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...Minelli declined to comment on the specifics of the Stokes case. In its five years of existence, Dignitas has assisted in the suicides of close to 150 people, including several who reportedly were mentally ill. Most bioethicists say cases like the Stokes' are foreboding. "With terminal illness, your fate is sealed," says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. "Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line." But relying on an individual's opinion...
...fellow organizers in a group called TOCSIN were galvanized by apocalyptic concern for the fate of humanity during the height of the Cold...
...occasional criticism that Lowry is doing the Devil’s work hasn’t deterred the author from continuing the story of The Giver, now the first in a trilogy. The Giver’s intentionally ambiguous ending spurred endless inquiries as to the fate of the main character, Jonas. This strong reader response inspired Lowry to make herself a t-shirt that read in large letters “Jonas Lives!” (although she was always too embarrassed to wear it). She then decided to write a second book, Gathering Blue, where Jonas shows...
...retreat of the regular Republican Guard could be a plus. As demoralized troops find themselves fighting for their lives in the capital, conditions could ripen for a coup. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld all but called for one, saying Iraqi forces "must now decide whether they want to share the fate of Saddam Hussein or whether they will turn on that condemned dictator and help the forces of Iraq's liberation." But Pentagon officials concede that the surprising resistance shown by the most loyal of Iraq's forces means that Washington cannot count on an uprising. Nor does the easy...
...fate of Kirkuk has loomed large in Turkish negotiations with Washington, and, needless to say, there's not much in the Turkish position for the Kurds to love. Their initial response to the suggestion of even a small Turkish buffer zone 15 miles inside Iraqi Kurdistan was to demand that Turkish troops there be placed under U.S. command - a demand rejected by Turkey, and which the U.S. has reportedly been forced by Ankara's resistance to drop. Kurdish leaders have warned that any Turkish troops in Iraqi Kurdistan would be regarded as invaders. In order to forestall the prospect...