Not many people would consider the BBC’s decision to schedule The Case, a legal drama revolving around assisted suicide, as a natural fit among the quiz shows and cooking competitions of daytime television. But writer David Allison didn’t set out to produce a topical drama about euthanasia.
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October 31st, 2011
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October 31st, 2011
October 31 marks the anniversary of last year's four-hour siege on a Syriac Catholic church in that ended with al-Qaida linked militants massacring 58 worshippers.
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October 31st, 2011
October 31, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A nationwide campaign has been launched calling on people of faith to join together to protect religious liberties in America. The petition campaign, spearheaded by the group Catholic Advocate, includes the web video entitled “Common Ground” and a petition calling on President Obama to live up to his promises made at the University of Notre Dame.
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October 31st, 2011
A PENSIONERS' lobby group in York has called for a “full and frank debate” on issues around euthanasia and assisted suicide, as a controversial campaigner prepares to come to the city.
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October 30th, 2011
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists say Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir is rewriting his country's constitution to implement Sharia, or Islamic, law, a move that is expected to put more pressure on the African nation's Christian minority.
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October 30th, 2011
Downing Street is ‘putting the pressure on’ governments to reform their human rights legislation but admitted ‘deep prejudices’ meant the problem would persist.
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October 29th, 2011
A housing association that demoted a manager for speaking out on gay marriage has admitted that it feared losing a coveted award from a gay charity.
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October 29th, 2011
FORMER SNP leader Gordon Wilson has claimed he was the victim of a “lynch mob” after being thrown off the board of Dundee’s Citizens Advice Bureau because of his stance against gay marriage.
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October 29th, 2011
The only Muslim Cabinet minister has said Britain should become more Christian.
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October 29th, 2011
A killing machine belonging to assisted-suicide advocate Dr Jack Kevorkian has been withdrawn from an auction of his possessions after failing to draw a high enough bid.