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		<title>Final Exit Network accused of being a criminal enterprise</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2010/03/09/final-exit-network-accused-of-being-a-criminal-enterprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Georgia, a Forsyth County Grand jury said four members of the right-to-die group, the Final Exit Network, operated a criminal enterprise that helped people die.
An indictment returned Tuesday charges the Final Exit Network along with co-founder Thomas &#8220;Ted&#8221; Goodwin, 64, of Kennesaw and Punta Gorda, Fla.; Claire Blehr, 77, of Atlanta; and Dr. Lawrence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman charged with smuggling Nembutal for euthanasia from Mexico</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2010/02/04/woman-charged-with-smuggling-nembutal-for-euthanasia-from-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A  woman has been charged with importing a euthanasia drug from Mexico into Australia. Two bottles of the border-controlled drug Nembutal were intercepted at Melbourne Airport last March.
Australian Federal Police officers executed a search warrant on an address in the eastern suburb of Canterbury on April 15, 2009 but the woman was not charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to die documentary film up for Oscar prize</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2010/02/02/right-to-die-documentary-film-up-for-oscar-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2010/02/02/right-to-die-documentary-film-up-for-oscar-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the nominations for Oscars in the  short documentary category announced in Hollywood today is
&#8211; &#8220;The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,&#8221; from Just Media, which is a portrait of the former governor of the state of Washington who led a campaign on behalf of the state&#8217;s Death with Dignity Act, which permits assisted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Final Exit Network&#8217;s newsletter discusses law on helping to die</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/12/16/new-final-exit-networks-newsletter-discusses-law-on-helping-to-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an update on the legal position of the 8 volunteers of the Final Exit Network facing prosecutions in Georgia and Arizona read the December 09 issue, just out, of the Final Exit Network&#8217;s newsletter on the web at this link
http://www.finalexitnetwork.org/Newsletters-12-09-on/Final_Exit_Newsletter_Vol_6_No_1-3%20for%20Web.pdf
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		<title>Toronto park bench plaques were fictional campaign for right-to-die awareness</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/12/11/toronto-park-bench-plaques-were-fictional-campaign-for-right-to-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/12/11/toronto-park-bench-plaques-were-fictional-campaign-for-right-to-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not an attempt to start any kind of “organization” or to solicit any money for any reason. “It’s just a personal conviction of ours," McKay said. We paid for it out of our own pockets.”  ]]></description>
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		<title>Dignitas in Switzerland buys a house</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/11/20/631/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a long and extremely interesting article in the Guardian in London. Worth reading.  To read it, go to  (you may need to copy/paste this URL)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/18/assisted-suicide-dignitas-house
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
Inside the Dignitas house
More than 1,000 people have traveled to Switzerland to end their lives. But what is it really like inside the world&#8217;s first assisted suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Nitschke says he&#8217;ll be selling Nembutal pill next year</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/10/30/dr-nitschke-says-hell-be-selling-nembutal-pill-next-year/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/10/30/dr-nitschke-says-hell-be-selling-nembutal-pill-next-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single solid pill for a peaceful death has been developed by Exit International.
The pill  that is made from a stable inert form of the barbiturate Nembutal has been developed for long term storage and transport. To use the pill to achieve a peaceful death, the pill is altered into the soluble active drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List of books</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/08/22/list-of-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can view a list of my books, from l972 through 2008, at this Amazon site:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000AQ1V2K
Also, my memoir &#8220;Good Life, Good Death&#8221;
is now on Kindle or at the ERGO Bookstore
]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss doctor&#8217;s compassion lands him in prison</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/06/26/swiss-doctors-compassion-lands-him-in-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/06/26/swiss-doctors-compassion-lands-him-in-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Peter Baumann (74) of Zurich has been sentenced to a 4 yr prison term for premeditated murder.  This was reported in Swiss newspapers in recent days.
Dr. Baumann&#8217;s case goes back to 2001 when he was charged with having abetted, aided and assisted in the suicide of a 47 yr old patient, who it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Final Exit Network defend your right to choose to die</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/06/14/help-the-final-exit-network-defend-your-right-to-choose-to-die/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/06/14/help-the-final-exit-network-defend-your-right-to-choose-to-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense fund started for the 7 workers of the Final Exit Network who were present when people took their lives to escape further suffering.]]></description>
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