Switzerland
DAVOS - The international community should focus more on long-term structural changes to deepen collaboration among stakeholders, said the co-chairs, including India\'s Chanda Kochhar, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, being held here.
SEDRUN - Swiss engineers broke through a final 180 cm of rock deep in the Alpine mountains Friday, linking the world's longest rail tunnel.
MONTREUX, Switzerland - Leading European defense companies warned Friday that cuts to military programs could cause long-term harm to the industry's research and development capabilities, even as they looked beyond the continent for new business to make up anticipated shortfalls.
GENEVA - A Swiss government committee on Monday published new rules requiring the country's two biggest banks to increase their capital reserves beyond international standards agreed last month.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International gymnastics officials are investigating another case of possible age falsification, this time of a North Korean gymnast who listed three different birth dates.
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