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A bear has mauled a mentally-handicapped man who climbed into its zoo enclosure in Switzerland - forcing a policeman to shoot the animal.

To offer guests a special experience during Christmas time, be it focusing on shopping or other activities, Swissotel Hotels & Resorts has created excellent packages in outstanding destinations worldwide.

Jazz musician Christy Doran on his music. Christy Doran has come a long way as a guitarist of repute.

Qatar: 2 hours, 56 minutes ago In the wake of its growing international success and recognition, Officine Panerai is extending its operations in the Middle East and globally with the opening of five boutiques between December and the beginning of 2010.

Rob McFarland enjoys the speed and ease of Europe's rail network on a whistle-stop tour to Paris and beyond.

Alvin schoolteacher Ollie Haavikko spends hours of his free time planning future vacations so his flights will hit as many countries as possible.

Honorata "Oni" Coloyan of Concord spent two weeks in August, traveling through Switzerland with nieces, Virginia Zeder of Switzerland, and Fe Evans of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and Fe's husband, Steve.

Technicians and mechanics turn around the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane on a tarmac at the airport in Duebendorf near Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday.

US Ambassador Donald Beyer, an avid hiker and climber, spoke to swissinfo.ch during a walk in the countryside near Bern The United States ambassador to Bern says he is hopeful the Swiss will play a role in nuclear negotiations with Iran beyond hosting the talks.

TravelHorizon, a France-based operator of a European, multi-lingual online travel sites, has raised a 20M from AGF Private Equity and CM-CIC Capital with return backer Wellington Partners.

Switzerland has 12 doctoral degree-granting research universities offering a wide range of educational opportunities to international students.

Swiss authorities rejected a new higher offer of bail from imprisoned director Roman Polanski, saying Friday they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country.

When Switzerland entered the " Schengen Area ," that is, the group of twenty five continental European countries who allow passport-free movement of people among themselves, it was after decades of strong Euro-skepticism. After referenda strongly rejected the accession of the country to the European Economic Area and subsequent ballot initiatives ...

Bergier said in 2005 that it was a pity that some of the deficiencies pointed out by the commission were not taken into consideration.

This is a pilot program to distribute food vouchers to Iraqi refugees in Syria using mobile phone technology Tuesday, October 27, 2009 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The UN has launched a pilot program to distribute food vouchers to Iraqi refugees in Syria using mobile phone technology, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

The Swiss government proposed Wednesday to restrict or even ban assisted suicide groups such as Dignitas in a bid to cut down on 'suicide tourism.' Scores of foreigners travel to Switzerland every year to end their lives with the help of such groups, taking advantage of the Alpine nation's comparatively liberal laws on assisted suicide.

Swiss diplomats were allowed on Tuesday to visit three American hikers detained in Iran, a Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

The Associated Press 29 comments Roman Polanski's three decades as a fugitive are coming back to haunt him.

Philippe Gautret, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Jean Gaudart, Francesco Castelli, Philippe Brouqui, Frank von Sonnenburg, Louis Loutan, and Philippe Parola, for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network 1 , 2 Author affiliations: Assitance PubliqueHpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France ; Zurich University Centre for Travel Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland ; ...