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Fri 07 Jul 2008Ruling on coma victim brings euthanasia issue to fore in Italy
ITALY:AN ITALIAN father and his advisers were looking for a place for his daughter to die yesterday as doctors, prelates and politicians wrangled over a judgment that critics said opened the way for euthanasia in the Vatican's backyard.
An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Beppino Englaro from Lecco near Milan could order the removal of the feeding tube that keeps his 37-year-old daughter Eulana alive. The judges' decision took immediate effect. But the prosecution service, which had opposed his application, has 60 days in which to appeal and yesterday signalled that it was awaiting the full judgment before making a decision.
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