Of course, none of these technologies would solve the problem faced by Mrs Pretty, who will still need her family's help to end her suffering.

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They have unhappy histories one is a rape victim, another has been drawn against her will into prostitution, the third is suffering from cancer of the tongue which will end her singing career.

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Jankovic is struggling to regain full fitness since suffering a torn meniscus in her knee during the Wimbledon defeat at the end of June, but she took comfort from the fact the injury was not hurting her.

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The hare trailed along the floor, suffering this calamity in silence, until the old woman came to the end of her dark strength.

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She said her brother's choice was motivated by his deteriorating condition and his consequent suffering - that he had to go Switzerland to end his life is wrong in her view.

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