 Anita and Frank go often to the burial place of their daughter Chanou, who spent her entire life — six months — in the Groningen University Hospital suffering from a terminal digestive disorder.Chanou died when, with her parents' consent, doctors gave her a lethal dose of morphine. "I gave her life," her mother said through a translator, "but I didn't give her life to live it unbearably."Several years ago, Holland became the first country to legalize the mercy killings of adults. Now, this European nation, known for its liberal ways, has announced that in "certain circumstances" it will also allow babies to be euthanized....
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 Rioters Smash Sydney Stores, Cars |
Youths riding around in vehicles bashed cars and smashed store windows in suburban Sydney late Monday, police said, as violence continued for a second night in a row. A police spokesman said the rampage broke out in Cronulla, the same beach-side suburb where a night of race riots resulted in scores of arrests on Sunday, and in neighboring Caringbah. "We have shops damaged at Caringbah, cars damaged at Cronulla," said Paul Bugden, spokesman for New South Wales police. "We have six arrests at this stage." One person was apparently hit with a rock outside the Cronulla police station, he added, saying that youths riding around in cars were involved in the violence. ...
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| Early voting begins in Iraq elections; insurgents kill 12 |
Patients, soldiers and prisoners began voting Monday in parliamentary elections, a few days ahead of the general population, while insurgent violence killed at least 12 people and wounded more than two dozen, police said. Five Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq, issued a joint statement that rejected any reconciliation with Iraq's U.S.-backed government and said Thursday's elections are religiously prohibited. But the Internet statement made no threats to disrupt the election process, unlike earlier balloting when militants warned they would attack polling stations to stop people from voting. To prevent militants from disrupting the main balloting, the government said it will close its borders, extend a nighttime curfew and restrict domestic travel starting Tuesday. ...
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| The International Crisis Group Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary of Preventing and Resolving Deadly Conflict |
The International Crisis Group celebrated its 10th anniversary Friday, releasing a video chronicling the group's steadily built reputation as a major independent player in the business of conflict management. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the ICG "a widely respected and influential organization for promoting conflict prevention and resolution." In the video, the chief executive officer and president of the group describes its mission as "telling governments things they don't want to hear — getting them to do things they don't want to do." The approach of the ICG is one of analysis and advice. Based within or near to countries at risk of violent conflict are the battalions of the ICG — not battalions of tanks and choppers, but of political analysts and researchers. ...
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| Pope rips commercial ‘pollution’ of Christmas Benedict XVI urges displaying Nativity scene as tool to teach children faith |
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that Christmas festivities have been polluted by consumerism and suggested that assembling the Nativity scene in the home is an effective way of teaching the faith to children. Nativity scenes are a common sight in Italian homes around Christmas time, and in an annual tradition children came to St. Peter's Square bearing Nativity figures of baby Jesus for the pontiff to bless.“In today's consumer society, this time (of the year) is unfortunately subjected to a sort of commercial ‘pollution’ that is in danger of altering its true spirit, which is characterized by meditation, sobriety and by a joy that is not exterior but intimate,” the pope said in his traditional Sunday blessing. “Assembling the Nativity scene in the home can turn out to be a simple but effective way of presenting the faith to pass it on to one's children,” Benedict added....
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| Experts urge less focus on anti-oxidants |
Tired of trying to keep track of all the so-called superfoods you're supposed to eat? You know, oregano that packs 42 times more anti-oxidants than apples, cooked tomatoes that may prevent prostate cancer, and chocolate and wine that may or may not be health foods? Then here's the good news — you can stop trying.Leading researchers say all those breathless headlines, food packaging claims and seemingly contradictory studies about what anti-oxidants can and can't do have fostered a faulty silver bullet mind-set that can hinder health more than help.Instead, experts advise focusing on balance, moderation and variety, and leaving the phytochemicals, flavanols and phenolic acids to scientists....
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