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Swiss tensions rise over 'racist' minaret poster

The Independent | Independent | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home

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Zurich has approved the display of a controversial anti-Islamic poster showing a menacing looking woman in a burqa, next to minarets that closely res...

Shock in Zurich as Young Fest Reels from Polanski Arrest

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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Organizers of the 5th Zurich Film Festival certainly couldn’t have imagined that they would be at the center of an international incident draw...

Swiss arrest Roman Polanski on US warrant; faces possible extradition to US over 1977 sex case

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

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ZURICH (AP) — Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police as he flew in for the Zurich Film Festival and faces possible extradition to ...

Comparison Of Global Purchasing Power Finds Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva Most Expensive Cities

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva, Tokyo and New York have been dubbed the most expensive cities in the world. The UBS "Prices and Earnings" survey of...

Who Works The Least? The French, According To UBS Study

Posted 09.19.2009 | Business


Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

Iranians Worldwide Roll Out Green Scroll Against Ahmadinejad (SLIDESHOW, UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.19.2009 | World


Diane Tucker

Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...

Switzerland Enlists Half-Naked Farmers To Fight Back Tax Haven Slurs

Times Online | Roger Boyes | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Switzerland, fed up with being portrayed as a tax-dodgers' paradise, is rebranding itself as a land of hunky half-naked peasants with waxed chests and...

Social Startup Amazee Fighting Amazon's Amazing Name-Change Demand

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has been demanding Swiss social collaboration platform Amazee change its name, and has now also filed an appeal against its plan t...

Prosecutor: Brazilian admits faking Swiss attack

AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


ZURICH — Prosecutors said Thursday that a Brazilian woman has admitted faking an attack by Swiss skinheads and lying about miscarrying twins. T...

Europe's Best City for Quality of Life? Follow the Google Guys

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 01.16.2009 | Style


Melissa Biggs Bradley

For a number of years, Zurich has been ranked as "the city with the highest quality of life in the world," But more telling than a survey may be that Google chose to base its largest engineering office outside the U.S. here.

Blair Gets Closer To Predicted 40 Million Pound Salary

Daily Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Tony Blair was a step closer to his predicted £40million a year salary today after being signed up by a second financial firm. The former prime mini...