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...only person worldwide to be convicted in relation to 9/11 - filed a motion for his immediate release. Mzoudi's trial continues this week. Right Minister SWITZERLAND The balance of power in the government shifted to the right with the election by parliament of Christoph Blocher, leader of the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP), to the Cabinet. Under the 44-year-old so-called magic formula, the four main political parties share seven Cabinet seats. The SVP, campaigning on an anti-immigration, anti-E.U. platform, emerged as the biggest parliamentary party in October elections. Blocher had threatened to withdraw...
...team also got in extra workouts swimming in Lake Lucerne and climbing the Swiss Alps in Switzerland...
...victims, three additional boatloads of arrivals from Africa were intercepted last week near Lampedusa. - By Jeff Israely A Turn to the Right switzerland The nationalist Swiss People's Party won about 27% of the vote in the country's general elections, leading it to ask for a second seat in the seven-member federal cabinet, to be chosen on Dec. 10. The anti-immigration party's gains came in Switzerland's French- and Italian-speaking cantons and at the expense of center-right parties. Coughing Up for Iraq SPAIN Having pledged $20 billion toward reconstruction in Iraq...
...with “petrol dollars,” profits generated by the OPEC oil monopoly. In a display of remarkable unrestraint, these creditors pushed questionable loans on developing countries. Prominent among the loan recipients were a cast of unscrupulous dictators who used the easy cash to pad their Swiss bank accounts and repress their own citizens. Selfless leaders like Mubutu of Zaire, Marcos of the Philippines, Suharto of Indonesia, and Idi Amin of Uganda may no longer be in power, but thanks to the debt they incurred their legacies live...
...would have to truly dominate the election - winning a majority of both the popular vote and of Switzerland's 26 cantons - to grab a second seat in the seven-member Swiss cabinet. That isn't likely, so the delicate balance that has made Swiss governments so stable for the past 44 years probably won't be upset. "We'll be satisfied to get additional seats in Parliament to boost our voting power," says Panayides. Passing out election leaflets on the rain-soaked streets of Zurich, Secondos Plus candidate Katumba also appears confident. "The Swiss are smart enough not to panic...