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		<title>Exit International - News and Forum</title>
		<description>Exit International advocates the right to end-of-life choices</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:59:19 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Euthanasia group to show West Aussies how to die 'well'</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3287</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:02 +1000</pubDate>
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Euthanasia group to show West Aussies how to die 'well'
Aleisha Orr
Reporter
May 3, 2013
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/euthanasia-group-to-show-west-aussies-how-to-die-well-20130503-2ixgd.html#ixzz2TW2PXHAt
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Ten West Australians have pre-ordered a euthanasia product that claims to be legal, undetectable and peaceful.
However, the nitrogen-based euthanasia&nbsp;system was brought  into the state on Friday and has already attracted concern that it could  be used to cover up a crime.
Founder and director of Exit International ]]></description>
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			<title>Philip Nitschke says WA patients have bought new euthansia product </title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3286</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:17 +1000</pubDate>
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Philip Nitschke says WA patients have bought new euthansia product&nbsp;
Emily Moulton
PerthNow
May 03, 2013
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/philip-nitschke-says-wa-patients-have-bought-new-euthansia-product/story-fnhocxo3-1226634811009
THE man dubbed Australia's 'Dr  Death' will show people at a Perth workshop how to use a new euthanasia  product that claims to be quick, legal and totally undetectable.
And Exit International founder Dr Philip Nitschke says around 10  people from WA have already pre-ordered the nitrogen-based product - and  he expects more to follow suit.

Nitrogen, he said, would not  show up in an autopsy ]]></description>
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			<title>Elderly get online 'suicide drug' tested - West Australian 6May13</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3285</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:45:37 +1000</pubDate>
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Elderly get online 'suicide drug' tested

May 6, 2013&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
West Australian&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Aleisha Orr
Reporter

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/elderly-get-online-suicide-drug-tested-20130506-2j2u0.html
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
PHOTO Caption &quot;He said nine of the 10 people who had their drugs tested were not seriously ill and had bought the drugs in case their health deteriorated and wanted to end their lives. Photo: Greg Newington

Ten West Australians in their 80s took their &quot;illegal&quot; packages of white powder they bought online to have them tested for purity at ]]></description>
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			<title>Customs curbs suicide imports - The Australian, 11Mar13</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3284</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:18:26 +1000</pubDate>
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Customs curbs suicide imports

BY:SEAN PARNELL 
The Australian March 11, 2013 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/seizures-of-euthanasia-drugs-rise/story-fn59nokw-1226574937714

THE number of suicides using illegally imported euthanasia drugs more than doubled in 2011 as more Australians sought to plan ahead for their death.

The Australian last month revealed Customs was trying to stop a surge in illegal imports and had detected 76 pentobarbitone products such as Nembutal in 2011-12, compared with only 25 two years earlier.

New data from the National ]]></description>
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			<title>Euthanasia advocate to make complaint after Customs search - NZHerald 19Feb13</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3283</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:52:03 +1000</pubDate>
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Euthanasia advocate to make complaint after Customs search

By Kieran Campbell
&nbsp;Tuesday Feb 19, 2013

Dr Philip Nitschke was held at Auckland International Airport until 2am. Photo
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10866403

Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke says he will make a formal complaint against Customs after being held at Auckland International Airport until 2am yesterday while officials scrutinised his and his wife's luggage.

The Australian activist, who is known by the nickname Dr Death, said he had been investigated by Customs officials ]]></description>
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			<title>Martin  seeks  Swiss  death </title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3282</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:19:04 +1000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Edition 1 -TUE 12 FEB 2013, Page 003
&nbsp;
Martin&nbsp;seeks&nbsp;wiss&nbsp;death&nbsp;
By NIGEL ADLAM&nbsp;
&nbsp;
A TERRITORIAN suffering incurable cancer is flying to Europe to die.

Martin&nbsp;Burgess, 69, hopes to use Switzerland's right-to-die law.&nbsp;His friends have chipped in for a one-way, first-class ticket.
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			<title>Sick of all the pain  Jay books one-way ticket</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3281</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:58:27 +1000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[
Edition 1 - FRI 08 FEB 2013
Sick of all the pain&nbsp;Jay books one-way ticket&nbsp;
By Brigid O'Connell, health reporter&nbsp;
JAY&nbsp;Franklin&nbsp;will book a one-way ticket to Switzerland next month to end ]]></description>
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			<title>Fight to the Death - The Australian, 11Feb13</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3280</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:26:18 +1000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[

 

Mon 11 FEB 2013
 
 
FIGHT TO THE DEATH

By SEAN PARNELL, HEALTH  EDITOR
&nbsp;
&nbsp;

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/fight-to-the-death/story-e6frg8y6-1226574934487
With patients  such as Martin Burgess wanting to die peacefully before terminal illness kills  them,euthanasia is again  a politically charged subject in several states

WHEN Martin Burgess was  diagnosed ]]></description>
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			<title>Euthanasia advocate to visit Coast - 3Feb13</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3279</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:48:16 +1000</pubDate>
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Euthanasia advocate to visit Coast

Andrew Potts&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; February 3, 2013
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/02/03/446401_gold-coast-news.html

AUSTRALIA'S most prominent euthanasia advocate will bring his message to the Gold Coast this month.

Exit International founder Dr Philip Nitschke will hold a seminar at Robina Community Centre on Robina Town Centre Drive on February 15, to discuss the controversial life-ending options.

Dr Nitschke, who is currently being investigated by the Australian Medical Board for procedures involving terminally ill patients, will focus on a new 'end ]]></description>
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			<title>A matter of life and death - The Project, Ch 10 TV 6.30pm</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3278</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:54:47 +1000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A matter of life and death
Tuesday, 15 January 2013


Belgian case throws spotlight back on euthanasia
Dr Nitschke&rsquo;s &ldquo;Deliverance Machine&rdquo;, as used in the Northern Territory, allowed patients to control their final decision
http://theprojecttv.com.au/euthanasia-a-matter-of%20life-and-death.htm

Dr Nitschke&rsquo;s &ldquo;Deliverance Machine&rdquo;, as used in the Northern Territory, allowed patients to control their final decision

In Belgium, it&rsquo;s legal to perform euthanasia for adults. Those who wish to end have their lives ended need to convince a doctor and judges that they are ]]></description>
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			<title>Why to Americans balk at euthanasia laws - NYT 10Apr12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3277</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:59:59 +1000</pubDate>
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The Role of Religion in the U.S.


Philip Nitschke

Philip Nitschke is the author of &quot;The Peaceful Pill Handbook.&quot; In 1996, he became the first doctor to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection to four terminally ill patients under Australia&rsquo;s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act.

April 10, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/10/why-do-americans-balk-at-euthanasia-laws/the-role-of-religion-in-assisted-suicide-and-voluntary-euthanasia-laws

In 1996, the Northern Territory of Australia one of the most secular places in one of the world's most secular countries ]]></description>
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			<title>Who has the right to die? - Medical Observer 10Apr12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3276</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:05:31 +1000</pubDate>
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Who has the right to die?


Medical Observer
10th Apr 2012
Bronwyn McNulty&nbsp;&nbsp; 

The euthanasia debate is back on the agenda &ndash; but is there a better way?
Bronwyn McNulty investigates.

ON 11 December last year, 61-year-old Wendy Benton, a former schoolteacher from South Adelaide, was struggling to walk down the hallway.

&ldquo;She had a walker, and her little chin was on her chest &ndash; something had happened and it meant she couldn&rsquo;t hold her ]]></description>
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			<title>Jail for helping friend suicide 'a savage first' - The Australian 17Feb12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3275</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:16:36 +1000</pubDate>
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Jail for helping friend suicide 'a savage first' 

Rosanne Barrett 
The Australian 
February 17, 2012 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jail-for-helping-friend-suicide-a-savage-first/story-e6frg6nf-1226273204671

A FORMER Queensland teacher is said to be the first Australian to get a full-time jail term for the crime of assisting suicide. 
The judge questioned whether the man had been motivated by &quot;financial interest&quot; when he helped his friend die.

Euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke condemned the jailing for six months of Merin Nielsen, 50, ]]></description>
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			<title>Threat to Nitschke's career after bid to import nembutal - SMH 14Feb12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3274</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:47:49 +1000</pubDate>
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Threat to Nitschke's career after bid to import nembutal

Sydney Morning Herald
Geesche Jacobsen
February 14, 2012 


CAPTION: Philip Nitschke ... promotes Nembutal as the &quot;peaceful pill&quot;
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/threat-to-nitschkes-career-after-bid-to-import-nembutal-20120214-1t32c.html

Controversial euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke could be barred from practising as a doctor as a result of an inquiry into his application to import the sedative nembutal to use as a sleeping pill for a terminally ill patient.

The inquiry by ]]></description>
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			<title>The End of Life Inevitably  - Courier Mail 11Feb12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3273</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:35:02 +1000</pubDate>
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The End of Life Inevitably 

Courier Mail
SAT 11 FEB 2012, 
By Trent Dalton 

daltont@qnp.newsltd.com.au

&quot;On my car you'll see a sticker, `I would rather die like a dog'. Vets are kinder than the medical profession and politicians'&quot;
THEY came to talk about dying.

Over warm tea and Monte Carlo biscuits, they spoke of killing themselves with plastic bags filled with nitrogen.
There were video snippets of an elderly woman giving a craft ]]></description>
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			<title>Man on trial for helping friend's death - SMH 3Feb12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3272</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:40:26 +1000</pubDate>
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Man on trial for helping friend's death 

Sydney Morning Herald
Nathan Paull
February 3, 2012

AAP
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/man-on-trial-for-helping-friends-death-20120203-1qxbe.html

A man accused of helping an elderly friend to kill himself met with a right-to-die advocacy group to learn how, a Brisbane court has been told.

Merin Nielsen, 50, of Mt Nebo west of Brisbane, is on trial in the Supreme Court for aiding the suicide of his 76-year-old friend Frank Ward.

Mr Ward was found ]]></description>
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			<title> Dr Philip Nitschke under investigation over death of woman - Advertiser, 23Jan12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3271</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:07:34 +1000</pubDate>
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Dr Philip Nitschke under investigation over death of woman

Kim Wheatley 
The Advertiser 
January 23, 2012 

Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by medical authorities after the death of a terminally ill woman in Victor Harbor. Source: The Advertiser
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/dr-philip-nitschke-under-investigation-over-death-of-woman/story-e6frea6u-1226250785808

MEDICAL authorities are investigating euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke following the death of a terminally ill Victor Harbor woman. 

An investigator has been appointed to ]]></description>
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			<title>Please let me die - Sunday Times (UK)  22Jan11</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3269</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:24:33 +1000</pubDate>
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PLEASE LET ME DIE

The Sunday Times 
SUN 22 JAN 2012, 
&nbsp;
By John Mooney 


John Allen knows it is only a matter of time before he is confined to a wheelchair. The 49-year-old former computer programmer from Mayfield in Cork city suffers from a degenerative joint disease affecting his knees, hips, hands and ankles. The disease is causing his bones to disintegrate, and has now spread to his spine.

&quot;I'm in constant pain and taking heavy ]]></description>
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			<title>Doctor to test deadly drugs - Sunday Times 22Jan12</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3268</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:21:04 +1000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[
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SUN 22 JAN 2012
Doctor&nbsp;
to test&nbsp;
deadly&nbsp;
drugs&nbsp;
By Todd Cardy&nbsp;

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			<title>Suicide drug flooding into Britain from China - The Independent 22Nov11</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3267</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:48:37 +1000</pubDate>
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Suicide drug flooding into Britain from China
The Independent
22 November 2011

By Mark Branagan


A powdered version of one of the world's most lethal drugs is flooding  illegally into Britain from China to feed a growing euthanasia market.

Enough of the drug to kill three people can be flat-packed into envelopes,  a controversial suicide &quot;workshop&quot; was told yesterday. The banned sleeping  draughts was once marketed to British housewives as an elixir for a healthy  sleep.

But cracking macabre jokes for his ]]></description>
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			<title>Support for Exit from Territory Sex Party - NT News 4Nov11</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3266</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:50:13 +1000</pubDate>
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Support for Exit from Territory Sex Party
Northern Territroy News
FRI 04 NOV 2011 

THE Territory Sex Party supports a push by right-to-die advocate Philip Nitschke to reintroduce voluntary euthanasia.
Spokeswoman Seranna Shutt said Territorians should have the same rights as animals.

``If an animal is in pain and going to die you would not make it go through pointless pain,'' she said. ``Humans should be treated no differently.''

She said the party has urged the NT Government to reintroduce voluntary euthanasia laws ]]></description>
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			<title>Decide now to Exit in Peace - Gold Coast Sun 3Nov11</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3265</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:38:07 +1000</pubDate>
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Decide now to exit in peace&nbsp; &amp; Prepare for inevitable: Nitschke 

Gold Coast Sun 
WED 02 NOV 2011,

THE need to prepare for death will be the hot topic at a voluntary euthanasia seminar with Exit International founder Dr 
Philip Nitschke on Saturday.

Dr Nitschke (pictured) will lead a public forum of about 100 people at the Carrara Community Centre to discuss what people should do if they want the right to die.
He will also discuss why ]]></description>
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			<title>No end in sight for his mission - Gold Coast Sun 6Oct11</title>
			<link>http://www.exitinternational.net/page/Exit+News+and+Forum#topic_3264</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:01:43 +1000</pubDate>
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No end in sight for his mission

Gold Coast Sun 
THU 06 OCT 2011,

&nbsp;
By TANYA MARSCHKE 
marschket@goldcoast.com.au 

IT is not easy to help someone end their life - just ask voluntary euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke.

Dr Nitschke is known as the first doctor in the world to give a legal, voluntary lethal injection to a dying patient.

He is headed to the Gold Coast as part of ]]></description>
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