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Sadly, I don't speak German (NZ is fairly monolingual, other than Maori), so if anyone could visit the original article and translate any juicy bits, that would be good.
by IdiotSavant on Sun Jan 8th, 2006 at 09:25:22 PM EST
Sorry, don't have the time to translate. However, the other links are pretty accurat. It would also be difficult to translate the Blick language. It is one of those sensationalist newspapers, though mostly accurat with the facts.

One thing that has not been picked up much by the linked translations is the discomfort and silence of the Swiss government. My guess is this has not only to do with the snooping on the Embassies. They are worried because to many Swiss citizens might remember the big scandal about the "Fichen Affäre" approx. 20 years ago when many heads were rolling because of the government snooping on its citizens. The government might remember that very well too, as one of the current counselers, Moritz Leuenberger, was the attorney leading the investigation. However, this part of the Blick story is not relevant for the prison story, though my guess the snooping might make some waves over the coming days here in Switzerland.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 9th, 2006 at 02:10:17 AM EST
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