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19 min ago | Newindpress

TN's 'suicide panchayat' pleads for help

RAMANATHAPURAM: After 150 people committed suicide in the last decade here giving their cluster of hamlets the tag of "suicide panchayat," residents in this backward district are seeking government help to check the trend.

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4 hrs ago | The StarPhoenix

Ex-MP Batters mourned

By Pamela Cowan, Saskatchewan News Network; with files from The StarPhoenix and Canwest News Service; Regina Leader-Post July 2, 2009 A A Former Regina MP Dave Batters is being remembered by his political colleagues for his time in the public eye working on behalf of his constituents and for the battle he privately waged with depression.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News

9 hrs ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Judge Throws Out Conviction in Deadly MySpace Hoax

In a stunning move, a federal judge has tentatively decided to reverse a jury's verdicts and acquit a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud charges stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit suicide.

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Related Topix: Dardenne Prairie, MO

13 hrs ago | The Argus

Mother admits helping daughter's suicide - but denies attempted murder

Sussex mother Kay Gilderdale admitted aiding and abetting the suicide of her seriously-ill daughter when she appeared in court today.

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Related Topix: East Sussex County, England, United Kingdom

17 hrs ago | CBS News

China Says Deadly Bus Fire Was Deliberately Set

A Chinese bus fire that killed 27 people and injured dozens last month was deliberately set by a man who committed suicide, state media said Friday.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News,

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KWTX

Texas Pastor, Wife Commit Suicide By Train

North Texas authorities say a pastor and his wife who were hit and killed by a train committed suicide together.

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Related Topix: Clay County, TX, Henrietta, TX

Daily Express

Wife 'helped pervert film young girls in the bath'

A WIFE lured young girls to her house for pool parties and sleep-overs so that her husband could secretly film them undressing, a court heard.

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Related Topix: West Midlands County, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire County, England, Shropshire County, England

Kdka.com

Today In History July 2, 2009

Share + Jul 2, 2009 3:02 am US/Eastern Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Northwestern University, Skokie, IL, Offbeat

The Post Chronicle

MySpace, Web Servers Not Liable For Assaults: Court

Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Science / Technology

ContactMusic.com

David Carradine - Investigation Continues Into Carradine's Death

Caption: David Carradine 'Polanski Unauthorized' Benefit Screening at Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre West Hollywood, California .... INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO CARRADINE'S DEATH A medical examiner who carried out an autopsy on DAVID CARRADINE's body insists the actor did not commit suicide.

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CNN

Mayor of Nicaraguaa s capital found dead

The mayor of the Nicaraguan capital - three-time world boxing champion Alexis Arguello - was found dead in his home early Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound to his chest.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Daniel Ortega

Wed Jul 01, 2009

New Delhi News.Net

40-year-old man commits suicide

A 40-year-old man Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping off from the second floor of a hospital in south Delhi, police said, even as his family alleged he was killed.

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New Delhi News.Net

Girl hangs herself after failing to secure varsity seat

An 18-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself after reportedly failing to secure admission to a college in the second cut-off list released by Delhi University, police said Wednesday.

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Tvnz.co.nz

No new Bain inquest unless ordered by Solicitor-General or High Court

There will be no further inquest into the deaths of five members of the Bain family in 1994 unless ordered by the Solicitor-General or the High Court.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Globe and Mail

Former Sask. MP Batters commits suicide

Bill Curry Ottawa - Last updated on Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009 03:03PM EDT F ormer Conservative MP Dave Batters committed suicide on Monday following a personal struggle with anxiety, depression and an addiction to prescription drugs.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health

PerezHilton.com

Fans Of Jackson Stricken With Grief Commit Suicide

The president of one of Michael Jackson 's fan clubs has revealed that at least 12 people have committed suicide because of the King of Pop's passing .

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Related Topix: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

WCBSTV.com

Man Commits Suicide On NYC Subway Tracks

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Related Topix: York, PA

CBS 4

Facing Eviction, Tamarac Woman Takes Her Own Life

Jun 30, 2009 11:19 am US/Eastern TAMARAC Pushed to the brink, a Tamarac woman took her own life rather than being forced out onto the street.

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Related Topix: Tamarac, FL

News.ncmonline.com

N.Y. Korean Suicide Rate Skyrockets

More than 30 Koreans in New York City have committed suicide this year. According to a Korea Times survey of the three major Korean funeral parlors in New York and New Jersey -- Jung-Ang Funeral Parlor, Je-Mi Funeral Parlor and Kim, Ki-Ho Yae Hospital -- 31 Koreans committed suicide between January and June 26th.

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Related Topix: Asia, South Korea, World News

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The State

Police block protests as Iran confirms election results

The Iranian government's electoral watchdog Monday confirmed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory in the disputed June 12 presidential election after police wielding batons and cables prevented more than a thousand demonstrators from organizing a rally to protest the results.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Riot, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

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