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latest news & developmentsSwiss feel the heat on banking secrecy
Switzerland was feeling the heat on banking secrecy on Friday after the US stepped up its high-stakes tax probe against the biggest Swiss bank, UBS.
West dismayed over Suu Kyi detention
Western governments lashed out at the extension of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest, but the outrage at Burma’s generals was tempered by concern over disrupting aid…
Gaza ‘a disaster for everybody’
Gaza’s population has been reduced to a ”subhuman existence” where basic humanitarian needs are going unmet in the face of rapidly deteriorating conditions, according to a senior…
EU told to prepare for flood of climate-change migrants
In its half-century history, the European Union has absorbed wave upon wave of immigrants. Now, according to the EU’s two senior foreign policy officials, Europe needs to brace…
AG: IsraeI can’t cut power to Gaza
Israel’s attorney general (AG) told the government on Monday it could not cut electrical power to the Gaza Strip as part of its sanctions against the Hamas controlled territory,…