Governments Need To Invest In The Education of Girls In Developing Nations Says A New Report
Region: SwitzerlandAccording to a new report issued by the International Labor Office (ILO) in Geneva, for the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12, the global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labor.” The ILO report, entitled Give Girls a Chance: Tackling child labour, a key to the future (Note 1), notes that while recent global estimates indicate the number of... more
Views: 1761Christiano Ronaldo is Footballer of the Year
Region: Switzerland
Christiano Ronaldo proves his worth again. He has been named FIFA Footballer of the Year. He was chosen the winner among all the players including the other finalists Kaka, Lionel Messi, Fernando Torres and Xavi. The 23 year old portugese sensation enjoyed a highly successful 2007-08 season, scoring 42 goals in all competitions as United won a Premier League and Champions League double. He was also named both Portugal... more
Views: 1624AP MP3 Player Lights Rescuer's Way to Missing Skiers
Region: SwitzerlandSwiss rescue officials say they have found two missing skiers after spotting the light from their MP3 music player. The Swiss air rescue association Rega says it received a distress call from the French tourists late Friday but the skier's phone battery went dead before they could be reached. Rega spokesman Gery Baumann says the two men were eventually found after midnight in steep, wooded terrain by a helicopter cre... more
Views: 1386Breast Milk Recipes Spark Controversy
Region: Switzerland
An advertisement calling for an unsual ingredient -breast milk- has caused public furore in Zurich. Swiss restaurant owner, Hans Locher, offered slightly over £3 for 398ml of the substance on German newspapers in his village of Winterthur. The gourmet chef said that he has perfected the use of breast milk in his dishes, which he intends to serve in his restaurant, by adding whipped cream. He wants to include i... more
Views: 2256CERN's IT Infrastructure for Big Bang Theory Experiment
Region: Switzerland
Cern plans to store between several hundred terabytes and a few petabytes of data. Over 10 years, the database would need to store 100Pbytes, said Jamie Shiers, database group leader at Cern. Cern is using Oracle for 20 years now using it to book meeting rooms, manage the network and power e-business operations. The organisation has transferred 300Tbytes of data from an object database to Linux to Oracle since 2002. ... more
Views: 2171Euro 2008 Semi-Finals: Germany 3-2 Turkey - So Close, So Cruel for Turks
Region: Switzerland
For all of Turkey's come-from-behind magic over the past week and a half, they could not conjure enough of it to keep pace with Germany's high-scoring drama in Basel today. Jaochim Low and company scraped past a young and daring Turkish side 3-2 to secure a berth in the European championship title match for Sunday. Turkey had run into roster trouble with injuries and suspensions coming into the match and fielded most... more
Views: 1636Euro 2008 Quarterfinals: Russia 3-1 Netherlands – Arshavin Magic Propels Hiddink’s Team Into Sem
Region: Switzerland
Andrei Arshavin shone brilliantly for his manager. The Zenit Saint Petersburg striker scored one and set up two others to eliminate fancied Holland from the European championship today. Russian manager Guus Hiddink will be applauding himself for sticking with the young Arshavin, who missed the first two matches for his side while serving a two-game suspension from Russia's qualifying campaign several months ago. Hidd... more
Views: 1574Euro 2008 Quarterfinals: Germany 3-2 Portugal - High-Scoring Thriller in St. Jakob’s Park
Region: Switzerland
The Germans clinched a berth in the semifinals of the tournament after knocking out heavyweights Portugal in Basel today. Germany will face the winner of tomorrow’s quarterfinal matchup between Croatia and Turkey on Wednesday, while Portugal head home and begin their search for a new manager for the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. Captain Michael Ballack’s header midway through the secon... more
Views: 1677Italy 2-0 France: Italians Breathe Sigh of Relief
Region: Switzerland
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 Day eleven of GroundReport's exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Italy trumped the French decisively in their Group C re-match of 2006 World Cup winners and runners-up Tuesday, moving on to play Spain in the quarterfinals on Sunday after an enlivening display of confidence. Meanwhile Holland, who remain unbeaten in three matches after defeating Romania 2-0 today, play the winner of to... more
Views: 961Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic: Joy for Turks, Heart-Break for Czechs
Region: Switzerland
Sunday, 15 June 2008 Day nine of GroundReport's exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Turkey's football fans will celebrate well into the night after what will go down as the greatest comeback stunt in Euro tournament history. The Turks came up with three goals in the final fifteen minutes of play to steal victory from the Czech Republic after going down 2-0 early in the match. Striker and captain... more
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