LONDON, May 2 (UPI) -- An Australian doctor traveling to Britain to hold euthanasia talks was detained at London's Heathrow airport Saturday, officials said.
SYDNEY, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- An Australian euthanasia advocate, suffering from breast cancer and facing prison for assisting at a death, has taken her own life.
TEMPLESTOWE, Australia, March 11 (UPI) -- A right-to-die advocate has been touring Australia to give senior citizens' workshops on do-it-yourself euthanasia.
MADRID, May 8 (UPI) -- Spanish officials are investigating a euthanasia case after a paralyzed man who turned to the Internet for help was found dead, EFE news agency said Monday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An Australian advocate of assisted suicide says he sees no need to register as a doctor in New Zealand before lecturing there on his suicide pill.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- About 30 people in Belgium request assisted suicide every month. The Expatica Web site reported Tuesday that Wim Distelmans, chairman of the Federal Commission of Euthanasia in Belgium, believes the actual number is far greater.
PARIS, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- In a no-surprises vote, France's National Assembly overwhelmingly Tuesday endorsed legislation legalizing passive euthanasia.
KENT TOWN, Australia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Euthanasia campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke said Monday he planned to hold a workshop for 30 elderly Australians to make their own suicide pills.
BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A Swiss euthanasia group was suspected Saturday to have participated in more British attempted suicides than previously thought, the BBC reported.
