US Supreme Court: case over states’ obligations to ensure English is taught
GenevaLunch News The US Supreme Court Monday hears a test case over the obligations of states to ensure that all children are taught English in public schools to a standard that allows them to be...
View ArticleControversial Arizona immigration law repealed (video)
GenevaLunch News A US District Judge has repealed an Arizona immigration law that allowed the state and municipal law-enforcement officials and agencies, to determine the immigration status of any...
View ArticleDeath penalty in Arizona goes ahead with imported drug
GenevaLunch News The state of Arizona, USA, has gone ahead with the execution of Jeffrey Landrigan after the US Supreme Court overruled two lower court decisions halting the execution 26 October....
View ArticleUS Congress member critical, 6 dead in mall shooting
GenevaLunch News Six people died and 14 were injured Saturday 8 January in a Tucson, Arizona shooting outside a supermarket where a political rally was being held. US House Representative Gabrielle...
View ArticleZurich man’s “127 Hours” nightmare canyon tale ends well
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – AP/Republic newspaper in Arizona report that a 35-year-old Zurich man was rescued from a canyon after Navajo police found his vehicle. He had reportedly hiked...
View ArticleRomney inches towards Republican slot, with 2 wins
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mitt Romney is looking more likely than he was a few days ago to be the Republican presidential candidate in the US, following wins in Arizona and his home state...
View ArticleYoung Norwegian swim champion dies
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Alexander Dale Oen, age 26, one of the world’s finest competitive swimmers, was found dead in his Arizona hotel room shower Monday 30 April. The medical examiner...
View ArticleUS justice boss Holder cleared by internal watchdog
GenevaLunch News Botched job under Obama-appointed DOJ head not likely to disappear during election run-up GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Eric Holder, the US attorney general, has been cleared of wrongdoing by...
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