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• BASLE - BASEL - B LE

  Published: June 10, 2007, 4:32 am

  Tags: Basel, Switzerland

  (Three Countries' Corner - Switzerland, France, and Germany)..."SPALENTOR, built in the 14th century, is the only remaining of the seven entrances through the medieval walls Basel once had (the others were destroyed in the nineteenth century with the expansion of the city)""RHINE KNEE - In Basel the Rhine, flowing west from Lake Constance

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• SWISS COUNTRYSIDE...

  Published: June 6, 2007, 9:44 pm

  Tags: Yverdon Les Bains, Murten, Sugnens, Switzerland

  of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, is located in the heart of a natural setting formed by the Jura mountains, the plains of the Orbe, the hills of the Broye and the Lake Neuch tel. It is famous for its thermal springs."PESTALOZZI - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (January 12, 1746 February 17, 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational

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• The new long yomping weekend from Inntravel

  Published: August 3, 2007, 7:08 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Walking Holidays, Short Breaks, Switzerland

  Forget Kendal mint cake, it's Suchard's finest you need in your backpack for the new long yomping weekend from Inntravel.

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• Make yourself at home in Switzerland

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:12 am

  Tags: Travel, Switzerland, Short Breaks

  A Swiss city has turned itself inside out by creating a huge alfresco living room in the financial district. Samantha Warwick gets to hang out.

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• BACK TO LAKE LEMAN

  Published: August 13, 2007, 7:01 pm

  Tags: Lake Leman, France, Yvoire, Switzerland, Evian

  trip started in Sugnens, Switzerland, near Lake Leman. After a long journey, we came back to Lake Leman, but on the French side!EVIAN-LES-BAINS"EVIAN-LES-BAINS is located on the south bank of Lake Geneva, opposite Switzerland, has 7,500 inhabitants and is built in tiers at the edge of the lake. Evian is an international tourist resort,

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• The mother of all climbs

  Published: August 25, 2007, 6:50 pm

  Tags: Travel, Switzerland, Climbing Holidays, Winter Sports Holidays, Observer Escape Section, Observer Travel, Adventure Travel

  Perhaps the most iconic peak in the world, for 150 years the Matterhorn has inspired climbers and drawn tourists from around the globe. Ed Douglas gets up close to investigate its superstar status.

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• Learn 10 French love words and conquer France!

  Published: August 30, 2007, 2:56 am

  Tags: Luxembourg, Canada, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Recreation, Travel

  You could make that 11 if you add in some juicy French Swear Words If you are flying with Singapore Airlines like I do, you will have a language course available on your screen in front of you in almost all the languages you can imagine and some Basic French words in particular. If you fly other airlines or you need more time to Learn French

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• Four Swiss air controllers convicted over 2002 jet crash

  Published: September 4, 2007, 8:07 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Accidents, Air Space Accidents, Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Germany, Russian Federation, Switzerland

  A Swiss court found four air traffic control managers guilty of manslaughter over a 2002 mid-air accident that killed 71 people, most of them Russian children.

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• How to plan your Europe travel

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:20 am

  Tags: Germany, Greece, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Spain, Travel, Daily Kos, Italy, Belgium, England, Belgian Chocolate Truffles

  Planning a vacation to Europe this summer and needs help with hotel bookings and travel info? Europe Hotel Guide Section can provide you with useful information on European travel, photos, hotels, attractions and restaurants. London is a wonderful city not to be missed and every year millions of visitors throng the city for its historical sites,

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• Barack Obama, L'Outsider

  Published: September 6, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Switzerland

  The Obama campaign's "outsider" message seems to be gaining traction. In Geneva.

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• UNITED STATES: Crude hits 5-week high in New York

  Published: September 8, 2007, 6:15 am

  Tags: Us Spot Market, Opec, Valero Energy, Us Energy Information Administration, Energy Prices, Petromatrix, Nymex, Oil Prices, Chesapeake Energy, Us Inventories, Texas, Switzerland

  The front-month crude contract rose to a 5-week... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Steel and glass pyramid for Alpine peak

  Published: September 20, 2007, 6:57 pm

  Tags: International News, Travel, Switzerland, Climbing Holidays, Architecture, Arts

  Steel and glass pyramid for Alpine peak to take it above 4,000 metre mark - and attract wealthiest tourists.

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• Switzerland to aid in dirty money recovery

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:36 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Industry, Banking, Switzerland

  Switzerland has become the first country to sign up to a global initiative to recover money looted by corrupt government leaders.

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• The new gold rush

  Published: September 21, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Travel News, United Arab Emirates, Chicago, Morocco, Switzerland, Kenya, Libya, Cambodia

  You think glitzy Dubai is over the top? Wait till you see what other destinations have in store to attract high-spending tourists. Leo Hickman reports.

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• CLIMATE CHANGE: interview with Thomas Bunge, Recalling the World's First Steps Toward Climate Protection

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:49 am

  Tags: Canada, European Union, Climate Change, New Zealand, Montreal Ozone Protocol, Switzerland, Australia

  Canada, Australia and Switzerland. This group with Australia and New Zealand, which would have been affected the soonest by the consequences of the hole in the ozone layer -- and then was affected -- wanted to pass very wide-reaching regulations. On the other side, there was an array of industrial countries that produced these substances.

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