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	Davos Switzerland
		Davos is regarded as one of Europe's oldest mountain resorts.
		Davos extends for almost 2.5 miles and is divided into Davos-Dorf and Davos-Platz and is located in Graubunden in the East of Switzerland on the Landwasser river.
		Robert Louis Stevenson completed Treasure Island while resident at a Davos sanatorium in 1882 and Thomas Mann, the great German writer and Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1929, spent time in Davos in 1911 where his wife was in a sanatorium.
	www.magicswitzerland.com /davos.htm (370 words)

	Davos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Davos is a town in eastern Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden, on the Landwasser River.
		Davos is also the setting of Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain), which takes place at a sanatorium.
		Subsequently, Davos became famous as a ski resort, especially with citizens from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Davos (168 words)

	Davos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Davos (population 11 000) is a town eastern Switzerland in the canton Graubünden on the Landwasser River.
		Davos is mostly known as a winter sports town but is also host to annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
		Subsequently Davos became famous as a especially with citizens from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
	www.freeglossary.com /Davos,_Switzerland (338 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Davos diary: This is not about money
		Davos is about the exchange of ideas among individuals, about learning new things and discussing challenging problems that affect society as a whole, not just the business sector.
		To attend Davos is to shed that corporate skin, the entourages and (most of) the aspects of power.
		The fellow on the Davos city bus next to you could be the chief executive of a major tech company, the minister of education of a large country or the grand mufti of some Muslim country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4196121.stm (689 words)

	Davos hotels and chalets. Accommodation in Davos, Switzerland. Great choice of hotels in Davos, Switzerland
		Davos ski resort provides great number of high-standard hotels.
		Davos is a charming town and an excellent winter resort in the Swiss Alps, and one with a very lucrative property market.
		Davos is also famous for its climate, which doctors claim can help heal patients with lung disease.
	switzerland.europe-mountains.com /davos-hotels.aspx (479 words)

	Archived Articles - World Economic Forums in Davos - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The leaders of Davos have given in to pressure and held a meeting with civil society groups in Mexico, although the seriousness of efforts by the WEF to "include civil society voices" is questionable (Dawn).
		Davos delegates, faced with anti-globalization protests and angry developing countries, admit that the social costs of globalization might be worth addressing.
		Blue sky at Davos is clouded by recent WTO protests and a lack of tangible initiatives to address the increasing gap between the rich and poor.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/tncs/davos/indexarch.htm (1280 words)

	World Economic Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded in 1971 by Klaus M. Schwab, a business professor in Switzerland, and has helped fund his family foundation, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
		Journalists have access to every session at the Annual Meeting in Davos and the majority of sessions are webcast live so that the debates can be open to a wider public.
		Starting during the 2003 Annual Meeting in January in Davos, an Open Forum Davos 2003 was held in parallel with the main Annual Meeting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Economic_Forum (1371 words)

	Davos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Or is it just an annual fad at the mountain resort of Davos in Swiss Alps to talk about poverty, disease and hunger, among other issues such as global trade...
		DAVOS The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is a poor reflection of the world.
		Davos (population 11,000) is a town in eastern Switzerland, in the canton Graubünden, on the Landwasser River.
	www.wikiverse.org /davos (277 words)

	Public Eye on Davos Award: Unique Awards Highlight Corporate Irresponsibility
		DAVOS, Switzerland - As the world's business and political elite continue their annual meeting in this Swiss alpine resort, civil society representatives have singled out four transnationals as the most socially irresponsible on the planet, and presented them with the Public Eye on Davos Award.
		The Public Eye on Davos organizers noted that the WEF attempts to portray itself as a defender of human rights and the environment, while in fact, it defends above all else the economic interests of its members, the 1,000 most powerful companies on the planet.
		Oyo said this week in Davos that for almost 50 years, Shell has been spilling oil and burning gas in the Niger River delta, with devastating consequences for the local population and the environment.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0129-02.htm (1054 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian daily comment \| Silence of the cardigan capitalists
		Davos was a wholly elitist event, which declined to admit those representing civil society to the charmed circle.
		The downside of all this is that the schism in the global community evident at the failed trade talks in Cancun last September - where China, India and Brazil led a group of 21 developing countries in opposing the wishes of the United States and the European Union - is as wide as ever.
		Davos this year represented an opportunity to get everybody talking again, but despite the wishes of the organisers to facilitate a kiss-and-make-up session, it has not happened.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,1129329,00.html (913 words)

	Davos
		The Davos agenda is determined by an 8-person "program development team" which is drawn from the WEF's permanent professional staff of 80.
		Davos is a meeting of, by and for the global aristocracy.
		As the 1998 conference opened in Davos, "People's Global Action Against 'Free' Trade and the WTO," a group of 192 organizations from 54 countries with an aggregate membership of 20 million, released their "Declaration Against the Globalisers of Misery," a statement denouncing the Davos meeting.
	www.meta-religion.com /Secret_societies/Groups/DAVOS/davos.htm (2421 words)

	Davos Klosters, Switzerland - Ski resort information, guide review / Ski Trips, Vacations & Snowboarding
		Davos was one of the original mega resorts, with slopes on a scale that few resorts can better, even today.
		But it is less well placed than Davos for exploring all the mountains.
		Davos is a huge, city-like resort, rather plagued by traffic and lacking Alpine atmosphere
	www.ski-europe.com /resorts/davos.html (332 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. warning at Davos forum - January 27, 2001
		Rail services to Davos and nearby Klosters, another ski town, are being shut down for 10 hours to keep any last-minute stragglers away.
		But as demonstrators who have made it to Davos protest at what they term "globaloney," business and political leaders continue to focus on steadying the global economy.
		Fischer, told conference participants that because of the recent slowdown in the U.S. economy it is revising its prediction last September that the global economy would grow by 4.2 percent.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/01/27/davos (557 words)

	Davos, Skiswitzerland.com, skiing in Switzerland, Swiss Ski resorts, Zermatt, Jungfrau, Verbier, Saas Fee and more ...
		Davos, Skiswitzerland.com, skiing in Switzerland, Swiss Ski resorts, Zermatt, Jungfrau, Verbier, Saas Fee and more Swiss Skiing, Ski Europe.
		Davos is in effect two villages, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz.
		Davos however lends itself best, believe it or not, to the decent intermediate skier.
	www.skiswitzerland.com /davos/davos.htm (389 words)

	Davos on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Since 1971 (except for 2002-3), Davos has hosted the annual conference of what is now the World Economic Forum; the conference draws national leaders and business executives from around the world to the resort.
		DAVOS, SWITZERLAND-- Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru, speaks during the session "The Challenge for Latin America" at the Annual Meeting 2003 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Janu
		DAVOS, SWITZERLAND-- Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, speaks during the session "Stumbling Blocks on the Road to Europe" at the Annual Meeting 2003 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sw
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Davos.asp (1056 words)

	PressThink: Notes and Comment From the World Economic Forum, 2004
		Davos, Switzerland is a town, a ski resort in the Alps.
		Davos the city state flies dignitaries in and out (Dick Cheyney, Bill Clinton, the head of the World Trade Organization, the presidents of Pakistan and Iran, the Prime Minister of Canada, Bill Gates, Charlie Rose, etc.) In press accounts I saw it described as a “bunker,” due to the heavy security inside and out.
		The city of Davos also exports a lot of news during its week on the world stage, and then imports its own importance, as it were, when the newspapers are picked up at breakfast the next day, featuring multiple headlines from the WEF.
	journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/01/25/davos_sketch.html (7896 words)

	RConversation: Davos
		Rony Abovitz, who initially blogged Jordan's ill-fated Davos remarks, was invited back as a member of the Technology Pioneer program which he is entitled to be part of for three years.
		There seems to be some confusion as to whether the Davos panel at which Eason Jordan made his controversial remarks was or wasn't on the record.
		Davos bloggers will include some other blogger/journalist hybrids like myself, some people from the tech community, and at least one celebrity (stay tuned for who).
	rconversation.blogs.com /rconversation/davos (4948 words)

	Walking in Davos Switzerland, guided and self guided walking holidays in Davos in the Bernese Oberland Switzerland
		Davos is the highest town in Europe at 5200 feet and has long been renowned for its pure and invigorating mountain air.
		From Davos there are a number of exciting excursion possibilities which include the "Heidi" and "Bernina" Expresses to St. Moritz, Bernina Pass, Tirano and Lugano, The famous "Glacier Express" to Zermatt, a trip to Vaduz (Liechtenstein) and a "Grand Alpine Tour" including St. Moritz around four passes through the Swiss National Park.
		It is situated in Davos Platz about 250 yards from the station and cable cars, close to shops and restaurants.
	www.newex.co.uk /walking_holidays_davos.htm (699 words)

	The John Addington Symonds Pages
		The general results of that experiment are so satisfactory that the conditions of life in winter at Davos, and the advantages it offers to invalids, ought to be fairly set before the English public.
		After a minute personal examination of the ordinary kind, your physician tells you to give up medicines, and to sit warmly clothed in the sun as long as it is shining, to eat as much as possible, to drink a fair quantity of Valtelline wine, and not to take any exercise.
		This progress was maintained throughout the winter; and when I left Davos in April the physical could confirm my own sensation that the lung, which had been seriously injured, was comparatively sound again, and that its wound had been healed.
	www.infopt.demon.co.uk /davos.htm (1764 words)

	USATODAY.com
		Davos is not a small quaint Alpine resort.
		Davos was one of the first ski resorts to be created and is still one of the world's best.In the south-east corner of Switzerland, Davos sits dwarfed by moun-tains on both sides of the valley (Davos means 'behind' or 'beyond' in the Romansh language).
		Thomas Mann's wife was treated at Davos, from which came his novel The Magic Mountain.
	usatoday.snocountry.com /index.php?permcode=13006 (351 words)

	FGC : Public Eye on Davos at New-York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Public Eye on Davos calls on the world community meeting at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in August 2002 to launch a negotiation on an intergovernmental treaty resulting in binding rules of transparency, accountability and liability on corporations.
		The Public Eye on Davos also calls for the implementation and reinforcement of political rules and structures by governments and international organizations supporting democracy, equity and sustainable development.
		The Public Eye on Davos calls on the WEF and its members to publicly support and act on the initiative outlined above and the principles elaborated below.
	www.fgc.ch /public_eye_davos.html (1043 words)

	Technorati Tag: davos
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		Davos, The UN and $7 Trillion by movermike UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth of...$7 trillion (and solve the world's problems at a stroke)...
		It was left up to Angie to remind the would-be world leaders at the Davos Summit of the importance of their work.
	www.technorati.com /tags/davos (429 words)

	AllRefer.com - Davos, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Davos, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It is a famous winter sports center and a health resort.
		Since 1971 (except for 2002–3), Davos has hosted the annual conference of what has become the World Economic Forum; the conference draws national leaders and business executives from around the world to the resort.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Davos.html (157 words)

	International Police Winter Games 2004 - Davos, Switzerland \| Ski-Europe.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Join us the International Police Winter Games in beautiful Davos, Switzerland from February 28 to March 6, 2004.
		Davos, Switzerland is a busy resort in a beautiful alpine playground.
		The numerous après-ski activities offered to Davos’ guests are hard to top.
	www.ski-europe.com /group/pages/ipwg.html (492 words)

	The Earth Times/DAVOS 2002: Public Eye on Davos: A forum for the people. By Michelle Evans
		At the "Public Eye on Davos," which takes place Thursday, January 31 until Sunday, February 3 at the United Nations Church Center, representatives from NGOs, the media and critical economists from both the developing and industrialized countries will present alternative visions to what some NGOs have called the "elite views" emanating from the WEF.
		But the organizers of "Public Eye on Davos" accused WEF members of paying only lip-service to issues such as corporate responsibility, sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
		But Tauli-Corpuz called the NGOs' presence at the annual conference "tokenism at its worst." At the same time, she admitted that even though NGOs were limited to very few forums inside the meeting, she was still able to convey her group's message.
	www.earthtimes.org /feb/davos2002publicfeb1_02.htm (503 words)

	PressThink: Richard Sambrook of the BBC: What Eason Jordan Said in Davos
		Davos Newbies is a "year-round Davos of the mind," written from London by Lance Knobel.
		The first issue is how a news organization that seeks to expand its appeal to an entirely different audience, such as the arabs, from its core audience can resist the temptation to spin its coverage in ways that accord with the urban legends and myths believed by the new target audience.
		This is directly relevant to the Davos incident in which Jordan made an assertion that pleased his arab and European audience while dismaying his American audience.
	journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/02/07/samb_esn.html (15015 words)

	Davos Festival - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In high summer, the annual Davos Festival "young artists in concert" introduces the most talented young musicians from many different countries.
		Captivating classics are celebrated at the Davos Congress Centre, the Kirchner Museum and in the appealing ambience of various Davos Landschaft churches.
		In the Congress Centre Davos, in the churches of St. Johann, Monstein and Wiesen, on the "Schatzalp", or in the "Extrablatt" restaurant.
	www.davosfestival.ch /english.php (225 words)

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