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Holiday weekend news roundup, Lake Geneva region

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:43:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Monday 20 September is a holiday in much of Switzerland, the Jeûne Fédéral. GenevaLunch, based in Vaud, will be providing limited news coverage. Swiss weekend news highlights include: SOCIETY – Four people are dead and 17 injured after a woman went on a shooting spree in Loerrach, Germany, near Basel, in [...]

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Libya hostages affair moves into higher gear

Sean Ecker — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:41:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 21:15 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss businessman Max Goeldi has surrendered to Libyan authorities and will begin serving his four-month prison sentence for visa violations. His countryman Rachid Hamdani has been given his exit visa Monday late afternoon 22 February, but has not left Tripoli, he told his wife Bruna by phone from Tripoli. [...]

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Rachid Hamdani’s Libyan prison sentenced dropped on one charge

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:53:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Tripoli, Libya (GenevaLunch) – Rachid Hamdani, one of two Swiss businessmen who have been held by Libya for 18 months, has reportedly had his prison sentence overturned for staying illegally in the country. He and Max Goldi, the other Swiss, appeared Saturday and Sunday in a court to where appeals in their cases were being [...]

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Hostage Hamdani’s hearing postponed; “agreement should be cancelled”

Sean Ecker — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:54:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Agreement should be cancelled now, says Commission head Update 17:15 Bern, Switzerland (GenvaLunch) – One of two Swiss men held in Tripoli, Libya has had his hearing postponed until 24 January, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday 10 January. Rachid Hamdani did not appear at the scheduled hearing for fear of being [...]

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Swiss hostages in Libya helped by Twitter, virtual candles, cards

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:43:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Tripoli, Libya (GenevaLunch) - The two Swiss men detained in Libya, Rachid Hamdani and Max Goeldi, appear together in a photo for the first time, distributed by Amnesty International’s Swiss office as a way of thanking the public for its support in recent days. Virtual candles have been lit in growing numbers since the start [...]

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Swiss men in Libya sentenced

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:41:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 2 22:50 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Reports were published Tuesday evening 1 December by several international news agencies that two Swiss businessmen, Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani, have been sentenced to 16 months in prison and fined $1,671 each by a Libyan court. Reuters received an e-mail confirmation from the Swiss foreign affairs ministry [...]