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	Politics of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.
		In the elections of 2003 the People's Party (formerly the smallest of the 4 parties represented in the Federal Council) gained a plurality of seats in the National Council and received (effective January 1, 2004) a second seat in the Federal Council, reducing the share of the Christian Democratic party to 1 seat.
		The function of the Federal Supreme Court is to hear appeals of cantonal courts or the administrative rulings of the federal administration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland (1534 words)

	Swiss federal election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Legislative elections in the Swiss Confederation were held on 19 October 2003.
		In the aftermath of the elections Ruth Metzler-Arnold, one of the two Christian Democrats in the Federal Council was replaced by Christoph Blocher, the most influential politician in the Swiss People's Party.
		These elections were to the National Council and for most of the members of the Council of States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swiss_federal_election,_2003 (348 words)

	LLRX -- Update to Introduction to the Swiss Legal System: A Guide for Foreign Researchers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Switzerland is a federal state that lies at the heart of Europe and is bordered by Germany (to the north), Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein (to the east), Italy (to the south) and France (to the west).
		The Federal Assembly, the Swiss parliament, is a bicameral one.
		In addition, on the federal level all changes of the Constitution and the membership to some international organizations must be accepted by the majority of the people and the cantons.
	www.llrx.com /features/swiss2.htm (4594 words)

	portland imc - 2003.04.20 - Swiss government urged to get tough on war criminals
		One Swiss official, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted that diplomatic immunity often got in the way of arresting known criminals travelling in Switzerland.
		Giannakopoulos cited the Swiss government's recent decision to rule out asylum for Saddam and his family as an example of what can be done to deter international criminals from entering Switzerland.
		But he insists this is not enough, arguing that the authorities - at both the federal and cantonal levels - are simply not aware of what the law allows and how it works.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2003/04/60810.shtml (986 words)

	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		The president and vice-president of the Confederation are elected from among the members of the Federal Council.
		Since 1959, the makeup of Federal Council has followed a “magic formula,” a power-sharing agreement whereby the seven members of the Council are drawn from the four largest political parties represented in the parliament, forming a stable, all-party coalition.
		In the last parliamentary election in October 2003, the right-wing SVP significantly increased its number of seats in Parliament, making the SVP along with the left-wing SPS, one of the largest political parties.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/europe/switzerland8.html (543 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| Swiss election results: Your views
		Centrist parties were the biggest losers in the elections and the results pose a challenge to the traditional consensus of Swiss politics.
		Swiss has been speaking about humanity and morality for long time and was a representative of good sense in the world.
		The Swiss right-wing party has been playing the bad-immigrant-card for years now, and in the current economic situation, it's obvious that more and people latch onto the promises of Blocher and co. What I find much more surprising, however, is that the left-wing also gained seats in Sunday's elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/talking_point/3208814.stm (2031 words)

	Hostilities in Irak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Swiss authorities are concerned about the direct consequences of the conflict on supplies to civilian and encourage the Security Council to reactivate the oil-for-food programme without delay in a form that takes due account of the humanitarian needs of the people of Iraq.
		The Federal Council regrets that the United States and the participating nations have breached the terms of a Charter to which they themselves made an essential contribution and that contains the values and principles they are defending.
		Swiss communities in the exposed bordering countries are in constant contact with our embassies, which have set up emergency plans and received appropriate protection equipment.
	www.admin.ch /ch/e/cf/brennpunkt/06.html (2232 words)

	Swiss Election Upsets Traditional Stability \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 20.10.2003
		Switzerland was shocked out of its apathy on Sunday when, for the first time in decades, the election of a new parliament resulted in a turn-around of the status quo and a triumph of the right-wing People's Party.
		According to the Swiss news agency SDA on Monday, the right-wing People’s Party, which had campaigned hard on issues of immigration, asylum and security, took the biggest chunk of the vote with 27.7 percent and 55 seats in the 200-member parliament.
		A day after the election, attention has now switched to whether or not the traditional four party government based on an equal division of cabinet seats among the SP, the FDP and the CVP will hold up on December 10, when parliament must reelect the ministers that comprise the Swiss Federal Council.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1005156,00.html (814 words)

	portland imc - 2003.05.01 - Swiss workers need laws to prevent racial discrimination
		The study, commissioned by the Federal Service for Combating Racism, found that racial discrimination was present in all aspects of work, from job-seeking to promotion prospects and salaries.
		Michele Galizia, head of the Federal Service for Combating Racism, said a first step towards tackling discrimination would be for the general public to accept that it exists.
		His view was echoed by Pierre Triponez of the Swiss Association for Small and Medium Businesses who said that new legislation would be very problematic.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2003/05/63674.shtml (954 words)

	ThisNation.com--Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation
		3 Modifications of the territory of a Canton are subject to the assent of the population concerned, of the Cantons concerned, and the assent of the Federal Parliament in the form of a federal decree.
		What federal legislation subjects to value added tax, to a special consumption tax, to stamp tax, or to withholding tax, or declares to be exempt from these taxes, may not be taxed by the Cantons and the Municipalities with taxes of the same kind.
		Federal Statutes declared urgent which have no constitutional basis and whose validity exceeds one year; such Federal Statutes must be submitted to the vote within one year after their adoption by the Federal Parliament.
	www.thisnation.com /library/switzerland.html (15641 words)

	SFBC - Swiss Federal Banking Commission
		In the guidance note on applications for approval of the fund regulations of a Swiss investment fund annex I (previously annex) was amended and a new annex II on performance fees was added.
		The SFBC opens a consultation among the public and federal offices on the draft ordi-nances and circulars implementing the Basel Committee’s new minimum requirements into Swiss law, which become effective in a staggered way from January 1, 2007.
		On September 19, 2005, the Takeover Chamber of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission confirmed the Takeover Board's recommendation dated August 23, 2005 concerning Saia-Burgess according to which the amendments made on June 20, 2005 to its management’s employment contracts are improper defense measures.
	www.ebk.admin.ch /e/archiv/2005/aktuelles2005.html (1950 words)

	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		Assembly: Switzerland has a bicameral Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung or Assemblée Federale or Assemblea Federale) which consists of the Council of States (Standerat/Conseil des Etats/Consiglio degli Stati) with 46 seats and the National Council (Nationalrat/Conseil National/Consiglio Nazionale) with 200 seats.
		Members of the Council of States are elected by the 26 cantons - two are elected from each of 20 cantons and one from each of the six remaining cantons to serve four year terms.
		According to a recent poll, 26% of participants viewed the Swiss People’s Party as the most popular, with the Social Democratic Party in second with 22%.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/europe/switzerland7.html (243 words)

	Election of new federal assembly in Switzerland - vBulletin Community Forum
		Well, today, the new federal assemply was elected by the parliament.
		I forgot to mention, that women are the big loosers of this election.
		One woman was not re-elected (which is actually the first time since 130 years that a federal minister won't be re-elected) and the other wman lost against the "right hand".
	www.vbulletin.com /forum/showthread.php?p=574727 (543 words)

	The Swiss American Blog
		Swiss voters supported a referendum in favor of easing restrictions on Eastern European workers, helping to temper the country's image as an alpine fortress at the center of Europe.
		Between their regular annual tour of duty of two to three weeks per year from ages 20 to 42, Swiss soldiers and officers are obliged to keep their weapons at home, and may practice at the many rifle and pistol ranges managed by local communities.
		Swiss Federal Police Office data often sounds almost too good to be true, with no homicides at all reported in Geneva.
	swissamerican.blogspot.com (4767 words)

	Bush campaign raised $131 million in '03 - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com
		The Bush campaign’s goal is to raise a total of between $150 million and $170 million for the months of the campaign that precede the two parties’ national conventions late this summer.
		Both the Democratic and Republican general election campaigns, which will start after the national conventions, will be paid for by taxpayer funds, with each major-party candidate getting about a $74 million subsidy.
		In the 1999-2000 election cycle, when Bush faced competition from Sen. John McCain and several others, his campaign had raised $67 million by the end of 1999.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3898407 (756 words)

	Personal statement concerning my candidature for a seat on the Swiss Federal Council
		In the elections held on 19 October 2003 the Swiss voters gave a clear signal: many of them want political change in Bern, because they do not want politicians and political parties to arrogantly formulate and pursue policies that fail to take their needs and wishes into due account!
		The principle of arithmetical concordance hence requires that the Christian Democrats - the party that recorded the lowest result at the federal elections on 19 October - vacate one of its two seats on the Federal Council to give the People's Party the second seat it is entitled to.
		The SVP will thus be able to assume executive responsibility pursuant to the will of the Swiss voters as expressed in the elections on 19 October.
	www.blocher.ch /en/artikel/031107statement.htm (671 words)

	JRL #7193 - GDP, Humor & Democracy, Cooperation with US, G-8, Election Campaign, Petrov/ Federal Reform, St. ...
		Veshnyakov recalled that in compliance with the amended election legislation, there was an exact mechanism of accountability for violations in pre-election propaganda and financing of the campaign.
		In the middle of June the Central Election Committee intends to hold a regular meeting with leaders of some political parties to discuss the procedure of pre-election propaganda and financing the campaign, the chairman said.
		The elections to the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, are due in December.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7193.htm (11312 words)

	American Federal Election (in November) - www.ezboard.com
		February 7, 2003: Orange terror alert was issued by DHS on general information, throwing Powell's poor performance the previous day off of the front pages of major newspapers.
		May 19, 2003: The Jessica Lynch story is proven to have more holes in it than Swiss cheese, and DHS is taken to task for being used inappropriately for tracking down Texas Democrats who fled the state to keep Republicans from re-districting the state for the benefit of the Republican party.
		On December 19, a federal appeals court ruled against the administration, in a case pertaining to detainees rights to legal counsel.
	p198.ezboard.com /fclubbing98141frm1.showMessage?topicID=7271.topic (1399 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Anita Ramasastry
		Ramasastry argues that the companies may well have violated the federal Stored Communications Act, and that not only the two pending lawsuits, but also Congressional hearings are needed to inform the public about the situation, and address the apparent lawbreaking.
		As Ramasastry explains, a Pennsylvania federal district court held that Internet users must be give notice, and a chance to respond, before their ISPs comply with RIAA subpoenas to reveal the names connected with their IP addresses.
		Ramasastry argues that the judge was correct to enjoin the issuance of NSLs in his district, on the ground that the provision violates both the First and Fourth Amendments.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /ramasastry (6883 words)

	Special Reports
		The 2003 Globalization Index scores are now available in the 2004 index.
		In addition, Switzerland is distinguished by the sheer volume of income receipts from its investments overseas, which averaged $7,670 for each citizen in 2001.
		The country is a popular center for travel and tourism, not only because some 11 million visitors entered the country in 2001 but also because Swiss citizens made an average of 1.85 international trips that year, second only to the Czech Republic.
	www.foreignpolicy.com /wwwboard/g-index.php (3950 words)

	InfoSurance Links Library
		The official website of the Swiss Christian Democratic Party provides information on the history of the party, the party's position, news, and press releases.
		This official website of the Swiss Federal Council provides information on the Swiss government, photos, speeches, press releases, and an archive.
		Dossiers: Election of the Federal Council, by Swisspolitics.org
	www.isn.ethz.ch /infosurance/index.cfm?Parent=3982 (271 words)

	The Real ID Rebellion
		The new federal law squeezed this spring into an $82 billion spending bill had Republican and Democrat governors fuming at their summer meeting here, and vowing to bring their complaints to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Monday meeting.
		In short, the department said, people who work for an entity covered by the federal privacy law are not automatically covered by that law and may not be subject to its criminal penalties...
		DMV and federal leaks are just one of several security concerns raised in recent weeks about the federal identification system approved by Congress and President Bush last month.
	www.realidrebellion.com (9712 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Switzerland
		elections: president and vice president elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms that run concurrently; election last held NA December 2003 (next to be held NA December 2004)
		Switzerland is a prosperous and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies.
		The Swiss in recent years have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/sz.html (1051 words)

	Swiss Election Upsets Traditional Stability \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 20.10.2003
		Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Christoph Blocher, head of the Swiss People's Party, was the clear winner on Sunday's election.
		The vote for a new parliament in Switzerland has resulted in an upset unheard of for decades.
		The Swiss elections are taking on a racist overtone, as the far-right exploits fears about the rising number of immigrants.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,1005156,00.html (995 words)

	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP \| The Firm \| History
		Based on the tremendous success of the Paris office, as well as increased client demand for global services, on August 1, 2000 Willkie announced a significant expansion of its European presence by opening offices in Milan, Rome and Frankfurt.
		As of 2003, there were 24 women partners or counsel Firmwide. Over the previous five years, more than 50% of incoming associates were women.
		In March 2003, the Firm announced the creation of a new position, the Director of Diversity Initiatives, with special counsel Kim A. Walker appointed to the position.
	www.willkie.com /firm/firm.aspx?type=history (2408 words)

	01.14.04. Election Politics + Sinking $ = Swiss Profits. A-Letter
		Election Politics + Sinking $ = Swiss Profits.
		not raise interest rates until after the election.
		Switzerland is the traditional financial refuge in troubled times.
	www.sovereignsociety.com /vmembers.php?nid=798 (741 words)

	The Pedantic Pundit
		Liber8 is an economic information portal of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
		Liber8 is provided by the Research Library of the 8th Federal Reserve District.
		Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada provides, with some exceptions from between 1985 and 1988, all judgments rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada since 1985.
	pedanticpundit.blogspot.com (2339 words)

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