EU backs organ donor card amid reality TV row
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The European Union's health chief proposed an EU-wide organ donor card on Wednesday and criticized a Dutch reality TV show in which a dying woman will choose a recipient for her kidneys.
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Voters in Switzerland have backed a new law permitting research on stem cells from human embryos. The Catholic Church and the influential Green Party had opposed the legislation, saying it involved taking human lives.
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InfoWorld - The European Commission is turning to video-sharing Web site YouTube.com to disseminate information about the workings of the European Union to its citizens, through a new channel on the site called EUtube, it announced Friday.
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Opponents of cloning animals for food got a boost yesterday as a European ethics body came out against the practice, expressing concerns about the clones' welfare.
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A 37-year-old woman suffering from an inoperable brain tumor wants to donate a kidney before she dies and will choose the recipient from among three contestants on Dutch national television, a TV network said Tuesday, claiming it wants to highlight a crisis in organ donations.
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A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday, with presenters saying they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.
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The European Commission put off Wednesday a controversial decision on levels of genetically-modified organisms (GMO) in seeds in the EU, in a move welcomed by environmental lobbyists.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, angering green groups who maintain they could contaminate other crops.
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Britain staunchly defended the right to use human embryos for medical research while the Vatican backed a complete ban on human cloning as U.N. members Thursday began two days of debate on the highly contentious issue.
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Residents of the European Union who want to take their cat, dog or ferret to another EU nation will need special pet passports starting Friday.
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A much-criticised Dutch TV hoax featuring a "competition" for a kidney boosts the number of organ donors.
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The EU is set to unveil controversial plans to give every citizen the right to health care across Europe.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Health patients in the   European Union should have the right to be reimbursed by their   national authorities for treatment taken anywhere in the bloc,   the EU's top health official said on Tuesday.
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HBOS questioned yesterday the impartiality of the European Union&#39;s competition commissioner, Mario Monti, after he made comments that appeared to be favourable to a bid for Abbey National by the Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano.
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The European Commission puts forward controversial plans for pooling EU member states' consular services.
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EU patients should have the right to travel to other member countries for treatment, the EU health commissioner says.
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A Dutch doctors' association asked its members Friday not to take part in a TV show in which a terminally ill woman is to select from among three contestants to receive one of her kidneys.