GenevaLunch » Bahrein http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss call on Bahrein to end death penalty as four condemned http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/swiss-call-on-bahrein-to-end-death-penalty-as-four-condemned/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/swiss-call-on-bahrein-to-end-death-penalty-as-four-condemned/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 09:48:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57328 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government Friday morning called for Bahrein to end the death penalty, which it has rarely invoked, and to review the four sentences passed in the wake of anti-government protests. Switzerland is opposed to the death penalty and has been fighting for its universal abolition but the Federal Council notes [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/swiss-call-on-bahrein-to-end-death-penalty-as-four-condemned/feed/ 0 Sports, IOC strips two Beijing winners of their medals for doping http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/ioc-strips-two-beijing-winners-of-their-medals-for-doping/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/ioc-strips-two-beijing-winners-of-their-medals-for-doping/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:17 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31875 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne has stripped Rashid Ramzi from Bahrein of his gold medal. He won the men’s 1,500 metre race in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Italian Davide Rebellin, who placed second in the men’s road cycle event, will have to return his silver medal, the IOC announced. [...]

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