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...helping a depressed but otherwise healthy patient commit suicide. Of the estimated 2,300 cases of euthanasia and 400 cases of assisted suicide in Holland each year, virtually all involve patients suffering from a terminal illness or unbearable physical pain. Officials charged Chabot with violating the strict guidelines that permit doctors to help patients end their lives. Last week, in a landmark decision, the country's highest court ruled that though Chabot neglected to have another physician personally examine Bosscher, the psychiatrist would not be punished. "The ruling,"says Chabot's lawyer, Eugene Sutorius, "recognizes the right of patients experiencing...
NORTH KOREA. Despite some calls for firmer action, Clinton stuck to his policy of slowly pressuring Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear dream. Two weeks ago, he said the North Koreans' refusal to permit full inspection of their nuclear facilities made it "virtually imperative" for the U.N. Security Council to consider imposing sanctions. Last week some of the necessary partners began to dance away from the prospect, making it uncertain that Clinton can make the sanctions stick...
...languished for two decades because of concerns for privacy. "The courts say mobility is a right. They have frowned upon any type of surveillance program to catch these people," says Jack Grant, a project manager for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. While traffic codes in most states permit police to make random stops to check for a valid operator's license, the majority of law- enforcement agencies have been too busy to make it a priority...
Last fall, the University revealed that it had accumulated a $52.2 million deficit in benefits spending over the past five years. But Rudenstine said the law does not permit the University to sustain annual deficits of $10 million or more in funding...
After a two-year battle with MIT, the Justice Department decided last December to permit colleges to share some financial aid--date a.k.a. "Overlap...