31 - 40 of 40 results for "suicide"

  1. 31. news | 21 May 2013

    US expert says scientist was murdered in Singapore

    By AFP

    » An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry in the city-state Tuesday.

  2. 32. news | 14 May 2013

    Vermont legislators approve assisted suicide bill

    By AFP

    » Legislators in the US state of Vermont approved a "death-with-dignity" bill enabling terminally ill patients to take their own lives with lethal medication requested from their doctors.

  3. 33. news | 03 May 2013

    Boston bombers planned July 4 strike

    By AFP

    » Alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators he and his brother had originally planned to commit suicide attacks during Fourth of July celebration, reports said.

  4. 34. news | 03 May 2013

    Two China teens kill themselves over homework

    By AFP

    » Two teens in eastern China committed suicide after "failing to complete homework assignments", state-run media said, in an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren face.

  5. 35. news | 03 Apr 2013

    Wounded Afghan spy chief returns from US: officials

    By AFP

    » Afghanistan's spy chief returned home on Wednesday from lengthy medical treatment in the United States after being badly wounded by a suicide bomber who hid explosives in his underwear.

  6. 36. news | 22 May 2013

    French far-right pays tribute to Notre Dame suicide

    By AFP

    » France's far-right paid tribute to a writer and activist who shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday after denouncing gay marriage and immigration.

  7. 37. news | 05 May 2013

    At least 10 killed in attack on Qatari officials in Somalia

    By AFP

    » Around 11 people were killed in Somalia's capital Sunday when a suicide attacker from the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents rammed a car laden with explosives into a convoy carrying officials from Qatar, police said.

  8. 38. news | 03 May 2013

    Spike in suicides among middle-aged Americans

    By AFP

    » Suicide rates are rising dramatically among middle-aged Americans, according to US government statistics, which showed a 28 percent spike from a decade ago in the number of people taking their own lives.

  9. 39. news | 10 May 2013

    Bombs kill four, wound 20 on Pakistan election eve

    By AFP

    » Bombs exploded near party political offices in remote areas of Pakistan on Friday, killing four people on the eve of a landmark general election threatened by the Taliban with suicide attacks.

  10. 40. news | 28 Apr 2013

    Kate prank call nurse 'blamed Australian DJs'

    By AFP

    » The nurse found hanged after falling victim to a prank radio call by two Australian DJs targeting Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine left a suicide note blaming them for her death, it was reported on Sunday.

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