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Switzerland
A 3000-Year-Old Singer Discovered in Egypt
For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for a modern Egyptian city where a team of Swiss archaeologists has discovered an 1,100-year-old tomb.
US Response to Palestinian UNESCO Membership
The United States’ response to the Palestinian Authority getting full membership into UNESCO is to cut off funds to the UN agency. Cartoon by Swiss Lebanese cartoonist Patrick Chappatte, International Herald Tribune.
The ‘Official’ Iraqi Attitude
The “official” Iraqi attitude toward the announcement that US troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, by Swiss-Lebanese cartoonist Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune.
Rent a Guinea Pig in Switzerland
A renting service allows people with one guinea pig to rent another to keep the surviving pet company.
UBS Trader Arrested Over ‘Rogue Deals’
Swiss banking giant UBS says one of its traders lost about $2 billion in unauthorized trades. The man’s been arrested in London on suspicion of fraud.
Swiss National Bank Headquarters
Looking for two cities that serve as headquarters for the Swiss National Bank headquarters.
Switzerland’s New Anti-PowerPoint Political Party
Why there’s a new Anti-PowerPoint political party in Switzerland.
Spain’s Carmen Cuesta, Da Cruz from Switzerland Take on Bossa Nova
The CD released by Carmen Cuesta fits the bossa nova genre in the traditional sense, but the album by Da Cruz takes bossa nova in an electronica direction.
Slideshow: A Cycle Race at a Snail’s Pace
After the slow food movement, it is now turn of the slow bike movement.
Silver Spotted Cubs in Basel
Three little snow leopard cubs have been showing off Wednesday in the Swiss city of Basel
Global Political Cartoons: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the now former head of the IMF. The charges against him are serious — sexually assaulting a woman who worked as a maid at the New York hotel where he was staying. The visual response by cartoonists around the globe include pigs, King Kong, Tarzan and a man with his pants down.
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Solar Powered Plane Takes Flight
A special podcast with André Borschberg, pilot of the world’s first completely solar-powered airplane. We caught up with Borschberg about 12,000 feet up as he was making his way from Switzerland to Brussels.
Tech Week in Review
The first of our newly minted “Global Tech: Week in Review” posts, offering links to the top stories from the past week. We’ll post it every Friday. This week, we take flight with the world’s first completely solar-powered aircraft!
Google ‘Street View’ Under Scrutiny in Switzerland
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Google is threatening to shut down its “Street View” mapping service in Switzerland where data protection laws are tough. This is after a Swiss Federal court requested Google to blur all faces, skin color and clothes on its images. Anchor Marco Werman talks to Eliane Schmid, spokesperson for the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner about the issue. Download MP3
Global Political Cartoons: March 12 – 18, 2011
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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