GenevaLunch » vote http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +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 US House of Reps reaffirms US trust in God http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:09:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63122 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The US lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, voted overwhelmingly Wednesday 2 November in favour of a resolution reconfirming the country’s motto, “In God we trust”. The motion is non-binding, reports CNS news. “The resolution approved Tuesday not only reaffirms the national motto, it also supports and encourages its public [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/feed/ 1 Europe reacts strongly to Greek bailout vote proposal http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:18:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63097 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Europe’s politicians reacted with surprise and anger during the day Tuesday to the surprise announcement by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou that he wants a referendum that will allow Greeks to vote on an EU bailout package. In Greece, there were calls Tuesday evening for the prime minister to resign. The package [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/feed/ 0 Unesco gives Palestine the vote despite US budget threat http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63034 GenevaLunch.com PARIS, FRANCE – Unesco Monday voted to give Palestine full membership, despite an appeal and financial threat from the United States to withhold $80 million in funding. It called the move premature. The vote was 107 in favour, 14 against, with 52 nations abstaining. VOA reports that “The Palestinian success in Paris could be costly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/feed/ 0 China, Russia veto UN resolution on Syria http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:24:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62097 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – China and Russia used their vetoes in the UN Security Council late Tuesday to stop a United Nations draft resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria. It would have been the first such UN decision since March, when President Bashar Assad’s military regime began using tanks and soldiers to crack down on protester. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/feed/ 0 European Court finds minarets case “inadmissable” http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:29:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59549 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The European Court of Human Rights Friday 8 July ruled that two cases brought against Switzerland are “inadmissable”: the Swiss popular vote against the construction of new minarets does not directly violate the rights of those who filed complaints with the court in December 2009. Switzerland voted against the construction of new [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/feed/ 0 Wednesday likely to become school day in Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/wednesday-likely-to-become-school-day-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/wednesday-likely-to-become-school-day-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 08:33:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58215 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva is the only canton where children up to age 12 don’t attend school on Wednesday morning, but this is likely to change in 2013. The cantonal government Thursday evening 26 May voted 56 to 22, with 4 abstaining, in favour of having school Wednesday morning, in part to bring the canton [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/wednesday-likely-to-become-school-day-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Iceland votes no to paying back Britain, The Netherlands http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/iceland-votes-no-to-paying-back-britain-the-netherlands/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/iceland-votes-no-to-paying-back-britain-the-netherlands/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:05:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56403 GenevaLunch.com Two countries who lost money now suing Iceland Iceland’s citizens voted by more than 60 percent 10 April not to pay back Britain and The Netherlands for losses incurred when Landsbanki went under in 2008. The bank’s failure was part of the country’s economic failure, an early victim to the global economic crisis. British and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/iceland-votes-no-to-paying-back-britain-the-netherlands/feed/ 0 Swiss refuse firearms initiative (update 3) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/13/swiss-refuse-firearms-initiative-update-3/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/13/swiss-refuse-firearms-initiative-update-3/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:09:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53970 GenevaLunch.com Zurich’s yes makes it an urban vs rural vote Geneva says no to tax amnesty and single state housing body Update 3, 18:00  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss citizens Sunday 13 February at 16:30 were close to resoundingly rejecting (TSR map) a popular initiative that would end the long-standing practice of keeping military arms at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/13/swiss-refuse-firearms-initiative-update-3/feed/ 5 Swiss voting on gun safety this weekend (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/11/swiss-voting-on-gun-safety-this-weekend-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/11/swiss-voting-on-gun-safety-this-weekend-update/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:42:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53889 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss voters are turning in their ballots to decide on tightening regulations covering firearms. Many of them are doing so Friday using local commune’s special ballot boxes before they head for the mountains, rather than turning up in person to vote Sunday 13 February. The popular referendum is supported by Socialists [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/11/swiss-voting-on-gun-safety-this-weekend-update/feed/ 0 S Sudanese vote to secede: officially +98.5% http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/30/s-sudanese-vote-to-secede-officially-98-5/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/30/s-sudanese-vote-to-secede-officially-98-5/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:00:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53046 GenevaLunch.com Crowds that gathered in Juba, in southern Sudan, cheered as the official vote commission confirmed Sunday 30 January that 99 percent of voters there had said yes to secession from the north. The vote, which took place the first week in January, has received praise worldwide for taking place peacefully and with little fraud. Officials [...]

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