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During a recent sea expedition the team successfully used the bacteria, which contains a protein that glows blue when viewed though a simple light-detecting device, to detect oil.

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Amber, Eugene
Think you get it on as much as a porn star? It may depend on where you live. According to a 2008 Durex sex survey, only 53% of Americans have sex once a week, while 55%...
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A collision between Switzerland’s record goalscorer and Czech defender Zdenek Grygera saw the former limp off the field in tears, recognising that his short-lived...
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Yves Rossy, known as the ‘Fusion Man,’ flew his jet-powered wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, on Wednesday. The revolutionary human flying machine...
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The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to those journalists who die or suffer injuries or secret detention in hostile regimes simply because they are exercising...
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U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social...
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Paul, Glasgow
The Swiss have either flipped their lids completely or set a new bar for enlightened animal welfare legislation, depending on your perspective. The Swiss government...
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It was just a matter of time: Researchers from the ETH Zurich breached the iPhone’s/iPod’s Wi-Fi positioning system and found that the technology is...
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British physicist Peter Higgs said on Monday it should soon be possible to prove the existence of a force which gives mass to the universe and makes life possible...
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Elvis, Tirane
Switzerland’s foreign minister visited Pristina on Friday to reinforce her country’s close ties with Kosovo by promising more aid and opening a new...
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Branko, Berne
Unfortunately, I can guarantee only one thing about this UN report: It will get a very tiny amount of coverage compared to Eliot Spitzer’s having paid for...
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The World Council of Churches will help deliver Christmas messages and prayers of peace to the biblical birthplace of Jesus.

 
 
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An American customer of UBS AG will ask a Swiss court to stop his account details from being handed over to U.S. authorities probing alleged tax evasion, his lawyer said Monday.

 
 
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The World Trade Organization opened an investigation Monday into Thai import charges on foreign cigarettes, acting on a complaint from the Philippines.

 
 
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Fixing the world’s largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday.

 
 
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Fixing the world’s largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday.

 
 
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UBS AG said Monday that starting next year it will stop making bonus payments to its chairman and that other top executives will be penalized if the bank performs badly to discourage irresponsible risk-taking.

 
 
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The scientific organization CERN says repairs caused by an electrical fault in the world’s largest atom smasher will cost 25-35 million Swiss francs ($21-29 million).

 
 
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Switzerland’s largest bank plans to delay the bonuses it pays to senior managers to discourage the kind of risky short-term behavior that has cost it more than 45 billion francs ($40 billion) over the past year, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

 
 
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A renowned Swiss scientific institute says it has built a drill that spins at least twice as fast as any motor currently in existence.

 
 
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Migrant remittances, a vital source of income for poor countries, could decline by up to 6 percent next year due to worsening economic conditions around the world, the U.N.’s trade chief said Friday.

 
 
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