Switzerland

Armenia, Switzerland sign agreement on entry visa abolition for diplomats

Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Edward Nalbanidan met with Micheline Calmy-Rey.

ICRC appeals for release of 2 staffers in Africa

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

GENEVA -- The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of two staff members kidnapped in the African countries of Chad and Darfur.

Flying Log 1988-2008

My Life!!! (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

I thought as i was in the land of nothing to do, Japan, i would try and go through my flying log book and see how many flights i had actually done in the 20 years from December 1988-November 2008 ( not included 2009 until end of year) also i missed my first 6 months of flying as did not make a note of the flights from March 88-December 88, shame!!! But here are the results Arrecife 14 Abuja 7 Malaga...

Russia, S.Ossetia to report on possible Georgian attack in Geneva

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday

Russia and the South Ossetia are set to raise the issue of a possible Georgian attack on its former territories during the Geneva talks on situation in the Caucasus to begin on Wednesday.

Canada: Aglukkaq 'disturbed' that Taliban POWs offered H1N1 shots

H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday

I've posted another item on The Hook, the politics blog of The Tyee: Aglukkaq 'disturbed' that Taliban POWs offered H1N1 shots. Excerpt:Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is getting into a conflict with the Geneva Conventions about Canadian treatment of Taliban...

Iran's Moves Reveal Leadership Rift

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

One month after the U.S. launched a great diplomatic experiment by talking directly with Iran, the pressure of the effort is opening up some stress fractures. Some small fractures are showing up in the wall of solidarity the U.S. and its partners have tried to show in confronting Iran over its nuclear program -- specifically over how long to give diplomacy a chance before turning to new economic sanctions....

Don Martin: Taliban prisoners to get vaccine before Canadians

Full Comment (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's bad enough that nobody can explain how some Canadian inmates are receiving the H1N1 vaccine while most university students are still waiting. If the excuse is that prisoners are confined to small, cramped places in close personal proximity to each other, somebody in public health agency should check out the tiny cubicles they call university residences and, given I have a daughter in one, I'd...

About those Geneva Conventions

Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

The military says prisoners in Afghanistan will be offered the H1N1 vaccine. The military says this is in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says this is outrageous. Canadian Press says Canada doesn’t recognize the mission in Afghanistan as falling under the Geneva Conventions. I confess some confusion. But here are the Geneva [...]

Dazed and Confused -- By: Elliott Abrams

National Review Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

W hen I visited Israel in late October, not long before the latest visits of U.S. envoy George Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israelis of all political hues confessed that they were amazed, perplexed, and confused by the policy those two diplomats and President Obama are following. First came an instant attitude of hostility on the part of the Obama administration toward Israel’s...

Swiss probe into al Qaeda links

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

BERN - Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al Qaeda links.The French suspect, who worked at the world's largest atom smasher on the Swiss-French border and at a...

• Swiss open probe of al-Qaida nuke physicist case - Boston Globe
• Swiss open probe of al-Qaida nuke physicist case - Sify
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Edward Nalbandyan to sign several documents in Switzerland

Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Armenian FM will carry out official visit to Switzerland.

ICRC: Katyn and Switzerland – Forensic investigators and investigations in humanitarian crises, 1920-2007

CICR (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Geneva (ICRC) – The use of forensics in humanitarian crises poses numerous challenges for forensic scientists and other specialists who investigate war crimes and human rights violations.

Iran rejects US overtures on uranium

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

THE Obama administration has told Iran it is willing to allow it to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to several nations for safekeeping. The overtures had been made through the International Atomic Energy Agency over the past two weeks, the New York Times reported, but all of them have been ignored. Instead, the Iranians have revived an old counterproposal that calls for international arms inspectors...

Geneva set to host U.S., Russia strategic arms reduction talks

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Another round of talks between Moscow and Washington to conclude the U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction negotiations on replacing the outdated START I treaty will open on Monday in Switzerland's Geneva.

• Will US & Russia renew soon expiring START agreement? - ChattahBox

What'd really hurt Australia? A swift US recovery.

Peter Martin (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

So says David Hale Enjoy Ask economic guru David Hale the worst risk facing Australia and you'll get a surprising answer. "It's a really strong United States recovery," he says. "The V-shape that some people are talking about. It would force the Fed to push up rates quite quickly in the second half of next year, not from zero to 1 per cent, but from zero to 2 or 3; it would reverse...

GMP Capital Trust - Financial Analysis Review

bharatbook | 10/21/2009

GMP Capital Trust (GMP) is one of the leading independent investment dealers in Canada. GMP is principally engaged in providing investment services for corporate, institutional and individual clients through its operating subsidiaries or entities. The company carries out its business activities through five principal entities namely, GMP Securities, GMP Europe, GMP Private Client, EdgeStone Capital

Commission proposes a new cooperation with Canada, Japan and Switzerland

patrickguillard | 09/14/2009

The European Commission will today present a draft decision to allow Member States to exchange audit working papers with Canada, Japan and Switzerland.

Merck Serono S.A. - Strategic Analysis Review

aarkstore | 07/31/2009

Summary Merck Serono S.A., (Merck Serono) a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, manufacture, and marketing of therapeutic products for the treatment of human diseases, with a focus on the reproductive health, neurology, growth, and metabolism markets worldwide. The company, formerly known as Serono S.A., was founded in 1987 and changed its name to Merck Serono S.A. in January 2007. The...