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Tag Archives: Suicide

28Sep/17

Chinese university students’ spiralling, sometimes deadly debts

September 28, 2017EducationAndhra cuisine, Banking, Chen Ke, China, Company: Fan Zeyi, Credit, Debt, Debt bondage, Doughnuts, Economy, Extortion, Fan Zeyi, Finance, Food and drink, Indian cuisine, internet loan sharks, Karnataka cuisine, Loan shark, Loans, Money, Samantha Vadas, Social Issues, South India, South Indian cuisine, Street food, Suicide, Vada, violent online lendingsmbale

Tales of indebted students being driven to suicide have become commonplace in China in recent years, sparking public outrage. Samantha Vadas reports. Continue reading →

07Aug/16

Five dead in apparent murder-suicide in Pennsylvania – reports

August 7, 2016CrimeHARRISBURG, Law/Crime, Michael Gombar, Murder–suicide, Philip Markoff, Suicide, Suicide bombings in Iraq, United Statessmbale

Family of five, including three children, found dead in apparent murder-suicide.

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06Mar/16

Japan rethinks right to “die with dignity”

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Ageing, indebted Japan rethinks right to ‘die with dignity’.
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02Apr/15

German pilot’s computer shows searches on suicide and cockpit doors

April 2, 2015CrimeAirlines, Alps, Aviation, Christoph Kumpa, Cockpit, Disaster/Accident, Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germanwings, Germanwings Flight, Germany, Lufthansa, prosecutor, Social Issues, state prosecutor, Suicide, Suicide methodssmbale

German state prosecutor says co-pilot’s computer shows searches for methods of committing suicide and research into cockpit doors, which were made in the days leading up to crash.

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09Mar/15

France debates ‘deep sleep’ option at end of life, no euthanasia

March 9, 2015MedicineAnimal euthanasia, Assisted suicide, Belgium, Death, Disability rights, Ethics, Euthanasia, France, François Hollande, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Homicide, Jean Leonetti, Jean-Luc Romero, Legality of euthanasia, Medicine, Netherlands, pain, Palliative care, Palliative medicine, Palliative sedation, Right to die, Sedation, Social Issues, Stephane Mercier, Suicide, Switzerland, Terminal illness, VILLEJUIF, Vincent Lambert, Voluntary euthanasiasmbale

Some say it’s euthanasia, others say it’s not enough, French legislators are to start examining a draft law which would give the right to “deep and ongoing sedation” until death for terminally ill patients.

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