Switzerland Goes Rogue - Foreign Policy
No place in Europe has clung to an anachronistic, airbrushed image longer than Switzerland. The country's oddly entrenched reputation for pristine and inviolable "neutrality" has left it ostensibly so removed from the normal give-and-take of ...
Jet Aviation Business Jets AG - CharterX
Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 5,700 employees cater to client needs from over 25 ...
Lucas Book Present a New Photo Book Where You Can See ... - PR.com
Winterthur, Switzerland, March 21, 2010 --( PR.com )-- Lucas Books is from Switzerland. One field of activity is photography and this photo book contains a collection of various pictures presenting landscapes in different countries. They are showing ...
Swiss Gruyere Wins World Championship Cheese Title - PR-USA.net
An international panel of expert judges today named a Swiss Gruyere cheese as the 2010 World Championship Cheese. Cheesemaker Cedric Fragniere, for Emmi Kase AG in Kirchberg, Switzerland, took top honors out of 2,318 entries from 20 countries for his ...
cycling - Denver Post
World track cycling champion Taylor Phinney may not test his mettle on the Olympic stage if the International Olympic Committee decides to eliminate the 4,000- meter pursuit in today's meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Detroit band raises money for European trip - MLive.com
The students may also play a date in Switzerland or add another date in Venice.
NEWS ABOUT: Switzerland - Newser
(Newser) - Roman Polanski's lawyers filed a new appeal yesterday, alleging judicial misconduct in the director's 1977 case. Polanski's team says that a prosecutor from the case gave secret testimony on the matter earlier this year. They are now ...
New Market Report Now Available: Hot Drinks in ... - PR Inside
The market for hot drinks in Switzerland increased at a compound annual growth rate of 0.6% between 2003 and 2008.The coffee category led the hot drinks market in Switzerland, accounting for a share of 77.9%.Leading players in Swiss hot drinks market ...
Nestle to stop using rain-forest palm oil, amid ... - Haaretz.com
Switzerland's Nestle, which uses the edible oil in its food products such as KitKat bars, said it had replaced Sinar Mas with another supplier for further shipments after conducting its own investigations into its palm oil supply chain. "
Switzerland: New Record Set for Speedy Protons - New York Times
Scientists at CERN , the European nuclear research agency, announced Friday morning that they had accelerated beams of protons at the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, to energies of 3.5 trillion electron ...
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Pakistani Taliban kill 4, calling them US spies
The bullet-riddled bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, killed by the Taliban for allegedly spying for the United States, were found Sunday in a semiautonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, witnesses and officials said.
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S. efforts to get indirect peace talks under way.
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
 Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency says.
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