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Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of Iconic Hollywood Musicals, Dies At 93
Mitzi Gaynor, whose singing and dancing brightened Hollywood musicals throughout the 1950s, including trying unsuccessfully to "wash that man right outa my hair" as nurse Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific," has died at the age of 93.
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Russian "Spy Whale" Death: New Claim By Cops On How Hvaldimir Died
A beluga whale "Hvaldimir", found dead in Norway in August, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of bacterial infection, said Norwegian Police.
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Opinion | Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia: A Way Forward
In recent years, courts and the government have recognised the right of terminally ill patients to die with dignity. However, the actual processes for facilitating this right have been so cumbersome that it has largely remained out of reach.
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Human Rights Body Notice To Delhi Government, Cops In Electrocution Case
Human rights body NHRC has issued notices to the Delhi government, the city police chief and a power discom in connection with the death of a man due to electrocution in Patel Nagar, officials said on Thursday.
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US House Urges India To Probe Activist Stan Swamy's Death In Custody
Three American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into the arrest, incarceration and death of Father Stan, a human rights activist who died in custody.
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Fall Of Shah, Rise Of Raisi: How Ebrahim Raisi Consolidated Power In Iran
Revered by the hardline factions within Iran's regime and reviled by human rights organisations, Ebrahim Raisi's journey from a low-ranking cleric's son to the zenith of Iranian power to an abrupt death in an air crash is steeped in controversy.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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China Tries To Block NGO Tribute To Dead Dissident At UN
China tried Friday to block a statement before the UN Human Rights Council about a dissident who was detained and died after trying to travel to the council a decade ago.
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Putin Critic May Have Been Killed With "Single Punch To Heart": Report
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny may have been killed with a single punch to the heart - an old method used by the KGB - a human rights activist has claimed.
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Mahsa Amini's Family Barred From Leaving Iran For European Union Rights Award
The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights prize awarded posthumously, their lawyer said Saturday.
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Henry Kissinger, US Statecraft Giant Faulted For Disregard To Human Rights
Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.
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Stray Dog Involved In Biker's Death Visits His Home. This Happens Next
A 21-year-old recently lost his life trying to avoid a collision with a stray dog in Karnataka's Davanagere, but what happened next is right out of story books.
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Pay Rs 10 Lakh To Families Of Those Killed In Manipur Violence: Rights Body
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has asked the Manipur government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each within four weeks to the next of kin of all the people who died in ethnic clashes since May.
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"Utterly Devastated": 'Friends' Cast Release Joint Statement After Matthew Perry's Death
"There is so much to say, but right now we're going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss," they said in a joint statement.
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"Potential For Thousands More Civilians To Die In Gaza": UN
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Saturday that there was the potential for thousands more civilians to die as Israel presses a ground operation in Gaza.
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Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of Iconic Hollywood Musicals, Dies At 93
Mitzi Gaynor, whose singing and dancing brightened Hollywood musicals throughout the 1950s, including trying unsuccessfully to "wash that man right outa my hair" as nurse Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific," has died at the age of 93.
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Russian "Spy Whale" Death: New Claim By Cops On How Hvaldimir Died
A beluga whale "Hvaldimir", found dead in Norway in August, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of bacterial infection, said Norwegian Police.
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Opinion | Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia: A Way Forward
In recent years, courts and the government have recognised the right of terminally ill patients to die with dignity. However, the actual processes for facilitating this right have been so cumbersome that it has largely remained out of reach.
-
Human Rights Body Notice To Delhi Government, Cops In Electrocution Case
Human rights body NHRC has issued notices to the Delhi government, the city police chief and a power discom in connection with the death of a man due to electrocution in Patel Nagar, officials said on Thursday.
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US House Urges India To Probe Activist Stan Swamy's Death In Custody
Three American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into the arrest, incarceration and death of Father Stan, a human rights activist who died in custody.
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Fall Of Shah, Rise Of Raisi: How Ebrahim Raisi Consolidated Power In Iran
Revered by the hardline factions within Iran's regime and reviled by human rights organisations, Ebrahim Raisi's journey from a low-ranking cleric's son to the zenith of Iranian power to an abrupt death in an air crash is steeped in controversy.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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China Tries To Block NGO Tribute To Dead Dissident At UN
China tried Friday to block a statement before the UN Human Rights Council about a dissident who was detained and died after trying to travel to the council a decade ago.
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Putin Critic May Have Been Killed With "Single Punch To Heart": Report
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny may have been killed with a single punch to the heart - an old method used by the KGB - a human rights activist has claimed.
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Mahsa Amini's Family Barred From Leaving Iran For European Union Rights Award
The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights prize awarded posthumously, their lawyer said Saturday.
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Henry Kissinger, US Statecraft Giant Faulted For Disregard To Human Rights
Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.
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Stray Dog Involved In Biker's Death Visits His Home. This Happens Next
A 21-year-old recently lost his life trying to avoid a collision with a stray dog in Karnataka's Davanagere, but what happened next is right out of story books.
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Pay Rs 10 Lakh To Families Of Those Killed In Manipur Violence: Rights Body
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has asked the Manipur government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each within four weeks to the next of kin of all the people who died in ethnic clashes since May.
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"Utterly Devastated": 'Friends' Cast Release Joint Statement After Matthew Perry's Death
"There is so much to say, but right now we're going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss," they said in a joint statement.
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"Potential For Thousands More Civilians To Die In Gaza": UN
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Saturday that there was the potential for thousands more civilians to die as Israel presses a ground operation in Gaza.
