Those legendary numbered bank accounts from Bern, Switzerland to Zurich still exist but with an asterisk.

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Cardiff came ahead of Bern in Switzerland, Manama in Bahrain and Blantyre in Malawi.

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The study--funded with public money, not by a pharmaceutical company--was presented by Stephan Windecker from the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland.

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On 5 July 2010, the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (SVEB) held a meeting in Bern, Switzerland, to discuss the follow-up to CONFINTEA VI.

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Then came SIRTAX, a study by presented by Stephen Windecker of the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland, at the March annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.

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Developed by the Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research at the University of Bern in Switzerland and Swiss software company, Texetera, the Jungfrau Climate Guide is an interactive guide to glaciers and climate change.

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Current methods for detecting disease in livestock are slow and open to abuse, because they rely upon farmers or vets reporting sick animals, says Marcus Doherr of the Institute of Animal Neurology at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

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The BBC's Imogen Foulkes, in the Swiss capital of Bern, says the case is certain to call into question Switzerland's relatively liberal gun laws, under which Swiss men, all of whom must serve in the army, keep their guns at home.

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