Maria Roth-Bernasconi (born 14 September 1955) is a Swiss politician who had served in the legislature and been former co-president of the women's chapter of the

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. As an MP she criticized

Micheline Calmy-Rey Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign ...

's wearing a white headscarf to meet the Iranian President.BBC for Thursday, 20 March 2008
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