A Christian man detained on blasphemy charges was found dead in his jail cell on Tuesday in eastern Pakistan. Human rights groups here said he appeared to have been killed, perhaps in collusion with the authorities.
In the News
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September 16th, 2009
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September 16th, 2009
Let us stand firm for our nation's values. It is too bad that our president is filling important positions with such sinful and degrading people.
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September 15th, 2009
New fathers are being given the right to take six months' paternity leave, despite concerns over its impact on firms in the recession.
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September 15th, 2009
Council hit squads could be sent in to take over failing academies under a radical blueprint for London schools.
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September 15th, 2009
For starters, while Elton - a legendarily generous godfather - would doubtless lavish Lev and his brother with truckloads of presents, designer clothes and first-class holidays, that's not what they truly need. What they need most is a Mum and a Dad.
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September 15th, 2009
More than a quarter of families are not told when life support is withdrawn from terminally-ill loved ones, a report has found.
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September 15th, 2009
In a disturbing report on the so-called Liverpool Care Pathway - the guidelines under which terminally-ill patients are left to die - it emerges that a quarter of families are never told when life support is removed from their loved ones.
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September 15th, 2009
Lord Falconer, the former British Lord Chancellor, has said that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England need to urgently clarify their stance on assisted suicide legislation.
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September 15th, 2009
England has become the 'divorce capital of Europe', according to a senior family lawyer.
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September 15th, 2009
This newspaper has never been slow to criticise that pillar of the liberal Establishment, Ruth Deech, for some of her more controversial decisions when she was chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.