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...just airlines and doctors who are responding to the growing furor over DVT. Last month Sigvaris, a Swiss hosiery company, introduced special ?anti-thrombosis hose,? which it is marketing to long-haul flyers. And Club Direct, a British travel insurer, recently altered its standard insurance policy to include a special DVT provision?the firm says it will cover legal expenses of up to $36,000 to help a passenger sue an airline in the event of DVT-related death or injury. Some people can find a potential silver lining in any cloud...
...crime groups allied to the old regime. But it is also coming from members of the new reformist government, many of whom sat by and cheered as Serbia exported war to neighboring republics in the former Yugoslavia. President Vojislav Kostunica, a former academic and self-proclaimed patriot, infuriated the Swiss prosecutor during their January meeting by lecturing her for 30 minutes on the purported bias of her tribunal. Meanwhile, a fresh U.S. ultimatum to Belgrade to show tangible signs of cooperation with the Hague by March 31 or forfeit $100 million in aid may not require Milosevic's extradition...
...Last week the Swiss government approved a law, still to be endorsed by the Parliament, that legalizes the production, sale and use of marijuana, making Switzerland's policy toward the drug one of the most liberal in Europe. Sale of hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine will remain illegal. "No research shows that marijuana is more harmful or addictive than alcohol and tobacco," says Georg Amstutz, spokesman for the Federal Office of Public Health. Full Story
...Baghdad earlier this month had gone astray. Both the U.S. and Britain said they will consider changes to the current sanctions regime against Iraq, which has lost support among some U.S. allies and has done little to loosen Saddam Hussein's hold on power. "Our sanctions are like Swiss cheese,'' said President Bush. "We're going to work together to figure out a way to make them more effective...
...Shannon: She decided Hanssen poses an extreme risk of flight - when they picked him up, he had his passport with him, and statements pertaining to a Swiss bank account. She also said the evidence against him was "extraordinarily strong...