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Bachmann’s short-lived Swiss citizenship

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:56:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Michele Bachmann, US congresswoman from Minnesota, has decided not to be Swiss after all, in the wake of media brouhaha over her decision to take up citizenship in a Thurgau village along with the rest of her family. Her husband, technically a Swiss and US dual national at birth, only decided to [...]

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Obama joins Biden in backing same sex marriage

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:02:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It’s taken two years of allowing his position to “evolve” but US President Barack Obama came out with it Wednesday evening 9 May: he now supports same sex marriages, he told ABC news, saying that he’s always believe “gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly, and equally”. Vice-president Joe Biden said [...]

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Tornadoes throw US Midwest into chaos, again

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:57:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com NASA says lessons learned from 2011 twisters GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The killer tornadoes that hit the southeastern United States a year ago left mostly chaos in their trail, but they also handed scientists some interesting lessons, says Nasa (US aeronautics agency). The lessons could come in handy as unseasonably warm weather reaches across much of [...]

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17th US state opts to abolish death penalty

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:22:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Connecticut is about to become the 17th US state to abolish the death penalty, with both houses voting for a bill to ban it and the governor announcing 11 April he will sign the bill. Five states have abolished it in the past five years, says Human Rights Watch: New Jersey, New [...]

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N Korean rocket threats overshadow Seoul nuclear safety summit

Paula Dupraz — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:01:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – North Korea’s plan to launch a long-range rocket next month upstaged talks at the 53-leader summit on nuclear security as it came to a close Tuesday 27 March in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean foreign ministry said it would carry out plans to launch a satellite missile into orbit next month [...]

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Tornadoes death toll in US up to 31

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:28:54 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A number of tornadoes have torn through several states in the centre and south of the US and the death toll now stands at 31, but there are fears it will rise as rescue workers check rubble. The deaths occurred in four states: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama, but areas in at least [...]

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Mid-US braces for new storm after tornado kills 12

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:10:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A dawn tornado that tore apart Harrisburg, Illinois Wednesday morning 29 February left 12 dead and massive damage to property in its wake as a massive storm cut across much of the Midwest in the US. A reprieve was welcome, reports CNN, but another storm appears to be building that is causing [...]

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Zurich man’s “127 Hours” nightmare canyon tale ends well

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:13:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – AP/Republic newspaper in Arizona report that a 35-year-old Zurich man was rescued from a canyon after Navajo police found his vehicle. He had reportedly hiked into Waterholes Canyon not far from Flagstaff, Arizona and went down into a dry waterfall canyon with a rope, but was injured and was stuck there, with [...]

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We won! uh, well, maybe

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:56:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Canadians vs Americans, you 0, me 1 when it comes to the War of 1812 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Americans and Canadians have a new old bone of contention, reports The Globe and Mail: who won the War of 1812. We did! each side has been claiming for exactly 200 years, it appears, and the argument [...]

Hillary Clinton to step off “hire wire” job: surprise, non-surprise and kudos

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:29:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hillary Clinton’s offhand announcement, at the tail end of a Town Hall meeting in Washington, Thursday 26 January, that she’ll leave her post as Secretary of State when the president has time to name a replacement came as a big surprise to many while others wondered why it is news, since it’s [...]

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