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In this picture taken on May 23, 2013 a visitor looks at 'The position of father' by Zhang Xiaogang at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair in Hong Kong. The four-day annual show, which ends on May 26, has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States and has made a dazzling debut in a city better known as a fast-paced financial hub. Art Basel replaces Art HK, Hong Kong's former art fair which was set up in 2008. It was recently taken over by the high-profile Swiss Art Basel franchise, which has been showcasing modern and contemporary art since 1970.
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By representing the outsider, we say what Switzerland is not
The decision by Luxembourg and Austria is probably the death knell for Swiss banking secrecy, because it really leaves Switzerland without any key ally in the European Union ... The E.U. might soon be in a position to demand as much as the U.S. got from Switzerland.More quotes »
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China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
Zeitung, Li said the deal showed China was committed to free trade.Trade between the two nations topped $26 billion last year.Switzerland is the first European stop on Li's inaugural trip abroad since taking office in March. He travels to Germany on Saturday 5/24/13 Read more »
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$1 million in Chopard jewelry stolen from hotel near Cannes Film Festival
Suspected thieves ripped out a small safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with about $1 million worth of jewelry inside, a French police official said Friday.Cmdr. Bernard Mascarelli, a judicial police spokesman in Read more »
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Swiss: 1,500 money-laundering cases last year
involved more than 100,000 Swiss francs ($104,000). The rest were mainly tied to payment services, fiduciary and asset managers.Switzerland has in recent years tried to shed its image as a haven for money laundering and tax evasion through the misuse of its Read more »
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EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
and new laws could infringe on people's personal freedoms.Gross, who lives in a village on the shore of Lake Greifen in northern Switzerland, was turned down by the Zurich health board when she tried to force her doctors to prescribe her a lethal dose of sodium Read more »
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Jayson Nix could be an option at first base
With Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list and his unnerving history of back problems, the Yankees worked on another contingency plan before Saturday's game by having Jayson Nix take ground balls at first base.Nix is the team's Swiss Army Knife, possessing t Read more »
Around the web
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Artist creates his own Japan in Switzerland
and video journalists are looking to broaden our coverage by presenting a different view of Swiss and world events. Welcome to Switzerland: How To, a practical guide that provides foreigners, tourists and the Swiss abroad with handy tips and up-to-date information 21 m ago from Swissinfo Read more »
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Looking for Gulnara
you see here. This is appalling harassment by the Swiss authorities. It is also racially aggravated harassment. The Uzbek Mission in Switzerland made the complaint by name equally against Mutabar and me, but the Swiss police chose only to harass the more vulnerable 53 m ago from Craig Murray Read more »
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Not Vital x Beijing
Not Vital x Beijing Saturday, May 25, 2013 Mile-high concrete walls and imposing metalwork meets the eye, as nomadic Swiss sculptor Not Vital invites us into his creative Beijing hideaway to discuss his latest works in stainless steel, and his growing fasc 4:14 AM from Squa.re Read more »
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What China-Switzerland FTA brings about?
European Union as well as global investment and trade liberalization. Statistics showed that two-way trade between China and Switzerland exceeded $30 billion in 2011, a record increase of 50 percent compared with that of 2010. Despite the persistent eurozone 2:24 AM from China Daily Read more »
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Educational workshop on Alzheimer's at Uniontown church
A workshop to educate community members about Alzheimer’s disease is at 7 p.m. June 5 at New Life Episcopal Church, 13118 Church Ave. NW, Lake Township (Uniontown). The hourlong session, called “Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters,” will include an 5/24/13 from Akron Beacon Journal Read more »
