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> Dutch paediatricians have voted unanimously to adopt as national guidelines the so called Groningen protocol that covers the mercy killing of newborn babies who are incurably sick and are suffering severely. The Dutch Paediatric Society accepted that "in exceptional circumstances and under strict conditions... deliberate ending of life&

Not understanding what you're doing is good enough? Wow, the Vatican's about to get deluged with "A" requests: > A Manhattan judge has annulled the marriage of a physician-businessman who treated Argentina's Juan and Eva Peron, saying the man did not

> [A] businessman and father of three heads out for a day of fishing, never to return. > The police cannot find a body or solve the case, and eventually they file a death certificate. His business fails, his wife remarries, the kids grow up, his family moves on. >

A libertarian weighs in on the marriage debate. It's not the most entertaining piece we've read today, but it attacks the issue from a different angle (we thought all the angles had been exhausted long ago). Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/vandun3.html]. Excerpt: >

The culture's obsession with control and certainty ploughs foward: > Is it a girl or a boy? It's the first question every new mother asks. And the answer can now be given almost from the moment a woman finds out that she is pregnant. > A

> Women working full-time are 29 per cent more likely to get divorced than those who stay at home and raise children. > Research to be published this week in the European Sociological Review finds that the probability of divorce is in direct correlation to the number of hours

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the 2002 pregnancy rates. For the most part, the news is depressing. MSN Link [http://family.msn.com/tool/article.aspx?dept=baby&sdept=bpc&name=bc_041105_usbirths&GT1=6434] . Excerpts: > The big news from the

It's not often that we agree with a New York Times op-ed, much less a NYT op-ed in support of gay marriage. But here's one that has us nodding, at least most of the time. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/opinion/

First pets, now dolls: > As Japan produces fewer children and more retirees, toymakers are designing new dolls designed not for the young but for the lonely and elderly–companions which can sleep next to them and offer caring words they may never hear otherwise. > Talking toys have become

Mildly interesting article in The Korea Times about troubled marriages between Korean men and Filipina women. Basically, it appears that Korean men tend to abuse the wives. Link [http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?terms=Korean+wives+code%3A+kt&path=hankooki3%2Ftimes%2Flpage%2Fspecial%2F200507%2Fkt2005070320064567650.