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| Dec.27 |
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Swiss cruise ship collides with motorway bridge in Germany  Map of Duisburg Germany| Ruhr: At least 25 people have been injured after a Swiss cruise ship carrying 129 passengers crashed into a motorway bridge in Germany | |
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| Apr.30 |
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Everest preparation claims 'Swiss Machine' climber   Nepal: The Swiss climber Ueli Steck has been killed preparing to climb Mount Everest, Nepal's tourist office says
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| Feb.1 |
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'World's best chef' Benoit Violier dies aged 44 Map of Crissier Switzerland| Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December, has been found dead at his home | |
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| Jan.16 |
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Switzerland: 2 foreigners killed in Alps avalanche Police in Valais canton (state) say the avalanche hit a group of four men near La Tzoumaz in southwestern Switzerland on Saturday afternoon
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| Aug.23 |
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Swiss planes collide at Dittingen airshow At least one person has been killed after two small planes collided in mid-air during an airshow in northern Switzerland, police say
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| May.3 |
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Major rail route blocked by landslide following rain The line between the capital of Bern and the city of Fribourg, part of the country's main Zurich-Geneva rail route, was shut down Sunday aft...
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| Jan.31 |
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4 dead after avalanche hits group of skiers
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| Dec.11 |
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 Ebola vaccine trial 'interrupted' due to joint pains Geneva: The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and ...
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| Nov.16 |
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Deadly mudslides engulf homes in Switzerland and Italy At least four people have been killed in landslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy following days of torrential rain
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| Oct.22 |
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WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks | Geneva: The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic | |
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| Oct.4 |
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American base jumper dies in Swiss Alps
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| Aug.24 |
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2 small planes collide over northeastern Switzerland The aircraft both were able to make emergency landings after the collision Sunday afternoon — one in a field and the other at an airfield
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| Aug.13 |
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6 injured in train derailment in Swiss Alps Map of Tiefencastel Switzerland A landslide caused a passenger train to partially derai. The train was headed from St. Mortiz to Chur in eastern Switzerland
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| Aug.15 |
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London 2012 parachutist Mark Sutton killed
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| Jul.30 |
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Train driver's body found after crash in Switzerland
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| Jul.29 |
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Swiss train crash: Dozens hurt in Granges-pres-Marnand
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| Jul.27 |
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3 Swiss found dead with wreckage of plane in Kenya
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| Jun.2 |
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Central Europe on alert for flooding. Czech Republic
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| Feb.21 |
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Switzerland's only wild bear is killed as a danger to humans
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| Jan.10 |
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Train collision in Swiss town injures 17
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| Mar.13 |
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 Switzerland coach crash kills 28 Map of Valais Switzerland 22 children have been killed. Another 24 children were injured in the accident in the canton of Valais. The children from the Belgian villages
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| Feb.10 |
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Twins' father 'surfed gun sites'
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| Apr.29 |
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 WHO raises pandemic alert Geneva: The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to 5, its second-highest level, warning of widespread human infection from the outbreak
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| Nov.9 |
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 $1bn sought in world bird flu fight The World Bank: up to $1 billion would be needed over the next 3 years to tackle the spread of the deadly virus
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| Nov.7 |
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WHO: Human flu pandemic inevitable The suffering will be 'incalculable' unless the world is ready
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| Aug.24 |
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Floods cause havoc across Europe  Romania: Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland | |
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| Apr.17 |
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Coach plunges into ravine, 12 died Dozens of rescuers are using ropes to try to reach those trapped inside the bus
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| Jan.4 |
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 Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm The Egyptian Flash Airlines from flying to Switzerland because of safety concerns
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| May.8 |
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 WHO: SARS death rate higher SARS is killing about 15% of people who catch the flu-type disease
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| Apr.5 |
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WHO: SARS cases over 2,400 2,416 cases and 89 deaths have been reported from 18 countries
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 Anti-crash system switched off A system was switched off when planes crashed over Germany. Only one Swiss air traffic controller was on duty
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| Nov.24 |
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Plane crashes at Zurich A Crossair flight from Berlin was carrying about 30 people. 24 died
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| Oct.24 |
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 Tunnel inferno after head-on crash 2 lorries have crashed inside the road tunnel from Switzerland to Italy, starting a blaze which has killed 10 people
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| May.19 |
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Trapped cavers reach surface. France
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