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Hannibal's father, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, had described the publication as an \"unbelievable humiliation\", when he met [Hans-Rudolf Merz] in New York in September.

\"For him, it was proof that Switzerland wanted new humiliation for the Libyans,\" [Hans-Rudolf Merz] said. Hannibal and his heavily pregnant wife were arrested following accusations of assault by their domestic staff. \"There will be penalties if justice can shed light on this case,\" Merz told Gaddafi. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last week.

On August 20 [Hans-Rudolf Merz] caught everyone by surprise when he flew to Libya and apologised for the \"unjustified\" arrest in Geneva last year of [Moammar Gaddafi]'s son and daughter-in-law, accused of abusing their domestic staff during a stay in Geneva in July 2008. The apology led to widespread criticism in Switzerland.

Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz has been brought out of his induced coma, and his condition is \"very satisfactory\", doctors said on Wednesday [24 September]. Heart specialist Thierry Carrel said Merz's heart was working well, and he was expected to come out of intensive care in the next few days. Credit: Swissinfo website, Bern, in English 1712 24 Sep 08

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Belgrade, 2 October: Serbian President Boris Tadic today assessed in a meeting with Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz that Switzerland supported Serbia in its Euro-integrations, noting that Serbia would do everything for its citizens to travel without visas [to EU] starting...

\"Both sides reiterated their desire to swiftly implement the agreement concluded between the two states on August 20, 2009,\" the statement said, referring to a visit to Libya by [Hans-Rudolf Merz] in August, when he apologised for Hannibal's arrest. \"President Merz called for the immediate return of the two Swiss citizens detained in Libya, which had been promised on numerous occasions. The Leader of the Revolution assured President Merz that he would commit himself personally to bringing about their release,\" the statement continued.

Libya is frequently making ever new demands, sometimes officially but mostly via the media. A few days ago something new was put on the wish list: Switzerland must rescind the minaret ban. In addition, all European countries should apologize to the Libyan Government. Also, there are innumerable demands for money from [Tripoli]. At the time of the lawyers' committee, a donation of 300,000 Swiss francs to UNICEF was mentioned. In 2009 Hannibal al-Qadhafi sued the canton of Geneva for 1 million Swiss francs (shortly afterwards, he withdrew the complaint). After his trip to Tripoli, Finance Minister [Hans-Rudolf Merz] reported that the Libyan prime minister had demanded 35 million Swiss franks in damages. In addition, there are other demands, such as the dissolution of Switzerland.

Mr [Hans-Rudolf Merz] has been attacked over the past two years for failing to anticipate international attacks on Switzerland's vaunted bank secrecy, which was eventually diluted in March 2009.

Swiss private banking has been under pressure since a US investigation into UBS forced the bank - the world's second biggest wealth manager by assets - to pay a large fine and obliged the Swiss authorities to hand over the names of thousands of rich US...