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...Monday. Sebire's lawyers argue that current laws pertaining to terminal patients can be interpreted to allow active euthanasia. The political consequences of that ruling will be as grave as Sebire's vital stake in it. Members of France's center-right government have rejected Sebire's appeal in virtual unison, arguing that existing legislation, laid down in 2005, allows families and doctors of terminal patients to withhold life-sustaining treatment, but in no way permits active measures to provoke death. Sebire and her backers retort that preventing her from getting medical assistance to end her life swiftly and painlessly...
...year after that, his verses on “Clint Eastwood” would help Damon Albarn bring his virtual band Gorillaz into the limelight. He’s been called Del, D, Diesel, Dr. Bombay, Deltron 0, and Del Diablo Diabolique and his music has been featured in countless skate and snowboard movies and in just about every Tony Hawk video game. Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard Del tha Funkee Homosapien, but just in case you don’t remember, “11th Hour” should serve as a fine...
...Crist, a McCain backer who is considered by many as a short-list choice for vice president, it's a virtual no-lose situation. He has joined Michigan's Democratic Governor calling for both states' delegations to be seated and said he wouldn't oppose a party-run recount. But he insists the state's budget woes preclude its paying for any of this. Clinton's delegate gap would close if the January results stand, which would be just fine with Crist: she polls badly, compared to Obama, against his buddy McCain...
...fragrance addiction, has boxes and trunks and specially made cabinets all over her house for her perfume collection. She calls herself a "fragrance floozy," but she's no eccentric kook. At least half a million people like her subscribe to blogs like Sniffapalooza and Now Smell This, virtual clubhouses for those who love perfumes, particularly hard-to-find niche brands...
...uneven gender balance that characterizes Harvard’s queer culture. But as other students have learned, even having groups of similar people on campus does not mean that it is easy to find a sense of solidarity. And without this sense, they say, support groups are virtually for naught. IN OR OUT?Though the numerous queer groups on campus are often cited as evidence for the College’s supportive environment, the abundance of organizations might actually negate this supposed support, the large number making navigation difficult for students unfamiliar with the community but desperately seeking to find...