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Bridge Suicide Foiled

I've been hassled for pausing on the bridge while looking unusual and it's a nuisance. Once when I was very young I was in fact contemplating the dark water below and the police took me for a chat with the psych...

At least three killed in Pakistan blast

At least three persons were killed and over a dozen others were injured when a car bombing on a busy road in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's volatiile North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Saturday. Immediately after the blast, a commercial building on University Road...

Norm Kent On the Suicide of Transsexual Sportswriter Mike Penner

Fort Lauderdale based criminal defense lawyer and member of the board of directors of NORML, Norm Kent's article On the Suicide of Mike Penner points out Why the Transgendered Need Civil Rights Protections. Mike...

Mike Penner: A cautionary tale of 'Transgender Regret'

Los Angeles Times sportswriter, Mike Penner, who announced to the world in 2007 that he was a transsexual sportswriter, then began working under the byline "Christine Daniels, was found dead at his Los Angeles home...

OUT OF THE BLUE: The Music Therapy of Vitas

June 20, 2009 - by Sara Star, NS Canada Passing the bar exam should have been one of the happiest days of her life, but that would not be the case for Diane. Instead she found herself at her son’s snowy grave...

11 dead as bombers hit ISI office:Pakistan

One more morning painted in Blood in Pakistan, latest reports from North western Pakistan says that at least 11 people died and more than 40 are seriously injured in bomb blast. The militants targets the ISI office. Local says that it was suicide attack. Rescue operation is...

Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army is Strained

"Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained Photo from Welt OnlineFrom The Wall Street Journal:Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October in the U.S. and on duty overseas, an unusually high monthly toll that is fueling concerns about the mental health of...

5 Pakistani cops hurt in second suicide hit of the day

At least five policemen were injured and two suicide bombers killed when the attackers rammed their explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint on motorway near Lahore, the capital city of the largest Punjab province of Pakistan, Monday evening. It was the second suicide...

Suicide: Desensitization and the "Doctrine of Can't"

            For the fourth time in a little more than four months a student attending California's Palo Alto High School has committed suicide. The most recent occurrence was carried out by jumping in front of...

Tila Tequila Threatens Suicide On Twitter

Tila Tequila, known for her appearances in Maxim and Penthouse as well as for her reality television show A Shot of Love With Tila Tequila threatened to commit suicide on Twitter on Monday morning. The tweet that...

Soylent Green, Is this our first step towards Cannibalism ?

Of course it’s all due to longer life expectancy that many more world citizens will suffer from Dementia.  The United Kingdom says there will be so many; the National Heath System will not be able to cope....

Suicide blast kills 25 in Pakistan

One more Suicide blast in the north western province of Pakistan. And the result is obviously the death of innocents, this time the number of innocents are 14. This explosion took place in Kohat city in western province. Media, citing the reference if eyewitness, is saying...

Darren Sutherland - Suicide? the end of a budding boxing career.

Very sad news about a young man that seemingly had a wonderful career still a head of him. He was fit healthy and a very good boxer a holder of an Olympic Medal for Ireland 2008.  He had quit amateur boxing in...

Gay War Hero Alan Turing Receives Post War Era Apology

On Thursday, September 10th, following a petition signed by more than 30,000 people, gay war hero Alan Turing received a post war era apology from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who issued a lengthy apology...

Deadly bomb blastkill seven in Ramadi: Iraq

One more blast in western city of Rmada in Iraq, and the result is seven dead and several seriously injured. The withdrawl of US force from the Iraq has given an open field for the regional group to demonstrate there power, and they do so by killing innocent."At least seven...

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