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...bottom line, Foote and three of his colleagues wrote in a 2004 paper summarizing their work in Iraq, was that they were forced to operate “virtually blind...
...into public policy. On Wednesday, Sarkozy responded to Sebire's appeal by offering to convene a panel of specialists to see if all possible means have been exhausted in treating her rare disease, known as esthesioneuroblastoma. On Thursday, Sebire declined that offer, explaining the advancing tumors have left her blind and otherwise disabled, and that movement beyond her home involved considerable effort and assistance...
...Sebire's goal remains fixed: circumvent the 2005 law passed following a controversial mercy killing by a mother and doctor of a tetrapalegic, blind, and virtually shut-in patient who made his desire to die clear. In crafting that legislation, French lawmakers sought to draw a fine line between allowing terminal patients to die and active euthanasia, or mercy-killing, which is permissible under certain conditions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland...
...unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia [March 3]. U.S. recognition of Kosovo's secession broke my heart, not because I am of Serbian ancestry but because I am an American. Adherence to rule of law is what makes the U.S. great. Yet by recognizing Kosovo, America has turned a blind eye to the rule of law and has destabilized the globe. This is about Canada and the French-speaking Québécois, Turkey and the Kurds, Spain and the Basques. Boris Tadic - the moderate, pro-Western Serbian President - properly asked, "Who guarantees that parts of your countries will...
...tale of this young blind...