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...young people occasionally explodes into violence in Greece. In December 2008, Athens and other major cities were racked by weeks of violent protests over the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy as well as the perceived lack of opportunities in the country. Some young Greeks say that if the country's economic situation continues to deteriorate, people will again take to the streets. "Last December, we weren't just protesting about those who killed the boy. It was the beginning of protests about the economy and our situation," says 19-year-old student George Liberis...
Wootton is skeptical about Gosling's suggestion that doctors encouraged him to kill. Gosling himself was vague on the details of a supposed pact with his lover. "The issue of consent is a big one, and he wasn't clear on that point," says Wootton. "He mentioned a pact, but he didn't say whether the man asked for help then and there for him to do it." (Read "Going Too Far with Assisted Suicide...
...afternoon" when he smothered the unidentified man in his hospital bed. In some accounts - Gosling retold the story in a number of interviews with British news organizations - a doctor helpfully absented himself so Gosling could do the deed. "Sometimes you have to do brave things and you have to say - to use Nottingham language - bugger the law," the presenter declared in one interview. (See a brief history of assisted suicide...
...side," makes him a less than ideal celebrity figurehead for the right-to-die movement. In fact, Gosling seemed determined to avoid such a role, telling interviewers he wasn't calling for a change in the law. "He's an independent man. He's quite idiosyncratic; some might say eccentric. I don't think he wants to ally himself with any cause," says Wootton...
...year and is now facing its worst economic contraction since 1987 - the last time Greece was forced to implement austerity measures following a previous round of government overspending. And across the country, the mood has started to sour: shops are closing and restaurants are half-empty. Many Greeks even say they'll cut back on going out to cafés - a pastime so central to the culture that it's akin to Americans saying they would give up television. More ominously, though it has yet to be directly linked to the financial crisis, a bomb exploded outside a JPMorgan...