Italian man sparks euthanasia row
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A court mulls a terminally ill man's request to die in a landmark case which has sparked fierce debate in Italy.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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October 31 2004 -- 1025CET -- Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione, who had aroused deep hostility among EU deputies for his contentious words
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A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate.
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A Swedish artist threatened with  death over his drawing of a dog with the head of Islam&#39;s  Prophet Mohammad said on Tuesday he drew the picture to spark  debate about freedom of expression in the art world.
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Italy's prime minister said on Tuesday he had appealed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to spare the lives of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
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Pope John Paul II condemned euthanasia Thursday, stressing that the elderly should be considered a valuable resource and not a burden to society, as the Vatican sought to mobilize public opinion against what is known as mercy killing.
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Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a chance to be paroled, said he still believes in assisted suicide but would not choose it for himself.
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The row over Italian commissioner Rocco Buttiglione highlights the Vatican's struggle for influence in Europe.
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Suppose a person of reasonable mental competence decides, after carefully weighing the available options and consulting with those around him, that life is no longer worth living.  Should that person have the legal right to end their own life?  Suicide (and assisting suicide) is presently illegal in most western nations, a fact which only serves to make it slightly difficult for suicidal people to carry out their wish.  I propose a different approach - in fact, an opposite approach.  I propose that anyone who honestly wishes to terminate their own life should be provided with the means to do so humanely, reminiscent of (though perhaps more gentle than) the infamous suicide booths popularized by Futurama.
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LONDON : Italy&#39;s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has slammed the refusal by European lawmakers to endorse Italy&#39;s candidate for justice commissioner because of his views on gays as an attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre
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Jack Kevorkian, the assisted suicide advocate known as "Dr. Death," steps out of prison on Friday and back into the debate over whether the terminally ill have a right to end their lives with medical aid.
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Euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack  Kevorkian, dubbed &quot;Dr. Death&quot; for assisting in some 130  suicides, vowed on Sunday he will no longer help people end  their lives, even if they come to him in desperation.
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A court rejects a terminally ill man's request to die in a landmark case which has sparked fierce debate in Italy.
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A bitter row breaks out in Italy over a decision  to dismiss terrorist charges against five Islamic fundamentalists
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A terminally-ill Indian chess champion who has been the focus of a euthanasia debate, dies in hospital.
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A Swedish artist threatened with death over his drawing of a dog with the head of Islam's Prophet Mohammad said on Tuesday he drew the picture to spark debate about freedom of expression in the art world.