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Joint parental responsibility for children should become the norm for couples that divorce or separate, say Swiss campaigners. Members of the newly formed Swiss Co-parenting Association held a demonstration in the capital, Bern, on Saturday to highlight the current situation, which they claim causes "undue suffering to children".

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As oil prices rise, electricity produced from the sun’s rays is becoming an economically attractive option - also in Switzerland. But its uptake in the country is still relatively low. Solar Days, held across Switzerland, is aiming to raise awareness of this alternative source of power.

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Doctors will prescribe cannabis-based drugs to cancer, multiple sclerosis and AIDS patients in a planned NSW Government trial.

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Switzerland is no exception to the late motherhood trend but the 2007 birth statistics have thrown up a new record - two first-time mothers aged over 60.

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Molecular biologist, photographer and artist Martin Oeggerli opens up new perspectives on the lives of the tiniest lifeforms. Using a scanning electron microscope, he takes for example images of pollen and bacteria before painstakingly colouring them electronically.

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As Israelis celebrate 60 years since their country’s founding on Wednesday, streets and buildings are festooned with blue and white flags with the Star of David. For their Palestinian neighbours it is a time of very different memories. swissinfo spoke to a young Palestinian woman in Jerusalem about her family life, hopes and fears 60 years on from what they call Al Nakba or "the catastrophe".

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On the 60th anniversary of the Israeli state one Swiss Jewish couple tell swissinfo they have happy memories of life there, but fear for Israel’s "dark future". Thirty-five years ago Sylvain and Yvonne Rueff-Bloch left Switzerland for a spell on a liberal kibbutz. Although they returned, and settled in Basel, their son is back in Israel.

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A major apartheid lawsuit involving multinationals and Swiss companies is to go ahead in the United States but could be settled early, an expert has said.

Plaintiffs representing black South Africans are claiming $400 billion (SFr420 billion) in damages from 50 prominent companies they say violated international law and supported South Africa’s apartheid regime between 1948 and 1994.

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A driver who buckled up his slab of beer - but not the five-year-old boy sitting next to it - has shocked police who pulled him over near Alice Springs. Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the Holden Commodore on the Ross Highway south of the desert town on the weekend.

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The pay equity gap between men and women in Australia will not close until women are prepared to work longer hours, an academic says. Social researcher for the University of Melbourne Mark Wooden said men were earning on average 15 per cent more than women because they put in more time at the workplace.

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