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Unable to afford medical treatment for six of his kids, a man has written to the President asking for permission to carry out mercy killing.

Dad to President: Let me kill my kids

Jun 04, 2015

Miss Aruna Shanbaug had been in a vegetative state since being strangled with a dog chain and sexually assaulted by a ward boy in 1973 in the basement of King Edward Hospital.

Raped nurse dies after 42 years in coma

May 19, 2015

Johnny Depp is in Australia to film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales". He flew his two dogs into the country illegally.

Johnny Depp’s dogs face death in Australia

May 14, 2015

Lorenzo Schoonbaert and his family on Sunday before the match

His last wish? Watch his favourite club win

Mar 05, 2015

Belgian Frank Van Den Bleeken will be allowed to have doctors end his life after a landmark ruling.

Rapist who asked to die will be euthanised in Belgian jail

Jan 04, 2015