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Athletic shoe and apparel company K-Swiss Inc. on Wednesday said its board authorized a new program to buy back up to $70 million in stock.
Daniel Albrecht is never far from the thoughts of his Swiss ski teammates.
Big gains on the right and left in Swiss elections point to some of the bizarre contradictions in this Alpine nation that takes pride in being a cradle of humanitarian work, yet whose famed neutrality is often a mask for stubborn insularity.
Letter from Europe - Minarets and Slender Arguments - NYTimes.comContrast this: U.S. Woman Arrested For Sitting With A Male Co-Worker At Starbucks in Saudi Arabia, By Meg Marco on February 7, 2008 6:55 PM A U.S. businesswoman was arrested by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting with a male co-worker at Starbucks, says CBS news.
DAWN.COM | World | Dread of �Eurabia�?Bigoted, xenophobic, reactionary, alarmist, radical, hateful, rabid: these words are more commonly used to describe extremist Muslims.
AFP: Iran urges Bern not to enforce minaret banThe vote went "against the prestige of a country which claims to be an advocate of democracy and human rights," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey in a telephone call, quoted by IRNA.
German Jewish leader condemns Swiss vote and Europe's growing anti-Muslim viewsStephan Kramer from the German Jewish Council warned that Switzerland's vote to ban mosques with minarets was an expression of Europe's deep-seated aversion to Islam (Islamophobia).
Swiss move to ban Islamic minaretsIn theory Switzerland is a secular state, whose constitution guarantees freedom of religious expression to all.
Switzerland Defends Ban on Mosque MinaretsThe referendum by the nationalist Swiss People's Party labeled minarets as symbols of rising Muslim political power that could one day transform Switzerland into an Islamic nation. The initiative was approved 57.5 to 42.5 percent by some 2.67 million voters.
The Swiss Ban MinaretsWith word that the Swiss had unexpectedly voted to ban the construction of new minarets the predictable outcry against such "racism" has begun. The larger question is whether a nation is any more than a geographic entity.
Swiss voters 'back ban on building of minarets'Swiss voters appear to have defied their Government and churches today and approved a national ban on the construction of minarets.
Swiss adventurer aims for Antarctica with homemade boatA Swiss adventurer is planning to make a solo trip to Antarctica in his homemade boat. Markus Weissenberger from Zurich built his 18-meter long boat in the country and funded the project himself.
Landlocked Swiss cops worried about piratesPolice in landlocked Switzerland have been ordered to go on training courses on the Genfersee, the country's biggest lake, to teach them how to deal with pirate attacks in the wake of the hijacking of the Arctic sea in the English Channel.
Switzerland's Oldest Bank To Stop Doing Business In USSwiss private bank Wegelin announced on Tuesday that it is to stop doing business in the United States.
UBS reports $1.3 bln loss as withdrawals continue - MarketWatchPrivate-banking clients in the U.S. and Europe continued to withdraw their cash, though Swiss levels were broadly stable and there were some inflows from Asia.
Swiss ask Iran about missing Americans The Swiss Foreign Ministry says its diplomats are trying to find out what happened to three Americans reportedly captured in Iran.
Counterfeiters fake Swiss trash sacksCounterfeiters who already earn money from fake Swiss watches and army knives have now turned to making a business out of fake Swiss rubbish bags.
Swiss students attack man in Munich for 'fun'Five Swiss students on a field trip to Munich have severely beaten a 46-year-old man because they were out for a "kick," the city's public prosecutor's office reported.
800 Britons on waiting list for Swiss suicide clinicRecord numbers of Britons who are suffering from terminal illnesses are queueing up for assisted suicide at the controversial Swiss clinic Dignitas, the Observer can reveal.
"We cannot delay this discussion any longer," Obama said. "Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative.
A Diplomatic Spat Between the U.S. and Switzerland Swiss authorities threatened to throw a top U.S. congressional aide in jail as a spy if he tried to enter the country on official business.
No, No, Berlin Nefertiti bust claimed a fakea Swiss art historian is claiming that a delicate bust of the Egyptian monarch in Berlin that was thought to date back to 1347 BC is in fact a 20th-century imposter.
Ban on Naked Mountain HikingThe tiny Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden has voted to prohibit the phenomenon of naked hiking. Anyone found wandering the Alps wearing nothing but a sturdy pair of hiking boots will now be fined.
Swiss teacher: I'm ashamed of my countrySwiss teacher sends harsh letter to his president, slams meeting with Iran's Ahmadinejad. 'I feel ashamed,' Jean-Francois Bussy writes, tells Ynet he wants Israelis to know they have Swiss supporters
Credit Suisse to US Offshore Accounts - IRS Disclosure or Account ClosureThe honorable thing to do is play by the international banking rules and regulations. It's exactly what Credit Suisse is doing. If a wealthy US client is trying to hide money offshore, it won't happen at this institution.
Breeder to kill 400,000 fish A fish breeder said he would gather 400,000 catfish and shut down his farm after a disagreement with Swiss authorities over the way he usually killed the fish, Swiss news agency ATS reported Friday.
Swiss man smuggles spidersGerman police find 164 spiders inside a man's car at the Swiss border.
The British press has been trying to make big issue out of the apparent 'snub' in the kind of gifts that were exchanged between Gordon Brown and the American President on their recent meeting.
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