Brittany Maynard death inspires California drive to legalise assisted suicide
California lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to legalise assisted suicide in the most populous US state, an effort tearfully welcomed by a woman whose daughter moved to Oregon last year to avail herself of a death-with-dignity law there..
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Protesting asylum seekers sew their lips shut in detention centre
Hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea.
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Pastor apologises for 'Christian hate' tweeted by Holly Fisher
Surrounding a tweet Christian activist Holly Fisher posted that was deemed offensive by some, Rev. Chuck Currie wanted to apologise for Christian hate.
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ACT Govt to scrap past gay sex offences
Gay sex criminal convictions prior to 1976 in the ACT will be erased under new laws, Attorney General Simon Corbell announced Friday.
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T-shirt slogan arrest during Queensland election campaign
Queensland resident Iain Fogerty was arrested wearing an \"I\'m With Stupid\" t-shirt in Brisbane\'s Fortitude Valley on Thursday.
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Marriages built on friendship help most with mid-life stress, study finds
Two Canadian academics published a new paper on marriage in December 2014 that was discussed by the New York Times\' Claire Cain Miller on Thursday.
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Christian fire chief dismissed over faith; a 'frightening day' for religious freedom
An Atlanta fire chief has been fired over a book he released in which he claimed homosexuality was \"unclean\" and \"a sexual perversion\".
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US Red Cross urged to refuse tobacco money in new campaign
International Red Cross has called on its American arm to cut ties with tobacco funding as the humanitarian group announces its new global disease prevention program.
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Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke to take medical suspension case to Supreme Court
The lawyer of euthanasia advocate and head of Exit International, Dr Philip Nitschke, is confident that the Supreme Court will look at the \"legal merit\" of his client\'s case after the Northern Territory health professional review tribunal upheld his medical suspension.
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury denounces 'work-until-you-drop' culture
The former Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised our approach to retirement, saying older people currently face \"a zero-sum game choice\" between working \"until they drop\" or stopping altogether.
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'Pride' director admits removal of gay references from DVD was 'foolish' but 'understandable'
Matthew Warchus, director of the movie \'Pride\' has said that he understands why gay references were taken out from its US DVD cover, but admitted the move was \"clumsy\" and \"foolish\".
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Qld Premier Campbell Newman criticised for snap election date
Catching both colleagues and the public off-guard, Queensland\'s political leader and Liberal National Party (LNP) representative, Campbell Newman, announced January 31 as the date for the state\'s election—nearly a month before the expected announcement date. Mr Newman tweeted the news at 8:20am on Tuesday after a meeting with with the Acting Governor.