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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A row is brewing over planned new laws which critics claim would allow euthanasia by the back door.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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The widow of a man who had an assisted suicide in Switzerland says people should be able to choose how to die.
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Hundreds of prisoners serving life  sentences in Italy call on the president to reinstate the death penalty.
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A doctor alleged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer &#151; a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.
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ARI, Italy, JAN. 26, 2005 .- Italian bishops expressed their opposition to a referendum that seeks to alter four aspects of the law on assisted fertilization, assailing the proposal as an attack on ...
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Italyâs anti-gay nominee to be the EUâs justice and home affairs commissioner said that he was discriminated against as a Catholic and as a member of Premier Berlusconiâ centre-right government when a European Parliament committee voted against his
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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ELEANOR HALL: The United Nations Refugee agency has criticised the Italian government for the change in its treatment of asylum seekers.
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The parents of a  baby at the centre of a right-to-life battle claim doctors are trying to hasten her death.
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The Maltese Church believes that Italy's rejected European Commission nominee, Rocco Buttiglione, was treated harshly, though it said he could have made a better choice of words.
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ROME, Italy -- Italy reacted with horror at the killing of hostage Enzo Baldoni in Iraq, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insisting that Italian troops would not leave.
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A doctor takes a risk and goes against a patient's wishes in order to save his life.
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Jack Kevorkian, who brought the debate over physician-assisted suicide into the spotlight, stepped out of prison having pledged not to assist anyone else.
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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 reacted with horror Friday at the killing of its hostage in Iraq, while the government insisted it would stay the course in the Middle Eastern country.