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Riddes fire was started by children

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:29:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A huge fire that destroyed a lumberyard in the centre of the village of Riddes last weekend was set by five children, police in canton Valais say. The fire late Ssunday 20 May caused heavy damage but no injuries, and the A9 autoroute was closed for more than two hours due to [...]

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Michele Bachmann waxes poetic about her Swiss citizenship (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:14:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com You read that right: former US presidential candidate confirms she is officially Swiss Bachmann’s dual citizenship muddles more than the Tea Party GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ranks of dual US-Swiss citizens have just been plumped by former US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann from Minnesota, whoe certainly knows how to wax poetic about the old [...]

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Int’l “State of the Mother” report urges better maternal nutrition

Paula Dupraz — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Save the Children’s annual State of the Mother Report, which ranks countries around the world according to women’s and children’s wellbeing, is focusing on maternal nutrition ahead of this month’s G8 meeting in Camp David, at which US President Barack Obama is expected to discuss food and agriculture. The charity considers “nutrition [...]

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Swiss couples get equal opportunity for name change

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:25:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – All is supposed to be fair in love and war, but Swiss law covering keeping your name or changing it when you marry has not treated men and women equally. This will change 1 January 2013, when married couples and homosexual couples will have more options. The changes passed by parliament in [...]

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A glimmer of hope in the bus crash sadness, as 8 children go home to Belgium

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:04:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss government to review safety of tunnel pullover emergency areas GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Eight of the children injured in the 13 March bus crash in Sierre, canton Valais, that killed 28 people are heading home in specially-equipped planes, police said in a statement issued Thursday evening. They were discreetly taken to say goodbye to their [...]

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Sierre bus crash: dead have now all been identified

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:56:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – All 28 people who died in a bus crash Tuesday 13 March in Sierre have now been identified, say police. The formal identifications are necessary in order for police to release the remains to families. The bodies will now be flown back to Belgium Friday on the two airplanes made available by [...]

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Sierre bus crash: details about the children surface, victims being flown home

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:50:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two airplanes provided by the Belgian government are taking home the bodies of the victims of Tuesday night’s bus crash in a tunnel in Sierre but as of Wednesday not all of them have been formally identified and a forensic laboratory in Lausanne is taking on extra help to speed up the [...]

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Sierre bus crash, latest from police in Valais

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:04:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA / SION, SWITZERLAND – The death toll from Tuesday night’s horrific bus crash in Sierre, canton Valais remained at 28 Wednesday, according to Canton Valais police. But in a rundown of the condition of the 24 passengers who are hospitalized with injuries there was good news and bad 20 hours after the accident. The [...]

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Sierre bus crash in tunnel: where it happened (correction)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:23:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com SIERRE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The cause of the Tuesday night 13 March bus crash that killed 28 in Sierre could remain a mystery for some time, with the two drivers dead and no immediate explanation for an accident in good weather, at the start of a trip, in a relatively new and well-lit tunnel. [...]

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A small step for working parents: Swiss gov’t support over childcare tax issue

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:50:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Working couples with children who were worried when they saw the UDC People’s Party popular initiative that would give tax cuts to families with a stay-at-home parent received support today from the government. The Swiss Federal Council says it cannot back the initiative because “fiscal law must be as neutral as possible [...]

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