Euthanasia cases in Holland have rocketed by 13 per cent in the past year, figures show.
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June 21st, 2010
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June 21st, 2010
A doctor who helped at least 18 patients to die has defiantly dismissed the threat of a new police investigation and suggested there were more victims.
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June 21st, 2010
Her Majesty?s Treasury received a timely recognition for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Islamic Finance in the UK' at the 2010 London Sukuk Summit Islamic Finance Awards.
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June 21st, 2010
Despite, or maybe because of the world?s economic travails, Islamic finance has continued to stride ahead, as investors seek alternatives to products that have let them down in the recent past.
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June 20th, 2010
The clock strikes 11am and boys spill out of classrooms into the corridor to move on to their next lesson...
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June 20th, 2010
Concerns over the appointment of Aaqil Ahmed, who was poached by the corporation from Channel 4 last month, will be raised in a Church document to be published tomorrow.
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June 19th, 2010
Margo MacDonald's bid to introduce assisted suicide in Scotland has been dealt a blow, with the vast majority of people giving evidence to Holyrood on the issue declaring that they oppose her bill.
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June 19th, 2010
A London council was at the centre of a religious row last night after it announced it had dumped Christian prayer in favour of poetry readings at the start of council meetings.
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June 18th, 2010
A lesbian whose former partner bore a child through artificial insemination cannot be ordered to pay any maintenance, a High Court judge ruled today.
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June 18th, 2010
Euthanasia and assisted suicide represent the ultimate abandonment of a person by a community, says Dr. George Webster, a Winnipeg-based clinical ethicist. Honouring and respecting the dying mean...