Read more Zurich stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5512/zurich.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:59:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72402/us-moves-to-extradite-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American embassy in Switzerland formally requested the extradition of Roman Polanski last night, paving the way for the convicted director to face an American court for the first time since 1977. A tribunal in Zurich will now hold a hearing, although Polanski may appeal to the country's high court...http://www.newser.com/story/72402/us-moves-to-extradite-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 5:18:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA stint in a Zurich prison has left Roman Polanski "depressed" and "dejected," and the longtime fugitive will promise to stay in Switzerland should he be granted bail, his lawyer says. Polanski, who fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, "was in an unsettled...http://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 16:55:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69523/corpse-sex-show-stirs-up-swiss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman anatomist Gunther von Hagens just opened his traveling corpse sex show in Zurich and is steeled for controversy, reports Gawker. Von Hagens discovered a way to plasticize human bodies and has exhibited corpses stripped of their skin all over the world doing various activities. His latest show revealing bodies...http://www.newser.com/story/69523/corpse-sex-show-stirs-up-swiss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 3:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61414/seouls-airport-is-worlds-no-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIncheon International airport in Seoul, South Korea, is the world's best, according to a British survey that took into account passengers' experiences with check-in, departures, transfers, and arrivals. Two other Asian airports, in Hong Kong and Singapore, finished second and third, the BBC reports.http://www.newser.com/story/61414/seouls-airport-is-worlds-no-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 14:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60583/800-brits-sign-up-for-suicide-at-swiss-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 800 Brits have signed up to commit suicide at a controversial Swiss clinic, reports the Guardian . The terminally ill patients have become members of Dignitas so they can travel to Zurich when the time comes to take a drug overdose. The number of British residents crossing the border for...http://www.newser.com/story/60583/800-brits-sign-up-for-suicide-at-swiss-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 1:27:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19417/stolen-art-found-in-parking-lot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe four 19th-century paintings stolen from a Swiss museum have reportedly been found in an unlocked car parked outside a Zurich psychiatric hospital. Although police have not yet confirmed the find, Swiss media are reporting that the $168 million worth of loot—one work each by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, and...http://www.newser.com/story/19417/stolen-art-found-in-parking-lot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Feb 2008 6:55:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/4261/swiss-neighbors-demand-end-to-assisted-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNeighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people have...http://www.newser.com/story/4261/swiss-neighbors-demand-end-to-assisted-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Jul 2007 5:24:42 CDT