tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74080242011-05-10T23:08:21.561ZMost would call a person who is willing to commit suicide a coward, I don't. To take ones life without knowing the consequence you must be very brave. I'm a coward.tastytrixinoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408024.post-1087996374972383532004-06-23T13:11:00.000Z2004-06-23T13:12:54.973Z

An "attention seeking" couple fulfilled a suicide pact at a Swiss euthanasia clinic after suffering decades of ill health, an inquest was told yesterday. Robert Stokes, 59, and his wife Jennifer, 53, died in Zurich on April 1 last year after taking lethal doses of a barbiturate. They died in the "death room" of a flat owned and operated by the euthanasia organisation Dignitas, which helps

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) - A father and two sons whose bound bodies washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan drowned in an apparent double murder and suicide, a deputy medical examiner said Monday. The bodies were bound together with rope and tied to bags filled with sand when a resident spotted them on a beach Saturday. None of the three showed any physical trauma, said deputy medical

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Everyone always said i was bound to find a body in the river. They were right. by Mike Mosedale It happened on May 4, a spring day so sweet I felt only the smallest twinge of guilt for blowing off a looming deadline. My neighbor Cory and I had spent the afternoon fishing for smallmouth on the Mississippi River. A little before six o'clock, we were casting plugs about a mile above St. Anthony

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An investigation into the state of BBC journalism has concluded that its news staff should be given more training and a stronger sense of core values. The Neil report, commissioned by the BBC, also sets out new rules on how to report news stories which come from a single source, and on the importance of fairness and accurate note-taking. The independent inquiry recommends that the BBC

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WASHINGTON, June 23 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of aggressive interrogation techniques, such as the use of stress positions, forced nudity and dogs in the infamous detention prison in Guantanamo Bay, de-classified White House documents unveiled. The techniques were detailed in a series of memos released by the White House on Tuesday,

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Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 03:07 JST AKITA — A 14-year-old male student died at a local hospital late Tuesday night after being found with serious burns at his junior high school in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, police said. The police said they suspect the student, a three-year student at Ugo Junior High School in the town of Ugo, attempted to commit suicide. (Kyodo News)

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June 23, 2004, 7:30 AM DETROIT (AP) -- A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal for a new trial for assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who has been behind bars since 1999. In an unsigned, one-page decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling last November by U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds denying Kevorkian's petition. The court said Kevorkian's "claims

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Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 19:06 JST AKITA — A 14-year-old male student was found with serious burns Tuesday at his junior high school in Ugo, Akita Prefecture, police said, adding they suspect he attempted to commit suicide. He remains conscious despite serious burns mainly on his stomach and thighs. The authorities found what appeared to be a suicide note written by the student on a rack in a

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Jane Stebbins June 22, 2004 SUMMIT COUNTY - A homeless man led Colorado State Patrol (CSP) officers to a car whose driver officials believe might have committed suicide by driving off a steep cliff near the Eisenhower Tunnel five months ago. Trooper Lloyd Smith reported the man left a suicide note for his family last December. The family, which lives in Aurora, notified the local CSP office,

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BEDFORDSHIRE, UK, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An inquest into the double suicide deaths of a married couple at the Swiss Dignitas facility opened Tuesday in the UK. Robert and Jennifer Stokes died April 1 last year in the Swiss assisted-suicide clinic -- neither were terminally ill, according to a Scotsman news report. Robert, 59, suffered from epilepsy and depression, while his wife, 53,

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By Helen Morgan, PA News A young woman suffering from depression and weight problem hanged herself with the words “sorry” written on the back of her hands, an inquest heard today. Kelly Farmer, 21, was upset after two relationships broke down, her parents split up and she had been diagnosed with an eating disorder, the hearing at Wells Town Hall in Somerset was told. Miss Farmer, who was

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UK GRAD STUDENT HELD IN FAYETTE JAIL By Delano R. Massey And Peter Mathews HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERS A 24-year-old University of Kentucky graduate student, awaiting extradition for a murder charge filed in Illinois, attempted suicide yesterday afternoon at the Fayette County jail. Dong Zhang tried to hang himself with a telephone cord about 1:30 p.m., said Don Leach, senior administrative

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. - Investigators are baffled about how a Chicago father carried out a plot to drown his two sons and himself in Lake Michigan, where their bound bodies washed ashore last weekend, Police Chief Brian Wagner said Tuesday. "We really don't know where these folks entered the water or how they entered the water," Wagner said. "Normally, you have a working theory. In this case,

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Phil Brennan Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Three recent events have coincided to illustrate where we as a nation have come to at the beginning of a new century. Front and center at the moment is former President Bill Clinton, whose new book is currently dominating the headlines and talk shows. In the past two weeks the death and funeral rites of former President Reagan captured the nation's attention

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A highly wanted suspect committed suicide when the police arrived at his hideout in Evaton, Sebokeng, during the early hours of Monday, Vaal Rand police said on Tuesday. Police Captain Nthabiseng Mazibuko said police heard gunshots after they identified themselves at the door of the house on their arrival at 3.30am. The man was found lying on the floor with a bullet wound to the head. He was

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From Impact Fan John: Source: Chris Chisum and Brandon Clark CREDIT:voiceofwrestling.com Marty Jannetty, former WWE wrestler, was baptized and saved last night at the Athletes International Mintistries convention at The Raddison resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Shawn Michaels, Jannetty’s former tag-team partner in The Rockers, was in the water and assisted with the baptism. The Voice of

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Woman was second to die in his Carberry Road home since 1982 By JEFF ROMIG Tribune Staff Writer CASSOPOLIS -- Steven Phelps has been cleared in the Nov. 17, 2003, death of Karen Reeves, which has been ruled a suicide. After an eight-month investigation, Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz said Monday that Reeves, 34, died of a self-inflicted .22-caliber gunshot wound to the chest. Phelps --

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London, June 22 (ANI): In a novel attempt to commit suicide, a man in Romania reportedly swallowed five spoons. Titus C had also planned to swallow two more spoons and some bottle caps as part of the suicide attempt. However he said he stopped after swallowing five spoons. "The ostrich man, as we call him, is one of our regular clients, a doctor who treated Titus, was quoted as saying by

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New Delhi, June 22 (IANS): A teenaged girl committed suicide after a tiff with her sister in the national capital, police said Tuesday. Sheetal, a resident of Sindhu Farm Road near Meethapur in south Delhi, was found hanging from a ceiling fan by her family members Monday night. Police said Sheetal had an argument with her six-year old sister Monday afternoon. No suicide note was found but

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Bodies Of Father, 2 Sons Were Weighted Down Three bodies lashed together with nylon rope that washed ashore over the weekend have been identified as a father and two sons, and police are considering the deaths as homicides. NBC News said police on Sunday night were not ruling out the possibility of a double-murder/suicide. NBC News reported that the father has been very depressed and that the

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Father Believed To Be Depressed Over Finances PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Authorities said the deaths of a father and his two children whose bodies washed up on a Lake Michigan beach were an apparent double murder and suicide. The deputy medical examiner in Kenosha County, Rick Berg, said that's the finding after autopsies in the case of a Chicago man and is youngsters whose bodies were bound

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By Kat Ferguson and Stephen Meredith A CARLISLE man believed to have committed suicide in a field near the M6 may have tried to take his life less than a week earlier at the same secluded spot. The body of Nicholas Mark Jennings, who was known to friends and relatives as Mark, was found by a man walking his dog in woods near Wreay, off the M6 at Junction 42, on Sunday. Police say it is likely

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Kolkata, Jun 21 (IANS) : The parents of a man to be hanged Friday for the rape and murder of a teenager have threatened to commit suicide if the death sentence was not revoked. Dhananjoy Chatterjee is to be hanged in the early hours of Friday for raping and killing a 14-year-old schoolgirl on March 5, 1990. His plea for clemency has been turned down by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and

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Kozhikode (Kerala), India : Abdul Rehman is no more. A small cog in the massive public distribution system (PDS), he hanged himself last year unable to deal with a collapsing business and rising debts. But it was not always so. Till only three years ago, Rehman, a retail ration dealer for more than 20 years in Ambayathode village in Kerala's Kozhikode district, could make a decent living,

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India's political situation that emerged after the Lok Sabha polls has raised people's expectations as several dangers that had been posing threat to country's unity and prosperity got warded off thanks to the poll verdict against BJP led Government's 'anti-people' economic policies, CPI leader P K Vasudevan Nair, MP, said on Saturday. "The election to the 14th Lok Sabha assumes greater

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NORTH WILMINGTON, DE-June 20, 2004 — In North Wilmington, police have ruled the deaths of two people a murder-suicide. Police tell Action News a man and woman, both in their 40s, were found in the bedroom of a home in the 200 block of Sharpless Drive Saturday night. Both had been shot to death. A gun was recovered from inside the home.

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Police in Wisconsin have identified three bound bodies that washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan Saturday. They're investigating the case as a homicide. Kevin Amde, 45, and his two young sons, ages 3 and 6, were reported missing from Chicago in mid-May. Medical examiners said the amount of time the three were believed to have been in the water is consistent with the

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New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): With the recent price hike in petrol, diesel and LPG by the UPA Government as also in power tariff by the Delhi government, Shiv Sena activists raised their voice of protest in Delhi today. "We are protesting against the recent price hike in petrol, diesel and LPG by the UPA government, as also the hike in power tariff by the Delhi govt. Before the elections they

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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Police said the bodies of a man and two children who had been tied together washed ashore from Lake Michigan Saturday. A resident reported seeing the bodies Saturday morning along the Wisconsin shore just north of the Illinois state line. Police Chief Brian Wagner said all three were fully clothed and had been in the water for at least several days. Their identities and

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A man who drove over his father's head in an attempt to help him commit suicide has been spared jail. Brian Bailey, 34, of Gilbert Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, agreed to help his father Nicholas after he confessed to strangling his estranged wife Susan. Brian Bailey was given a two-year suspended sentence at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday, after admitting two counts of aiding and abetting a

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The population of women's prisons is soaring - and with it the number of female inmates with serious drug and mental health problems who may try to commit suicide. In the wake of a critical report of Styal Women's Prison, BBC News Online asks whether locking vulnerable women up really works. One woman who spent 11 years in Styal Prison is adamant jail is no place for some of the most damaged

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By Melissa Jackson BBC News Online health staff Recent news that a teenage girl had apparently committed suicide because she was worried about her GCSE exams will have sent pangs of anxiety among parents across the country. Fifteen-year-old Tina Dziki died at a London hospital after taking what is thought to be an overdose of anti-malarial drugs. It is that time of year again when students

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punished, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said. They were investigated after evidence was tampered with to back up the theory that Michael Menson killed himself. Two men were later jailed for setting him on fire in north London in 1997. Two serving junior officers will be admonished but seven others, including two of the most senior involved, face no action as they

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A court has adjourned sentencing a Barnsley man who killed his wife and unborn son in a car crash. Paul McDonald, 32, from Kendray, had exceeded the drink-drive limit when his car hit the back of a stationary lorry last December. He admitted causing death by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing. At Sheffield Crown Court, a judge adjourned sentencing for psychiatric reports as McDonald had

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A 12-year-old County Antrim boy who took his own life is understood to have been bullied, the BBC has learned. Aaron Armstrong was a first year pupil at Cambridge House Grammar in Ballymena. His father found the child's body in a hayshed at the family farm at Broughshane on Monday. Aaron, who has a younger brother and sister, was buried on Thursday. A close friend of the family, the

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By Omer Farooq BBC correspondent in Hyderabad Lakshmamma and Anjamma are two of the many faces of a tragedy that has been sweeping through the drought-ridden southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. They are relatives of two of more than 100 farmers who have taken their lives in the state over the last fortnight, shocking the nation. The rise in cases comes despite the newly elected

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A Northern Ireland man has told of how he has been driven to despair after amassing £120,000 in debts from credit cards and personal loans. The father-of-two began to feel suicidal as his debts spiralled out of control. Liam's family are oblivious to the extent of the problem which arose after he was made redundant three times, resulting in lower paid jobs. I was always struggling to live, I

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An inquest has heard how a seven-year-old boy watched his father stab his mother before killing himself at their West Yorkshire home in Tingley. Before the attack, Jason Beckett, 31, told his son that he was going to kill his former partner Michaela Johnson. She survived with multiple stab wounds. The inquest at Leeds Coroner's Court heard Mr Beckett had been treated for depression after the

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Man's Personal Items Reportedly Found Near Water The body of a New Hampshire tourist who disappeared after arguing with his wife at a Walt Disney World hotel was found Friday by divers in a lagoon near the Magic Kingdom, according to Local 6 News. Authorities said that the New Hampshire tourist Sean Slattery, 36, and his wife were allegedly involved in an argument Wednesday night, Local 6 News

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A teenager created an "elaborate matrix of deceit" on the internet to persuade another boy he had fallen in love with to murder him, a court has heard. The 14-year-old boy, dubbed Boy B in court, created a series of fictional characters in chatrooms, one of which ordered Boy A to murder him. Boy A, a 15-year-old, stabbed Boy B twice, but he did not die, Manchester Crown Court heard. Boy A

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A US appeals court has blocked attempts by the Bush administration to stop Oregon doctors helping terminally ill patients commit suicide. Attorney General John Ashcroft had ordered doctors in the state not to comply with a law allowing them to prescribe lethal doses of medication. By a two-to-one decision, judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Mr Ashcroft had exceeded his

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