Sir Nicholas Wall argues legislation is not the way to resolve concerns over privacy The government was wise to defer a decision on whether the media should be able to report family court hearings, according to a senior judge.
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October 19th, 2010
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October 19th, 2010
Professor Pete Coffey, of University College London, like many other stem-cell scientists, has a spring in his step these days. His team is set to conduct the first test of an embryonic stem cell-based treatment on patients in the UK.
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October 19th, 2010
The founder of controversial Swiss clinic Dignitas has said a person whose terminally ill partner commits suicide should also be given help to die?even if they are perfectly healthy.
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October 19th, 2010
Repeated viewing of violent scenes in films, television or video games could make teenagers behave more aggressively, US research suggests.
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October 19th, 2010
Home Secretary Theresa May is under pressure to fire her most senior counter terrorism adviser in a row over the banning of a radical Muslim preacher.
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October 19th, 2010
Christians are at risk of being targeted by Muslim fundamentalist organisations because they are considered a symbol of Western culture, said Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini.
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October 19th, 2010
People will be given a choice about where they die to allow more deaths at home and reduce the country’s preoccupation with intensive hospital care at the end of life.
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October 19th, 2010
Lawyers for a Dutch politician who has harshly criticized Islam argued at his trial Tuesday that he has the right to issue warnings about the religion's spread in Europe and should be acquitted of inciting hatred and discrimination.
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October 19th, 2010
The Defence Secretary isn’t exactly gloating but brinkmanship and briefing have apparently succeeded and the Ministry of Defence will suffer fewer cuts than anticipated at the expense of other departments.
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October 19th, 2010
Brain scans can show the rate and extent to which teenagers become “desensitised” to violence through watching television, films or video games, scientists say.