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CANTON VALAIS, SWITZERLAND – A gang of 16 that had stolen some CHF650,000 in goods from homes in Valais, with similar levels of theft in cantons Vaud and Fribourg, has been dismantled, Valais police say. Three members of the band were caught in March near Ollon, canton Vaud, and police in the three cantons worked [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The good news is that there is more available housing in Switzerland than a year ago, or at least there was 1 June. The federal government took stock that day and noted 38,420 unoccupied dwellings of all types, an increase of 1,700 houses and apartments over 1 June 2010. The 1,700 represent a [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Syrian troops have killed 2,600 people since President Bashar al-Assad began putting down unrest in the country, Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Monday in Geneva. Only one week earlier she said a fact-finding commission had put the number of killings at 2,200. Syria will be on the agenda [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss public transport systems do more than simply carry more people for less fuel: they also get relatively high ecology marks for their overall impact on the environment. A study ordered by the federal government, published in German 9 September, shows that while public transport is far ahead of road traffic at [...]
AOL and the Huffington Post have been hit with a class-action suit, following last month’s completion of AOL’s $315 million buy for the more commonly called HuffPo, including its hyper-local news outlet, Patch. Currently, most local Patch sites have just one editor and a group of freelancers working for them. Their goal is to fill the gaps in coverage and [...]
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