Switzerland suicide tourism

Voters in Zurich overwhemingly rejected on Sunday proposed bans on assisted suicide and "suicide tourism" -- foreigners traveling to Switzerland to receive help ending their lives.
　　
　　Only 15.5 percent of voters in the local referendum backed a ban on assisted suicide, while nearly 22 percent supported a ban on suicide tourism, final results showed. About 200 people commit assisted suicide each year in Zurich.
　　
　　Assisted suicide has been allowed in Switzerland since 1941 if performed by a non-physician who has no vested interestin the death. Euthanasia, or "mercy killing," is legal only in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the US state of Oregon.
　　
　　Many terminally ill foreigners -- particularly from Germany, France and Britain -- travel to Switzerland to commit suicide, taking advantage of the Swiss rules which are among the world's most liberal.
　　
　　But a rise in the number of foreigners seeking to end their lives in Switzerland, and a study showing that more and more people seeking assisted suicides in the country do not suffer from a terminal illness, have provoked heated debate.
　　
　　The Swiss Evangelical People's Party, which had supported the bans, said it regretted the outcome but was pleased it had prompted so much discussion.
　　
　　The Swiss government has said it is looking to change the law on assisted suicide to make sure it was used only as a last resort by the terminally ill, and to limit "suicide tourism."
　　
　　Right-to-die group Exit has agreed rules to govern assisted suicide with prosecutors in Zurich in the hope they might eventually form the basis of national regulation.
　　
　　Foreigners are not explicitly excluded under the new rules, but a Swiss doctor who prescribes the deadly anestheticmust have met the person twice over a period of time to be sure of their wishes.


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Pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden

Pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the US commandos who killed him, US officials have said.
　　The pornography recovered in Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consisted of modern, electronically recorded video and was fairly extensive, according to current and former officials who discussed the discovery on condition of anonymity.
　　The officials said they were not sure where in the compound the pornography was discovered or who had been viewing it. They did not know if Bin Laden himself had acquired the material, or viewed it.
　　Reports from Abbottabad have said that Bin Laden's compound was cut off from the Internet or other hard-wired communications networks and it is unclear how compound residents would have acquired the pornography.
　　A video confiscated from the compound and released by the Obama administration showed Bin Laden watching pictures of himself on a TV screen, indicating that the compound was equipped with video playback equipment.
　　Materials taken from the compound by the US commandos included digital thumb drives which US officials believe may have been a principal means by which couriers carried electronic messages to and from the al-Qaida leader.

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Planes get hit by lightning

It was an awesome example of nature’s power on a stormy night in London. As this flight came into Heathrow, a jagged bolt of lightning smashed into the roof, right above the pilots’ heads. The powerful jolt of electricity passed right through the body of the Airbus A380 before shooting out to continue its journey to the ground. Highly charged: The Emirates Airbus 380 being hit by lightning Amazingly, the Emirates service from Dubai landed safely minutes later, with not even a scratch and its 500 passengers and crew unscathed. This incredible image was captured on a Saturday night last month by photographer Chris Dawson in south-west London.‘I saw the storm clouds gathering and I thought the conditions would be perfect for a lightning strike,’ he said. Plane sailing: The Airbus on a routine take-off. Planes get hit several times a year - they act as a conductor David Learmount, operations and safety editor of website Flightglobal, is not surprised the Airbus A380, the world’s biggest commercial plane, escaped damage. ‘Planes get hit by lightning several times a year,’ he said. ‘They act as a conductor. Getting a good strike like this can look very dramatic but it might not make any impact.

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five signals show your husband is a playboy

He'll shamelessly flirt with other women in front of you

He openly talks about other women in your presence

He's uncurious about you as a person

 He won't go out of his way to plan anything special

He doesn't want to get involved in your life

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In the Time history to feature a red 'X' scrawled across the face

When Time's special issue on the death of Osama bin Laden hits newsstands Thursday, it will be the fourth cover in the magazine's history to feature a red 'X' scrawled across the face of an American enemy. This bin Laden 'X' was illustrated by Tim O'Brien. A look at the circumstances surrounding the magazine's first three red-'X's。

The issue came out after the discovery of Hitler's body on May 2, but before the German surrender of May 8.

This was the first cover after nuclear weapons were dropped on Hiroshima (Aug. 5) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9). Because of the red in Japan's flag, a black cross was used instead. The formal surrender of Japan came on Sept. 2.

Time waited nearly 60 years for its second red-'X' cover. This cover didn't coincide with the former Iraqi dictator's capture of execution
　　of the former Iraqi dictator. The U.S.-led coalition had merely taken control of Baghdad. Hussein was still on the run, and wouldn't be captured for another seven months. He was executed in 2006.

The death of al-Qaeda's number three in a U.S.-led airstrike coincided with waning American popular support for the war. Zarqawi was called the "mastermind" of the insurgency in Iraq。

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The compound where Bin Laden was killed has become a ghoulishtourist attraction

The compound where Bin Laden was killed has become a ghoulishtourist attraction.
Sightseers have been flocking to the spot on the fringes of upmarketAbbottabad, Pakistan, where the Al Qaeda leader met his end.
While the gates to the terror chief’s compound remain shut, visitors have been given free access to the surrounding area after Pakistani military investigators finished scouring the house.
Local resident Ali Abbas, 43, who has begun a campaign to turn Bin Laden’s final home into an official tourist site, welcomed the interest, and claimed many more visitors could follow from Europe and the US
Mr Abbas said: ‘Westerners are crazy people. Even if locals turn up or not, foreigners will definitely come if it is declared a tourist site. It will be very good for the city. People should visit and see where the world’s biggest terrorist lived.’
Mr Abbas said the compound should be untouched so it could remain a piece of history. ‘They should let media in to photograph the house from inside,’ he said.
‘They will come when the security situation gets little a better, but it must first be declared a tourist place.’
Whether Mr Abbas’s enthusiasm is shared by the authorities is in question, however. Allowing the compound and boltholeto be turned into a museum would risk it becoming a shrine to terror.
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Immigrants and their US born children eat high-calorie food

　　Immigrants and their US born children eat high-calorie food to prove their American-ness and to fit in, researchers say.
　　Corresponding author Sapna Cheryan of the University of Washington in Seattle and study co-author Maya Guendelman, a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley, whose parents immigrated from Chile, suspected immigrants might use food as a way to appear more American.
　　　　The researchers surveyed Asian-American and white college students and found 68 percent of the Asian-American respondents recalled food-related insecurities around white peers while growing up, like awkwardness about using chopsticks. However, only 27 percent of white students remembered embarrassing food practices from childhood.
　　　　In another study, 55 Asian-Americans were asked to select a dish to eat from local Asian and American restaurants, but before making the selection, researchers told some participants: "You have to be an American to be in this study," as a way of threatening the participants' American identity.
　　　　The study, scheduled to be published in the June issue of Psychological Science, finds those whose American identity was threatened chose more American dishes, such as hamburgers, than Asian-American participants not asked if they were American.
　　　　The root of the problem is social pressures, not a lack self-control, Cheryan says.
　　"Being American is associated with being white," Cheryan said in a statement. "Americans who don't fit this image -- even if they were born here and speak English -- feel that pressure to prove that they're American."
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