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WWF’s 2012 Living Planet report holds little good news

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:33:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com “Our natural capital is declining and our Ecological Footprint is increasing.” GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The message is stark: “Humanity’s demands exceed our planet’s capacity to sustain us. That is, we ask for more than what we have.” The implications are dire: food and water for all will happen only if we manage our resources much better. [...]

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Gland pre-teen sexual assault case: French suspect dismissed

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:53:46 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud police have dropped their extradition request for a French man held by police in Annemasse, over the border from Geneva, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old in Gland 14 April 2011. French police arrested the man 30 November, and he is still being held by them, but further investigations [...]

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Police seek driver after A1 Rolle-Gland accident

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:51:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud police are seeking the driver of a dark VW Golf following an accident at 09:00 Monday morning 9 January on the A1 autoroute between Rolle and Gland, in the direction of Geneva. A metallic gray Skoda was in the left lane, just before the La Côte layby, passing a truck, [...]

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Youth gravely injured by train in Gland

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:42:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 14-year-old is in serious condition, but his life is not in danger, following an accident at the train station in Gland, canton Vaud, Thursday evening 22 December. Vaud police say that a goods train, going 100 kph, pulled the youth was pulled onto the tracks from the platform about 19:00. He and [...]

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Holiday shopping ideas from the GenevaLunch team (update)

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:04:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (Correction: Claudio Carollo below) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – January sales are now on, but many people are still on holiday, so why not combine great prices and extra time with family and friends – and take along a special gift. We’re leaving some of our Christmas shopping suggestions here because special offers are making several of [...]

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Lausanne-Geneva trains not running Tuesday morning (Update 2)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:31:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Some serviced is back, but expect delays, disruptions for the morning Update 09:15 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Trains are back on the track and running btween Lausanne and Geneva, after a 70-minute stop during rush hour on one of Switzerland’s most heavily travelled routes, says the CFF rail company. A signal box breakdown in Coppet was [...]

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Lausanne-Geneva A1 autoroute: animals on the road, accident

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The federal highway office’s Truckinfo site for international truck drivers is warning caution on the A1 autoroute, in both directions, between Rolle and Gland, with animals on the road following an accident. Details are not yet available. The site is updated every few minutes.

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Gland pre-teen sexual aggression: police issue portrait

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:21:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Police in Vaud have issued a sketch of the man, 55 to 60 years old, who sexually attacked a pre-teen in her apartment building in Gland 14 April, in an attempt to get more help from the public in finding him. He was European in look, with light-coloured eyes, white-blond hair and [...]

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Gland pre-teen sexually assaulted in her building

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:31:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Police seek information and witnesses on man seen in area Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Canton Vaud Police are seeking witnesses and information on a man who was seen driving a small turquoise car with Geneva plates, suspected of sexually abusing a pre-teen in her apartment building Thursday evening 14 April. He was reported by neighbours [...]

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Javan rhinos, one of the rarest mammals on the planet, caught on camera (video)

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:10:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Gland-based WWF‘s Indonesian arm announced Monday that an “almost extinct species” has been caught on camera. The Javan rhinos “are breeding in Ujung Kulon,” says Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist at WWF in the US. The video was released 28 February by WWF-Indonesia and Indonesia’s National Park Authority. The footage was taken [...]

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