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	Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On April 18, 1999 the Swiss population and the cantons voted in favour of a completely revised federal constitution.
		On June 5, 2005, Swiss voters agreed, by a 55% majority, to join the Schengen treaty, a result that was welcomed by EU commentators as a sign of goodwill by Switzerland, a country that is traditionally perceived as isolationist.
		Switzerland comprises three basic topographical areas: the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau, and the Jura mountains.The Alps are a high mountain range running across the central-south of the country.
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	Switzerland
		On June 5, 2005, Swiss voters agreed, by a 55% majority, to join the Schengen treaty, a result that was welcomed by EU commentators as a sign of goodwill by a Switzerland that is traditionally perceived as isolationist.
		The Swiss climate is generally temperate, but it can vary greatly locally, from the harsh conditions on the high mountains to the pleasant Mediterranean climate at Switzerland's southern tip.
		The Swiss are noted for their banks, their chocolate, their cheese, their pocket knives, their watches (particularly the famous Rolex), their private boarding schools and their strengths in engineering and the sciences.
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		However, Swiss law is gradually being adjusted to that of the EU and the government has signed a number of Bilateralism with the European Union.
		The Swiss Climate is generally Temperate climate, but can vary greatly between the localities, from harsh conditions on the high mountains to the often pleasant Mediterranean climate at Switzerland's southern tip.
		The Swiss are noted for their Bank, their Chocolate, their Cheeses of Switzerland, their Swiss Army knife, their Watch (particularly the famous Rolex), their private Boarding school and their strengths in engineering and the Culture of Switzerland#Science.
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		The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) is a landlocked federal republic in Europe, bordering Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
		swiss watches switzerland The German spoken in Switzerland is predominantly a group of dialects that are almost unintelligible to Germans and are collectively known as Swiss German, but written communication and broadcasts typically use High German (standard German).
		The Swiss are noted for their banks, their chocolate, dreambook in switzerland '(at)earthlink.net' info their cheese, their pocket knives, their watches (particularly the famous Rolex), their private boarding schools and their strengths in engineering and the sciences.
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	The story of the Swiss national anthem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The "Swiss Psalm" was soon performed by male choirs throughout Switzerland (thanks to translations) and was frequently sung at patriotic celebrations.
		Numerous attempts were made between 1894 and 1953 to have it declared the Swiss national anthem, but they were consistently turned down by the Swiss government for the reason that a national anthem should not be selected by government decree but by popular opinion.
		It was for this reason that the Swiss government declared the "Swiss Psalm", a fully and unmistakably Swiss creation, the provisional Swiss national anthem in 1961.
	www.admin.ch /ch/e/schweiz/psalm/history.html (569 words)

	ipedia.com: Switzerland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As a consequence of the civil war, Switzerland adopted a federal constitution in 1848, amending it extensively in 1874 and establishing federal responsibility for defense, trade, and legal matters.
		The Swiss are known for their historic neutrality and did not participate militarily in either world war.
		Swiss bank secrecy has often been controversial abroad, since, critics say, it helps criminals hide dubious transactions (corruption...) and launder money.
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	Switzerland
		Of this money, $370,000 (500,000 Swiss francs) per year was reserved for the establishment of new local consultation centers where victims of racial or religious discrimination may seek assistance.
		The Cabinet also rejected a parliamentary request to drop the "Swiss Psalm," which was written in 1841 and has in recent years been the target of considerable criticism.
		Swiss Muslims in Geneva complained in April that foreign imams invited to the Great Mosque of Geneva for a prayer were giving radical speeches, sometimes filled withinvectiveagainst the Jewish population and western countries.
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	Switzerland - Gurupedia
		The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, as it is home to many international organizations.
		The Swiss are known for their historic neutrality and did not participate militarily in either
		Amongst the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, the highest of which is the Dufour Peak at 4,634 m, are found countless valleys, some with
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	Switzerland - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Motto: Latin: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (traditional)The motto is traditional; it does not have an official status that was defined by the Swiss constitution or a Swiss law.
		The charter united the involved parties in the struggle against the rule by the Habsburgs, who then held the German imperial throne of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Among the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, the highest of which is the Dufour Peak at 4,634 m, are found countless valleys, some with glaciers.
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		The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
		In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte imposed a new constitution, largely restoring Swiss autonomy.
		The Swiss are noted for their banks, their chocolate, their cheese, their pocket knives, their watches, and their private boarding schools.
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	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Switzerland - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is also known as Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), Latin for Swiss Confederation.
		From these the headwaters of several major European rivers such as the Rhine, the Rhône, the Inn, the Aare or the Ticino, flow down into lakes such as Lake Geneva, Lake Zurich and Lake Constance and farther down.
		Switzerland has four official languages: German (64%) in the north and centre, French (19%) to the west, Italian (8%) in the south, and finally Romansh, a Romance language spoken by a small minority (<1%) in the southeastern canton Grisons.
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	Swiss to keep national anthem - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bern,, May. 3 (UPI) -- The Swiss Federal Council will not change the Swiss national anthem, which it acknowledges to be overly religious, sexist and otherwise outdated.
		The "Swiss Psalm," which was written in 1841, has drawn criticism several times, but will remain the Swiss national anthem at least for the time being, the Swiss news agency SDA reports.
		Still, the Federal Council decided to keep the anthem since it is well known and some citizens enjoy its religious aspects.
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	Catholic Community Forum Discussion Groups - JP2 protected by Swiss Guard snippers states "violence is never the ...
		On another thread a poster was displaying the Swiss guard standard issue rifle that fired 700 rounds a minuet and their Italian made 45 hand guns.
		It seems to me that it would be hard for a teenager approching the age of enlistment into the military, police forces or Swiss Guard to make such an important needed decision with such and absolute "never" from the mouth of Pope John Paul II.
		It is my personal opinion that a small Swiss army or any small army put up against Hitler's war machine in WWII would have brought us to nothing but eventual world destruction.
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	The Good Earth: Palliative for the Soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Psalm 121 tells us that if we look unto the hills for our help, our help will not come from the hills.
		The Swiss led the way in integrating this notion of the healing and appealing quality of the earth into their economic political decision making.
		The Swiss government pays the farmers to maintain sheep and cattle on those regions because the government knows that people come to Switzerland expecting that image.
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	Swiss Psalm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "Swiss Psalm" is the national anthem of Switzerland.
		The Federal Council declined however on numerous occasions to accept the psalm as the official anthem.
		The German text by Leonhard Widmer (1809-1867) has been translated into all Swiss official languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swiss_Psalm (351 words)

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		The Swiss Civil War which started in 1531 was driven by the partial success of the reformation in different cantons.
		The Swiss are noted for their banks, their chocolate, their cheese, their pocket knifes, their watches, and their private boarding schools.
		Swiss Statistics (http://www.statistik.admin.ch/eindex.htm) - statistics from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office
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	Mozart Serenade no. 11
		Psalm: "Praise the Lord in his Glory" and Fanfares
		Psalm: "Oh, had I but the wings of a dove!"
		The most important numbers of "Part Three" are, the Psalms, and the Chorus of Repentance for which I used a theme by Goudimel, and the chorale, God says: the day wil come, which is developed from the hallelujah after the manner of the chorales in the Passion.
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	The Genevan Psalter - Le Psautier genevois - Der Genfer Psalter - Het Geneefse Psalmboek - Salterio de Ginebra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The biblical Psalms were meant to be sung.
		These webpages are devoted to one of the greatest of the sixteenth-century psalters, compiled over several decades, completed in 1562 and used in the Swiss city of Geneva as the principal liturgical book among the Reformed Christians there.
		The Psalms would eventually be translated into Dutch, Hungarian, Czech and, much later, Afrikaans and English.
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	Swiss Psalm Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Federal Council declined to accept the psalm as the official anthem numerous times, though.
		Since 1961, it provisionally replaces Rufst Du mein Vaterland ("When you call, my fatherland", in French: O Monts indépendants, in Italian: Ci chiami o patria, in Romansh: E clomas, tger paeis), the anthem by Johann Rudolf Wyss (1743-1818) on the melody of God Save the Queen.
		Finally on April 1, 1981 it was declared the official Swiss anthem.
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	Guardian Unlimited Football \| Euro 2004 \| Switzerland: pub knowledge
		Swiss Psalm: "Switzerland is lovely and clean though occasionally inclement.
		The Red Cross, Toblerone, velcro, yodelling, the League of Nations.
		Albert Einstein published his paper on the theory of relativity in 1905 while working as a patent clerk in the Swiss capital Bern.
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	Switzerland - nationalanthems.info
		On November 22, 1841, Zwyssig rehearsed his "Schweizerpsalm" (Swiss Psalm) for the first time with four residents of Zug.
		Switzerland has five official languages, and all have an official translation of the Schweizer Psalm in addition to Widmer's original German lyrics.
		Some of Switzerland's cantons (especially those with a recent history of independence outside of Switzerland) have their own anthems, Neuchatel's cantonal anthem, for example, uses the same melody as the former Swiss anthem, that is "God save the King (Queen)".
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	Presence Switzerland:Promotional products
		The finalists of the first stage of the Swiss television programme "Music Star" are in good voice for this CD.
		The title song with a Swiss connection was performed by all the artists together.
		The title song "Home away from home" (mp3, 1300 kb) was composed for the CD and made the charts in Australia and Britain following a remix by DJ Jamie Lewis.
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	swissmusic - Classic Anthology detail
		Zwyssig chose to use a hymn that he had composed to the psalm 'Diligam te Domine' (I will love Thee, O Lord) for an ordination service in 1835 when he was music director at the monastry in Wettingen.
		Finally, on the evening of St.Cecilia’s day, Monday 22 November, 1841, in the study looking out over the lake and the city, Zwyssig rehearsed his 'Schweizerpsalm' (Swiss Psalm) for the first time with four residents of Zug.
		April 1981, the 'Swiss Psalm' was officially declared the Swiss National Anthem, a purely Swiss song, dignified and ceremonial, the kind of national anthem that the majority of citizens would like.
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	The Zwyssighaus Inn in Bauen - Switzerland Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Because of this, we now have the well-managed birthplace of Father Alberik Zwyssig, the composer of the Swiss Psalm.
		He is best known for having composed Switzerland's Swiss Psalm which the Federal Council pronounced to be the country's national anthem ad interim up to 1961, and definitely in 1981.
		With its squared timber and steep gable, the building is a typical Swiss block building.
	www.myswitzerland.com /en/navpage-Culture-Hist_Hotels-9478.html (249 words)

	IMM USA 10th Year Anniversary
		Our celebration was aided by the UK IMM Committee sending five of their Board members along with two members of the Swiss Committee of IMM.
		Kurt Feurer, President of Swiss Committee, gave remarks from the Swiss Committee.
		Jean Herrgott who lives in France and is on the Swiss Committee gave a brief testimony in French at Somerset Baptist Church.
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	Everything you always wanted to know about Switzerland
		At the Battle of Samuel Schmid Morgarten in 1315, the Swiss defeated Micheline Calmy-Rey the Habsburg army and secured quasi-independence as the Swiss Area Confederation.
		The Congress of 7,261,200 Vienna of 1815 re-established Swiss 176/km² independence and the European powers agreed to permanently recognise Swiss Independence neutrality.
		The Swiss are known for National anthem Swiss Psalm their historic neutrality and did not Internet TLD.CH participate in either world war.
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		Reflection on Psalm 45(46) God a Helper in Time of Distress, Says John Paul II VATICAN CITY, JUNE 16, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address John Paul II gave at today's general audience, which he dedicated to comment on Psalm 45(46).
		Psalm 45(46), as other similar compositions, celebrates the holy City of Jerusalem, "the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High" (verse 5), but above all it expresses an unbreakable...
		The Psalm that was just sung is the first part of a composition which also includes the subsequent Psalm, 147, and which the Hebrew original has kept in its unity.
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	swissmusic - Jazz - Anthology detail
		The noise in the background, from the sound archives of Swiss Radio, reminds us that Switzerland was by no means immune to the 'revolutionary' climate of the late 1960s.
		A bright-yellow Swiss postal coach and its typical three-tone-horn (which dates back to the horse-drawn coaches of yesteryear) takes us south over the St.Gotthard Pass to Italian-speaking Ticino.
		(22)the national anthem, known as Swiss Psalm, can be interpreted in ways that will not appeal to everyone (memories of Jimmy Hendrix and Woodstock...?).
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	Travel To World UK: World Travel Resource
		The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe with neighbors Germany France Italy Austria and Liechtenstein.The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality but also of international co-operation, as it is home to many international organizations.
		The Swiss climate is generally temperate, but it can vary greatly locally, from the harsh conditions on the high mountains to the pleasant Mediterranean climate at Switzerland 's southern tip.
		Whether you're travelling by train, boat or post bus, a glance at the surrounding countryside is enough to capture the cultural wealth and geographical variety of this country.
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