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...Fellow nude hiker Puistola Grottenpösch agrees, saying that the allure of walking naked "is all about freedom." For the past three decades, the 54-year-old engineer from Zurich has been unabashedly hiking in the altogether, in all kinds of climatic conditions, with no incident. "I wouldn't do this in Afghanistan," he concedes, but he insists on his right to walk naked on the trails of his own country, where public nudity - as long as it is not lewd - is perfectly legal. (See pictures of treasure-hunting in Afghanistan...
...that news does not please the fiscally conservative and risk-averse Swiss. A $60 billion government rescue package for banks wasn't too welcome, either. Nor was UBS's announcement that it will pay out an estimated $1.77 billion in bonuses this year. As Zurich's daily newspaper, Tages-Anzeiger, observed, "Mr. and Mrs. Swiss will never understand that...
...Kill. Despite this, several Judeo-Christian societies have condoned assisted suicide in recent years. Australia legalized it in 1995, only to rescind the law two years later. The Netherlands and Switzerland have decriminalized the practice, paving the way for a British man named Craig Ewert to travel to Zurich in December 2008 intent on taking his life. Ewert's journey and death were broadcast on British television. Although British law makes it illegal to help someone commit suicide, authorities have opted not to prosecute Ewert's wife and others who have helped loved ones travel abroad for the express purpose...
...Oort became the first to map the galaxy, by assessing the strength of neutral atomic hydrogen gas, a widespread component of the Milky Way. Pohl created his map using a kinetic model of the galaxy's gas flow, which was developed by Peter Engelmeier of the University of Zurich and Nicolai Bissantz of Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, based on infrared data collected by a NASA satellite. Unlike visible light, infrared light penetrates dust clouds, so it provided Engelmeier and Bissantz with more precise measurements, in turn allowing Pohl to produce a more accurate, if not perfect, map. "Our method...
...heroin program has not only rehabilitated former junkies; it has also enabled the Swiss government to learn about patterns of drug abuse and addiction. Researchers at the Zurich Department of Social Welfare have discovered the exact mechanisms by which heroin junkies become addicted and have devised more comprehensive solutions for treatment and rehabilitation. Were it not for this program, these findings would have been much more difficult to come...