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...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...
...Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Condo’s work is not limited to painting—in the past he had shown a series of Pop Art inspired silkscreens at Pace Wildenstein, and has an ongoing exhibit at the Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Switzerland of some thirty gilt-bronze portraits of semi-mythical figures...
...hand over control to the Iraqis together with a UN mandate. The UN must handle the country, not the U.S. Nobody will trust the U.S. administration as long as President Bush will not accept the fact that the UN is the only hope for the world. Rolf Gruetter Breitenbach, Switzerland...
...Elsewhere in Europe, populist parties become part of coalition governments that blunt the sharper edges of their policies. But in Switzerland's referendum-based version of direct democracy, the SVP could use a victory as a bully pulpit from which to call for more anti-immigration referendums. "The Swiss system based on grassroots participation is a double-edged sword," says Thomas Held, director of Avenir Suisse, an independent social and economic think tank. "The danger is that the party will overdramatize the issues and frighten the voters into rejecting reforms or adopting restrictive measures, as is the case with...
...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...