Switzerland

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>

The Deadly Ignorance of "Drug Warriors"

Norm Stamper | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics

Read More: Australia, Drug Treatment, John Gilbride, Hiv, Clean Needle and Syringe Programs, Switzerland, Vancouver, United Kingdom, Take Charge Take Care, Dea, Legalize Drugs, Addiction, B.C., New York City, Hepatitis, Drug Prevention, Prohibition, Supervised Injection Site, Peter Vallone, Addicts, Heroin for Dummies, Reefer Madness, Drug Warriors, Portugal, Bridget Brennan, Methadone, Drug Czar, Anslinger, Politics News

A person addicted to heroin needs the drug as much as a diabetic needs insulin. How he or she gets it is problematic, but until we legalize and tax heroin, we need outreach programs to alleviate suffering and save lives.

Read Post

Swiss Court Fines Speeding Millionaire $290,000

AP | Posted 01.07.2010 | World

Read More: Speeding Tickets, Switzerland, Swiss Speeding Tickets, Switzerland Speeding Tickets, Zurich, World News

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine – a full $290,000. Judges at the cantonal ...

Read Whole Story

New Minaret Defies Swiss Ban

Wall Street Journal | Posted 01.05.2010 | World

Read More: Guillaume Morand, Minaret, Minaret Law, Swiss Minaret Ban, Minaret Ban, Switzerland, World News

In November, Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets, the towerlike structures that adorn mosques. A week or so later, in an apparen...

Read Whole Story

Swiss avalanches kill 5

Vail Daily. | Vail Daily | Posted 01.04.2010 | Home

Read More: Geneva-Switzerland, Switzerland, Home News

GENEVA, Switzerland - Avalanches killed five people in the Swiss Alps over the weekend, and bad weather prevented rescuers from reaching thre...

Read Whole Story

Swiss Avalanches Kill At Least 4: Police

AP | Posted 01.04.2010 | World

Read More: Disasters, Switzerland Avalanche, Swiss Avalanche Death, Switzerland, Natural Disasters, Avalanche, Avalanche Deaths, Swiss Avalanche Dead, Swiss Avalanche, World News

BERN, Switzerland — At least four people were killed in two separate avalanche incidents Sunday in the Swiss Alps, police said. A group of skie...

Read Whole Story

UBS seeks space in the New York area

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.30.2009 | Home

Read More: New York-New York, Switzerland, Home News

TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEThe U.S. headquarters of UBS in New York. UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, is searching for as much as 800...

Read Whole Story

Resort body was missing British man

The Independent | Independent | Posted 12.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Switzerland, Home News

The body found in Switzerland on Monday has been identified as the missing British graduate Myles Robinson, Swiss police said today. ...

Read Whole Story

World's Best Apres-Ski Spots

ASMALLMAGAZINE. | ASMALLMAGAZINE | Posted 12.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Zermatt, Aspen-Colorado, Switzerland, Home News

Party in Zermatt, Switzerland In quite a few ski towns, the real fun starts after dark. Here are a few of our favourites. Tell us some of you...

Read Whole Story

Mark Weinberger Found: American Doctor Accused Of Fraud Located In Italy On Mountain

AP | MARTA FALCONI and CHARLES D. WILSON | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

Read More: Negligence, Switzerland, Val Ferret, Indianna, Medical Malpractice, Rome, Nose Doctor, Aosta, Merriville, Mark Weinberger, World News

ROME — An American doctor on the run for five years as charges of fraud and malpractice mounted against him was arrested as he hid out on a snow...

Read Whole Story

Venue a Triumph for Telluride's First World Cup

The Watch | The Watch | Posted 12.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, Home News

Conditions were great, the course was top-notch, but Americans lagged behind France, Canada, Switzerland and Germany in Telluride's first-ever PGS Wor...

Read Whole Story

Swiss: Polanski Extradition Decision In Early 2010

AP | Posted 12.16.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Switzerland, Roman Polanski Court Case, Roman Polanski, Los Angeles News

GENEVA — Swiss authorities say they will decide early next year on whether to extradite director Roman Polanski to the United States. Justice M...

Read Whole Story

Tullett Preborn To Help Employees Relocate To Avoid UK Bonus Tax

Posted 12.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Uk, Switzerland, City Bonuses, Singapore, Tullett Prebon, Banks, Bahrain, Compensation, Bonus Tax, Bonuses, London, Wall Street, Business News

Tullett Prebon, a London-based inter-dealer broker described as one of the City's biggest trading firms, will help employees relocate to avoid the Uni...

Read Whole Story

Sarkozy Defends Switzerland's Minaret Ban

Guardian | Ian Traynor | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Swiss, Muslims, Sarkozy, Switzerland, Minaret, Minaret Ban, Switzerland Minaret Ban, Muslims Europe, World News

Nicolas Sarkozy today voiced sympathy for Switzerland's controversial decision to ban the building of Muslim minarets, calling on religious practition...

Read Whole Story

Janka leads after first run of GS; Miller skis out

The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 12.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Switzerland, Home News

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Switzerland's Carlo Janka was leading after the first run of a snowy giant slalom Sunday, bidding to win a third conse...

Read Whole Story

Gadhafi: Swiss minaret ban plays into al-Qaida's hands

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Switzerland, Libya, Home News

Libya leader Muamar Gadhafi on Sunday said Switzerland's vote to ban the building of new minarets had done a great favor to al-Qaida militants, who wo...

Read Whole Story

What do mosque minarets and kosher slaughter have in common?

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Switzerland, Home News

What do mosque minarets and kosher slaughter have in common? Both are banned in Switzerland, a free, liberal, secular and democratic country. ......

Read Whole Story

John Oliver Confronts Swiss UN Ambassador On Neutrality During World War II (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Minarets, Video, Switzerland, Daily Show, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Comedy News

On last night's "Daily Show", correspondent John Oliver followed up a segment on a recent vote in Switzerland to ban the building of minarets with an ...

Read Whole Story

Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, Swiss Vote, Switzerland, Terrorism, Tariq Ramadan, European Muslims, Democracy, Minaret Ban, Islamophobia, Minarets, Fascism, Muslims, Bnp, Swiss Minaret Ban, Geert Wilders, World News

To ban an architectural form that scares you is a thing of prehistoric naiveté.The shortsightedness of the anti-minaret campaign is fueled by more than fear. It is fueled by hate.

Read Post

Architectural 'Intolerance' in Switzerland

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Architecture, Racism, Islam, Switzerland, Swiss Minaret Ban, Muslim, World News

The recent vote by the people of Switzerland to ban minarets is at best misguided, at worst downright racism. Architecture is a political act. What, where and how we build is affected by politics, but this is beyond the pale.

Read Post

Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?

John L. Esposito | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Swiss Minaret Ban, Islam, Europe, Freedom Party, Switzerland, The Netherlands, European Parliament, Danish People's Party, Minaret Ban, British National Party, World News

The Swiss minaret ban, like some other European countries' policies, highlights a failure of Western liberalism and raises fundamental questions about religious discrimination and freedom of religion.

Read Post

Passive European Muslims Partially To Blame for Swiss Minaret Ban

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Kosovo, Holocaust, Danish Cartoons, Mosques, Swiss People's Party, Minaret Ban, Burka, European-Muslims, Swiss Minaret Ban, World News

Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.

Read Post

Cowbells and Minarets

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Minarets, Muslims, Switzerland, Swiss-Ban-on-Minarets, New York, World News

To say the Swiss are not trustworthy would be an understatement. But their massive vote against minarets is a different story.

Read Post

Minarets? No Thanks, We're Swiss

Hisham Wyne | Posted 12.05.2009 | World

Read More: Minarets, Switzerland, Minaret Ban, Dark Chocolate, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, World News

Europe is creeping towards old habits of intolerance. Fascism has found a happy home in Europe before, and there are days when it appears contemporary Europe suffers nostalgia.

Read Post