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Wall Street Journal 5 November 2009 By DEBORAH BALL and ANITA GREIL ZURICH. An emotional debate over the role of Islam in Switzerland is heating up as a referendum approaches that would ban the construction of minarets on...
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The OIC hopes the minaret initiative will not stigmatise Muslim communities in Switzerland (Daniel Winkler) Swiss government clarifications about the minaret initiative have put the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at...
A Swiss friend of mine once told me the story of his mother. A recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report indicates that Turkey ranks 129th out of 134 countries in terms of dividing its resources and opportunities among men and...
Opponents say exports contradict neutrality (Keystone) A popular initiative calling for a ban on Swiss weapons exports has locked pacifists and business leaders in a conflict that will be resolved on polling day. Two previous...
ZUG, Switzerland, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation today announced that Gordon T. Hall, age 50, and Jon A. Marshall, age 57, were elected as members of the Company's Board of Directors. Hall, who becomes a...
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Minarets are extremely rare in Switzerland An impassioned debate is underway in Switzerland ahead of a referendum at the end of November. The proposed ban is backed by...
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS), Mercury, Briefing Note on the Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury, 19-23 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
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Which of these constructions is more of an eyesore? (Reuters) Will Swiss voters ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland on November 29? The survey, commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo's parent...
