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The $1.7 trillion question

The world's richest 85 people own as much as the poorest 3.5 billion, according to Oxfam - and it's issued a warning that gap could trigger mass social unrest.

Switzerland: Grandeur on the slow trail

Jamie Morton travels aboard the world's slowest - and arguably most beautiful - express train.

Swiss reject plan to cap managers' pay

Swiss voters soundly rejected a proposal to limit the pay of companies' highest-paid managers to 12 times that of their lowest-paid workers.

'Tis the season to head north

If your mind's slowly turning to the Christmas holidays and you're after something different, consider these top ski resorts.

Arafat was poisoned, scientists confirm

Swiss scientists have concluded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is likely to have died from polonium poisoning.

Switzerland: A stroll through splendour

For walkers, Geneva reveals itself as anything but conventional, says Simon Calder.

Switzerland: The Alps up close

Just when you are convinced that men with too much time on their hands have already discovered the most insane ways to risk their lives, you stumble across evidence to the contrary in the Swiss Alps.

Switzerland to trial 'sex boxes'

Baby survives 30m fall in backpack

A baby survived a 30m fall from a cable car - which killed her parents - by landing in a tree.

Tech Universe: Wednesday 27 March

Veti-Gel is a liquid that can not only immediately stop bleeding but also initiate healing.

Swedish retailer donates horsemeat to the homeless

Canterbury professor first Kiwi to receive Einstein Medal

Getting on location for a taste of the Bond life

Switzerland: It's a long way to the top

In Wengen, a ski resort perched high in the centre of Switzerland, AC/DC has infiltrated.

Switzerland: Turn over a new leaf this autumn

While leaf-peeping in the Upper Engadine valley, Kate Simon welcomes the changing of the seasons.

OK to take a smoko in Switzerland

Doping: The bicycle thieves

Sports writer Dan Coyle tells Phil Taylor about his long battle to cut through the PR myths surrounding Lance Armstrong and organised doping in cycling.

Europe: Cruising on the romantic Rhine

Anne D'Innocenzio discovers a love for river cruising on an eight-day trip on the Rhine, starting in Basel, Switzerland and ending in Amsterdam.