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Syrian deaths continue; Arab League pushes for dialogue

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:14:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Deaths of civilians in Syria, at the hands of their government, and deaths of soldiers continue unabated, even as the Arab League pushes President Bashar al-Assad to start a dialogue with the opposition. Aljazeera reports tha 24 people died Monday 17 October in Homs alone, a centre of the popular protests, with [...]

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Russia publishes 1943 Polish massacre papers

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:13:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The Russian State Archives is publishing documents 28 April, for the first time, with leader Joseph Stalin’s orders in 1943 to kill 22,000 Polish officers in Katyn by shooting them. The Katyn massacres have long been a source of major tension between the two countries and more than 100 documents that Poland would like made [...]

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Gay soldiers should be allowed to serve, says US military boss

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:53:29 +0000

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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Guides acquitted in Jungfrau military accident

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:58:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern / Chur, Graubuenden, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two guides who have been on trial for their part in the deaths of six soldiers during a military mountain training expedition on the Jungfrau have been acquitted. They were on trial in a Swiss military court for involuntary manslaughter and for not observing military regulations. The soldiers, [...]

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Weekend of Swiss clichés

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:00:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne/Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland did its best to live up to clichéd images this weekend. Swiss soldiers were running around in the mountains as part of commando exercises with soldiers from other European countries, the cows came down from their summer pastures in the high alps in many areas – sometimes with garlands and [...]

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Swiss soldiers to carry unloaded weapons

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:24:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss guards will carry unloaded firearms starting 1 September thanks to a new measure covering Swiss army soldiers on guard duty. This does not mean the soldiers will carry arms without bullets: the new ruling allows the magazine to be fully loaded but it may not be put in action mode. The commanding [...]

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US military considering total smoking ban for soldiers

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:29:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The Pentagon in the US is considering banning all smoking by soldiers, including those in battle, and stopping sales of cigarettes at military bases. A study done for the Pentagon is recommending the ban saying that in the short term it harms battle readiness and in the long term the cost to the health of [...]

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Seven soldiers out with measles

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:34:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Thun, Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Army may have bought 12,000 doses of anti-measles vaccine, with Switzerland continuing to have one of Europe’s highest rates of measles, but it did not prevent seven soldiers in the officers’ programme from being quarantined for the highly contagious disease. Some have come down with measles and the [...]