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Euthanasia Case Faces Legal Challenge in Italy : 22nd Aug 08
Italy's lower house of parliament has censured judges in Milan who ruled that a disabled woman did not need to be given food or fluid by tube. The senate is expected to approve a similar motion today in the case of Ms Eluana Englaro, 37, whose father wants her sustenance stopped. Public prosecutors have also appealed against the ruling. The ruling by a Milan court earlier this month, a first in Italy, was condemned by the Vatican and Catholic politician as justifying euthanasia. Reuters.
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