention marks its 30th anniversary

Place: Bern (Switzerland), Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18 Description: The , known as "Bern Convention", will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Bern, during its annual Standing Committee meeting. The event will take place right at the start of the Swiss ... [Council of Europe - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Bern (Switzerland), Biodiversity, Bonn Convention, Wind Farms

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 7 Documents

US Says Next Big-Power Meeting on Iranian Nuclear Program Will Take Up Punitive Steps

Iran's Wom nuclear facilityShare This"This is something the Iranians agreed to in principle. "If you remember back in the Geneva meeting they agreed in principle to this proposal that was brought about under the auspices of the IAEA. And since then Iran ... [VOA News - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Robert Wood, International Atomic Energy Agency

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Milestone Systems Announces New Managers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Source: Milestone Systems Date: 11/20/2009 Milestone adds Harald Zander from Panasonic and Roger Meier from John Lay ElectronicsMilestone Systems, an platform company in , hired Harald Zander as Country Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and ... [ASMAG - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Milestone Systems, Austria, Switzerland, Germany

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

Swissmedic grants marketing authorization for Amitiza

Sucampo Pharma Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP), today announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, has granted a marketing authorization for Amitiza® (lubiprostone) 24 microgram (mcg) ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Swissmedic, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Switzerland, idiopathic

Quotes

...According to Rothen-Rutishauser and Riediker, "Just as for exhaust particles, efforts to diminish brake particle emissions will lead to an improved ambient airair quality and so could provide better protection of human health" . Notes: Toxic effects of brake wear particles on epithelial lung cells in vitro Michael Gasser, Michael Riediker, Loretta Mueller, Alain Perrenoud, Fabian...

Particles From Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells [Medical News Today - 3 hours ago]

...were also echoed by the Swiss government which called on Israel to stop construction of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. "Switzerland is deeply concerned about the destruction of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem near the old town and the planned eviction of Palestinian families" the SwissSwiss Foreign Ministry said Thursday in a statement

World condemns new Israeli settlements [Aljazeera.com - 5 hours ago]

...Zoonosis control is dependent on close cooperation between health and veterinary authorities. "In order to avoid and effectively control zoonoses, there must be close cooperation between the fields of human health, animal health and the environment" , says BfR President Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel. The example of the joint initiative on antibiotic resistances shows that this can work

Joint efforts to control diseases transmitted from animals to humans [Bionity.com - 7 hours ago]

...LHC is now back on track to create high-energy particle collisions that may yield extraordinary insights into the nature of the physical universe. "The LHC is a machine unprecedented in size, in complexity, and in the scope of the international collaboration that has built it over the last 15 years" said Dennis Kovar, U S Department of Energy Associate Director of Science for High Energy Physics...

Large Hadron Collider: Beams are back on at world's most powerful particle accelerator [Science Daily - 7 hours ago]

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Mutated H1N1 detected in Norway [UPI - 4 hours ago]
IAEA speaks out against fresh sanctions on Ir ... [Aljazeera.com - 5 hours ago]
World condemns new Israeli settlements [Aljazeera.com - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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Large Hadron Collider up and running again [CNET News.com - 9 hours ago] A silicon detector being installed in the Large Hadron Collider in December 2007.(Credit: Michael Hoch/CERN)The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron ...
Gold GLD ETF Impact [The Market Oracle - 14 hours ago] Five years ago this week, an obscure little ETF called StreetTracks Gold Shares was born. As the first American ETF enabling stock traders to gain direct price ...
Trudie Styler: Do We Want To Be The Generation ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 15 hours ago] The following post was originally delivered at the UN General Assembly's meeting on climate change on Thursday, November 19th. It has been 20 years ...
MPAA: Copyright Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood [Wired: Threat Level - 15 hours ago] If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least ...
Cash strapped Petroplus may put buys on hold [Economy-Finance - 15 hours ago] By Martin de Sa’Pinto and Sam Cage - Analysis ZURICH (Reuters) - Petroplus (PPHN.VX ), Europe’s largest independent oil refiner, may have to shelve an acquisition ...

Audio/Video

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More Madoff Accomplices Nabbed [Slate Magazine - 11/14/2009]
WSJ Tech Briefing Late Edition, November 13, 2009 [Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing - 11/13/2009]
Libya to try Swiss businessmen [Reuters - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Libya to try Swiss businessmen [Reuters Video: Business - 11/13/2009]
Get the Top Holiday Deals [ABC News Video: Money & Business - 11/13/2009]

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