GenevaLunch » military http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:07 +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 Egyptian call for mass protest aims to end military power http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:57:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63807 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organizers of protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in Egypt are calling for a million people to come out on the streets Tuesday 22 November to force military rulers to hand over power no matter what the results of next week’s elections. At least 25 people have died in fighting in the past [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/feed/ 0 Petraeus gets CIA, Panetta to head Pentagon http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/petraeus-gets-cia-panetta-to-head-pentagon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/petraeus-gets-cia-panetta-to-head-pentagon/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:06:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56987 GenevaLunch.com The expected shakeup in US military leadership appears to be ready, with AP making one of the tersest and shortest news agency reports in some time, with an announcement shortly after noon Swiss time that its sources say Robert Petraeus will become head of the CIA intelligence agency and CIA director Leon Panetta is being [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/27/petraeus-gets-cia-panetta-to-head-pentagon/feed/ 0 Egyptian turmoil raises question of military’s power http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/30/egyptian-turmoil-raises-question-of-militarys-power/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/30/egyptian-turmoil-raises-question-of-militarys-power/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:13:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53041 GenevaLunch.com Al Jazeera TV signal cut, told to shut down, while China blocks “Egypt” Twitter searches President Hos Mubarak, facing what Reuters refers to as “unprecedented pressure” on his regime, is holding closely watched meetings with military officials in the country, as Egypt has its sixth day of protests against Mubarak’s 30-year-old presidency. Saturday 29 January [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/30/egyptian-turmoil-raises-question-of-militarys-power/feed/ 0 Davos forum faces joblessness, revolutions http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/26/davos-forum-faces-joblessness-revolutions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/26/davos-forum-faces-joblessness-revolutions/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:30:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52869 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - All eyes switch to Davos, as the offices of the host, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, empty out for the annual meeting of business and political leaders at the Swiss resort in canton Graubuenden. Newspapers and magazines are filled with Davos “news” which so far consists mainly of journalists’ descriptions [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/26/davos-forum-faces-joblessness-revolutions/feed/ 0 Geneva’s new international police replace Swiss military at embassies http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/06/genevas-new-international-police-replace-swiss-military-at-embassies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/06/genevas-new-international-police-replace-swiss-military-at-embassies/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:44:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46668 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Seventeen newly trained Geneva police officers are now on duty outside diplomatic missions in the city, part of the group that has replaced some of the Swiss soldiers in training who have had the job in the past. Long-term Swiss soldiers continue to provide some protection to embassies, consulates and missions, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/06/genevas-new-international-police-replace-swiss-military-at-embassies/feed/ 0 Grueling Swiss backcountry ski race begins http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/grueling-swiss-backcountry-ski-race-begins/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/grueling-swiss-backcountry-ski-race-begins/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:41:49 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=40648 GenevaLunch.com Famed Glacier Patrol has good weather Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Glacier Patrol race is on. The PdG, as it is known for its French acronym, is a long-distance endurance race that takes place every two years across the 53km of glaciers, summits and passes between Zermatt and Verbier. A shorter 26km version covers the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/grueling-swiss-backcountry-ski-race-begins/feed/ 1 CHUV researchers argue for stricter Swiss gun laws http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/chuv-researchers-argue-for-stricter-swiss-gun-laws/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/chuv-researchers-argue-for-stricter-swiss-gun-laws/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:42:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36809 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A group of researchers based at Chuv (University Hospitals) in Lausanne have published the results of a 23-year study of Swiss homicide-suicides in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (28 January 2010 issue). Their conclusion: a stricter weapons law would help reduce the number of such deaths. The study [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/chuv-researchers-argue-for-stricter-swiss-gun-laws/feed/ 0 Gay soldiers should be allowed to serve, says US military boss http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/03/gay-soldiers-should-be-allowed-to-serve-says-us-military-boss/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/03/gay-soldiers-should-be-allowed-to-serve-says-us-military-boss/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:53:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36417 GenevaLunch.com Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told senators Tuesday 2 February that the US should end its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that obliges gay soldiers to keep their sexual preferences to themselves. “”No matter how I look at the issue I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/03/gay-soldiers-should-be-allowed-to-serve-says-us-military-boss/feed/ 0 Swiss military planes over the Alps: warming up for WEF http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/08/swiss-military-planes-over-the-alps-warming-up-for-wef/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/08/swiss-military-planes-over-the-alps-warming-up-for-wef/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:29:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34881 GenevaLunch.com Update 11:37  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Army has begun preparations for the World Economic Forum in Davos, from 27-31 January 2010, with 200 soldiers dispatched to canton Graubuenden to begin making security arrangements. The army will supply 5,000 soldiers this year, the same as last, and the government will spend CHF1.5 million providing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/08/swiss-military-planes-over-the-alps-warming-up-for-wef/feed/ 0 Young recruit dies in Airolo boot camp http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/young-recruit-dies-in-airolo-boot-camp/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/young-recruit-dies-in-airolo-boot-camp/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:35:25 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32497 GenevaLunch.com Airolo, Ticino, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A 19-year-old soldier died while on a break during a football game at the Airolo boot camp for sanitary workers, the federal Department of Defense announced 26 November. His colleagues gave him first aid and CPR almost immediately, but were unable to revive him. He was in his fifth week [...]

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