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September 30, 2012

Switzerland Gets Angry Over CIA, Chocolate

Helena Bachmann, Time

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On Sept. 25, Switzerland’s highest court brought a long-winded case to a close, convicting three Swiss engineers — a father and his two sons — of selling nuclear equipment to Libya. The Swiss were scandalized, but not by what you’d think.

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