A mother is seeking a court's permission to withdraw life-sustaining artificial nutrition and hydration from her brain-damaged daughter.
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April 15th, 2011
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April 15th, 2011The last moments of a terminally ill man who travelled to an assisted suicide clinic to end his life will be shown in a documentary presented by the best–selling author Sir Terry Pratchett.
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April 15th, 2011Every year the Christians from different churches get together to march a 400-yard route to celebrate Easter. But this year their Good Friday parade has been banned – because it breaches health and safety laws.
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April 14th, 2011A growing number of Egypt’s 8-10 million Coptic Christians are looking for a way to get out as Islamists increasingly take advantage of the nationalist revolution that toppled long-standing dictator Hosni Mubarak in February.
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April 14th, 2011Lucy Winkett, formerly of St Paul’s Cathedral and now Rector of St James Piccadilly, unwittingly put her finger on it. Speaking on Radio 4’s Thought For The Day (here) immediately after the recent massive central London demonstration against government spending cuts, she said the anonymity of the balaclava-wearing black bloc protesters was disturbing and corrosive. Concealed behind their masks they “reduced the rights of us all.”
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April 14th, 2011LONDON LETTER: Residents of leafy Sandhurst in Surrey are fighting to stop the construction of a mosque that would have 100ft minarets
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April 14th, 2011She was a sunny little chatterbox. Then a mystery illness left Lynn unable to walk or talk – and in constant pain. Finally, she begged her mother to do the unthinkable
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April 14th, 2011Civic groups have held protests following a series of 'systematic' attacks against Christians in Karnataka.
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April 14th, 2011Viral Bibles to be handed out to 200 random people at Christian festivals and events
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April 14th, 2011A Swiss region is poised to give old people in state-subsidised care homes the right to die via assisted suicide if that is their wish.