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October's Wilton Park meeting brought CERN physicists together with philosophers and theologians. The report from the meeting is now available
Power will be cut to all offices and labs at 7am for a short period. Please turn off electrical devices
Frequent power interruptions will affect a number of buildings on the Prévessin site on 4 January
Support levels will be reduced during the annual closure period
Following CERN's accession to status of observer to the UN General Assembly, Rolf Heuer met with Ban Ki-moon in New York
Administrative circular no.3 (rev. 2) - Home leave, travel to home station and assimilated leave and travel - is updated
Dates on which monthly remuneration will be paid into individual bank accounts in 2013
A Special Fundamental Physics Prize, handing over the CERN Council Presidency and a pilot run with 25 nanosecond bunch spacing made it a busy week
Today the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted a resolution granting CERN observer status
Help wanted for running the next Raspberry Pi event at CERN on 19 January
