http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland en Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:01:27 Copyright 2008, swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/images/logos/swissinfo_120x37.gif http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ 12037swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Swiss_calls_for_more_security_in_Georgia.html?siteSect=105&sid=9811978&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:02:54 GMT The United Nation's representative on the rights of internally displaced people has denounced the ongoing violence in the buffer zone below South Ossetia. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/EU_labour_treaty_goes_to_fourth_public_ballot.html?siteSect=105&sid=9811410&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:29:07 GMT Voters in Switzerland will have the final say on the continuation and extension of a key labour treaty with the European Union. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Prosecutors_smoke_out_money_launderers.html?siteSect=105&sid=9811741&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:30:31 GMT Federal prosecutors have accused ten men of laundering more than $1 billion (SFr1.13 billion) in connection with an international cigarette smuggling ring. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Scientists_unlock_secrets_of_human_memory.html?siteSect=105&sid=9798380&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:40:27 GMT Studying slices of young rat brains, a team of researchers at Geneva University has come a step closer to understanding how humans remember and learn. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Swiss_brave_criticism_for_Lebanese_coexistence.html?siteSect=105&sid=9808788&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:21:50 GMT The peaceful coexistence of different communities in Switzerland could be a model for Lebanon, the Lebanese social affairs minister believes. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/The_longest_campaign.html?siteSect=105&sid=9802645&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:51:29 GMT http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Customers_feel_US_cross_border_banking_squeeze.html?siteSect=105&sid=9807006&rss=true&ty=st Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:50:10 GMT Swiss citizens living in the United States are having long-held bank accounts closed down as Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, winds up cross border services. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Trees_can_keep_up_chatter_all_night_long.html?siteSect=105&sid=9804582&rss=true&ty=st Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:49:39 GMT Trees make more noise than previously thought, according to Swiss researchers, although human ears will never hear a sound. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Economists_unenthusiastic_about_bank_rescue.html?siteSect=105&sid=9806941&rss=true&ty=st Sat, 4 Oct 2008 16:48:00 GMT Many Swiss economists show a distinct lack of enthusiasm about the bank rescue plan adopted by the US House of Representatives on Friday night. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Cern_unveils_Big_Bang_number_cruncher.html?siteSect=105&sid=9804917&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:20:48 GMT The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) on Friday unveiled "the Grid", a computer network allowing scientists to crunch data on its Big Bang experiment. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/feature/Swiss_aided_Tajikistan_stands_at_a_crossroads.html?siteSect=119&sid=9811149&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:30:58 GMT Switzerland has for years been helping the Central Asian state of Tajikistan on its way to liberalisation and democracy. But it is no easy task. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/feature/Low_key_politician_puts_compromise_first.html?siteSect=119&sid=9803534&rss=true&ty=st Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:49:10 GMT She is a typical Swiss politician and stands for many of the values of a political system based on compromise and respect.