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Euthanasia: France wants to legalise terminal sedation

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

France's president wants to allow doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid a national debate about whether to legalize euthanasia. Francois Hollande stopped short...

Pre-dawn attack: Dozens of shots fired at Israeli embassy in Athens

Friday, 12 December 2014, 11:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Unknown attackers fired dozens of bullets at the facade of the Israeli embassy in Athens without causing any injury in a pre-dawn, drive-by attack Friday on one of the Greek capital's best-guarded...

Strong campaign in Japan to boycott Angelina Jolie film

Friday, 12 December 2014, 08:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Angelina Jolie's new movie "Unbroken" has not been released in Japan yet, but it has already struck a nerve in a country still fighting over its wartime past. And the buzz on social networks and...

Watch: CIA chief challenges United States Senate torture report

Friday, 12 December 2014, 07:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

CIA Director John Brennan struck back at a U.S. Senate report that accused the agency of torturing terror detainees, acknowledging that "abhorrent" tactics were used but defending the overall...

Watch: Scientists work to conserve 2,500-year-old mummy

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 11:25 Last update: about 11 years ago

Conservation work has started at Chicago's Field Museum on the 2,500-year-old mummy of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy. Scientists opened the coffin last week. The boy, named Minirdis, was the son of...

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