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Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and Spanish and focuses on science, technology and innovation issues.

swissinfo’s Simon Bradley surveys Swiss residents about their expectations as Barack Obama becomes the 44th US president.

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