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...been going up or down. But Ramon Sampedro, of the Galician fishing village of Xuno, 620 km northwest of Madrid, could not be more open about his intentions: he wants to die--so much so that he has asked the European Commission on Human Rights in Strasbourg to declare it his entitlement...
...doctor sympathizes. ``I don't believe life is an absolute thing. And I think life is private property,'' says Dr. Carlos Peon Fernandez. But Peon will not break the law for his patient and does not believe, whatever Strasbourg might say, that legislation permitting him to do so will be passed...
Tuesday: Attended a Council of Europe parliamentary meeting in Strasbourg, where he complained about the limited visa he'd been given. He told fellow parliament members, "You are not democrats, you are agents of the CIA." He hurled clumps of tulips at student protesters and boasted that his singular political style is "in key" with the Russian people: "It's like in sexual relations," he explained. "You have to be in harmony." Wednesday: Was said by a Russian newspaper to have filed suit against local political opponents who, he claimed, had insulted his dignity and honor. Thursday: Accused European Council...
Armed with banners and belligerence, some 40,000 European farmers marched on the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Contending that trade agreements would slash a source of their livelihoods, government subsidies, the farmers burned effigies of the principal U.S. and European trade negotiators. A smaller, satellite protest pelted police with a fusillade of cobblestones, paint and eggs -- the last presumably a product of those beloved subsidies...
...many supporters say, work he does. He has adopted environmental issues as his principal focus and prides himself on his unique ability to bring together at a quiet conference experts who would not ordinarily meet or sit down for a serious session. Last week the prince flew to Strasbourg, France, to learn more about the workings of the European Community, then to Brussels to address a joint British and European environmental group...