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- Paedophile suspect arrested after 2-day global hunt: A 59-year-old man has been arrested in New Jersey on Thursday; two days after Interpol launched a global manhunt....
- Global aid effort delayed by Myanmar’s red tape: Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, delays imposed by the military are still hindering victims from getting aid relief....
- Austrian man has pre-planned incest dungeon: Fritzl admits to working on the dungeon years before he imprisoned his daughter....
- Welser-Moest pulls out of Die Fledermaus: The famous Austrian conductor is unhappy with the staging which comprises of vampires and Dracula’s castle....
- Olympic torch reaches Everest summit: The team of 12 climbers, which includes eight Tibetans, reached the summit on Thursday morning....
- Senior UBS banker detained in US tax probe: A senior manager is detained in the US as part of an investigation into whether the Swiss bank has helped customers to evade taxes....
- Justice minister blames authorities for Austrian incest case: Local authorities were naïve and should have looked into Fritzl’s claims that his missing daughter has abandoned three children, says minister,...
- Interpol gets 200 tip-offs over paedophile suspect: Police agency says 24 hours after launching global hunt, the public has submitted more than 200 leads on potential names....
- French firm Alstom targeted by corruption probe: French and Swiss authorities have launched investigations against the firm on suspicion that it paid bribes to win contracts, confirm police sources....
- UBS seeks further job cuts: Some 5,500 will lose their jobs instead of the initial 2,600 posts the Swiss bank has planned to shed....
- Swiss bank UBS sinks deeper into the red: Switzerland’s biggest bank reports Q1 loss of CHF 11.53 billion...
- Swiss banks refuse blame for foreign clients' tax evasion: Top banking official says that governments who are experiencing a lot of tax evasion from their citizens should rethink their tax system....
- Myanmar cyclone death toll nears 15,000: Latest estimate from the government came up to 14,911 victims with 2,000 people still listed as missing....
- Interpol launches manhunt for paedophilia suspect: The agency is appealing to the public to help identify a Western man who is suspected of sexually abusing several Asian boys....
- More talks to come for China and Dalai Lama's envoys: The first round of talks between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and China was conducted in good atmosphere and ended with offer for more talks....
- Footballer fined for sexually abusing a minor: The former footballer was slapped a CHF 2,450 fine and suspended for two years for sexually abusing a minor....
- Former Crossair managers go on trial over crash that killed 24: Six former managers of the Swiss airline are being charged of negligent homicide in the 2001 crash....
- Violence erupts as Swiss football fans clash: Police had to fire rubber bullets to restore order after fans clashed in Bern and Basel....
- Swiss minister disappointed her govt was not invited to Israel's anniversary: Foreign Minister expressed disappointment that no member of her government was invited to attend the celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary....
- Forensic team expresses horror at Austrian incest cellar: Psychologists are on stand-by to help officers working in the dungeon in case they suffer from trauma....
- Swiss central bank reports heavy Q1 loss of CHF 4 billion: Soaring Swiss franc against other major foreign currencies has caused the national bank to suffer huge losses....
- Sonar used to make sure no more underground dungeons exist: Police used sonar technology to probe the yard of an Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years in a secret dungeon....
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