Cern in Geneva is preparing to start up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will fire particles together at near the speed of light, recreating in miniature the energy released in the Big Bang. But scientists have been besieged by anxious members of the public concerned that the LHC will create a black hole or cataclysmic cosmic rays. Do you think the atom smasher will destroy the planet or merely reveal some quaintly named subatomic particle?

GENEVA, Sep 4 (IPS) - A new United Nations report on the outlook for the
global economy over the next few months indicates that the robust
growth seen in developing countries could be checked by the
slowdown in the industrialised world.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior trade officials will meet in Geneva next week to explore options for reviving world trade talks two months after the negotiations collapsed, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Data from the Geneva Cancer Registry show an increased long-term risk of colon cancer in men who have undergone external radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Two domestic workers who filed assault charges against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son in Switzerland, sparking a diplomatic row, have withdrawn their complaint, their Swiss lawyer said on Tuesday.

GENEVA (Reuters) - George Clooney has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama by headlining an exclusive event for Americans in Geneva, one of the world's most affluent cities.

GENEVA (Reuters) - George Clooney has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama by headlining an exclusive event for Americans in Geneva, one of the world's most affluent cities.

GENEVA (Reuters) - George Clooney has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama by headlining an exclusive event for Americans in Geneva, one of the world's most affluent cities.

GENEVA (AP) -- The United Nations says a plane carrying 17 people on a humanitarian aid flight has crashed in Congo....

GENEVA, Sep 1 (IPS) - "History tells us that multilateral trade
negotiations never die, and the current Doha Round is no
exception," said economist Carlos Pérez del Castillo,
Uruguay’s former permanent representative to the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) and chairman of the global body’s General
Council in 2003 and 2004.