In 1993 the House of Lords ruled that doctors need not keep someone alive if it was viewed that it was of no benefit to the patient.

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I'm a spelunker, who is climbing down into the remains of a building, hoping to find someone still alive.

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With that, the crew's families back in the United States, who thought everyone was lost, knew for certain someone was alive.

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These are some of Libya's missing - a gap on the wall indicates where a photo has been removed, not because someone has been found alive but because their body has been identified.

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But, they wondered, is the brain more interested in whether someone (or something) has a face, or whether someone (or something) is actually alive?

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The Dark Knight will rise again, with someone else taking up the mantle to keep the symbol alive.

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