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<strong>WEEKLY</strong> <strong>BULLETIN</strong>: <strong>13</strong> <strong>FEBRUARY</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
Four issues surrounding the Supreme Court ruling<br />
on assisted death<br />
(Canada)<br />
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that cleared the way for doctors to help competent,<br />
grievously ill adults end their lives leaves legislators and medical regulators to decide<br />
how the new aid-in-dying regime would work. Here are four major issues they are likely<br />
to face. The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling says physician-assisted suicide should<br />
be available to a competent adult who “clearly consents to the termination of life and<br />
has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or<br />
disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the<br />
circumstances of his or her condition.” Read the full article at<br />
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/four-issues-surrounding-the-supremecourt-ruling-on-assisted-death/article22885794/.
France baby-swap families win damages<br />
(France)<br />
As Hugh Schofield reports, the swap was only discovered when one of the girls felt she<br />
did not look like her father. The families of two French girls who were accidentally<br />
switched at birth 20 years ago have been awarded nearly €2m (£1.5m) in damages. The<br />
clinic involved in the mix-up was ordered to compensate both girls - now women - their<br />
parents and siblings. Both babies had been treated in the same incubator and were then<br />
given to the wrong parents. Although the error was discovered 10 years ago, neither<br />
family has wanted to swap the girls back. On Tuesday, the court in Grasse, southern<br />
France, ordered the clinic in Cannes to pay €400,000 to each of the girls. Read the full<br />
story at : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-3<strong>13</strong>50550.<br />
Project launched to ensure children of sugarcane<br />
factory workers attend school.<br />
(India)<br />
When the kids are small and both the parents work, the kids are taken along and they<br />
lose out on education. Pune division’s Women and Child Development department has<br />
recently started a pilot project in Solapur to increase enrollment of children of sugarcane<br />
workers in schools. The project includes making school leaving certificates easily<br />
available to making local people take responsibility of the kids. The department intends<br />
to spread the project to other districts too.“What we are trying to do is create an all-
inclusive set-up of Anganwadi sevikas, school headmasters and a special group of<br />
people called ‘bal mitra’ (friends of children) aware about the situation of these<br />
sugarcane factory workers. Once the community in the area decides to help these<br />
people, then there will be better chances of education among the students,” said R S<br />
Patil, deputy commissioner, Women and Child Development.<br />
Read the full article at http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/project-launched-toensure-children-of-sugarcane-factory-workers-attend-school/.<br />
Children taken to UK should be returned to<br />
Australia, judge rules.<br />
(Australia)<br />
Man’s former wife, now dead, had specified in will that she did not want her two children to<br />
return to live with their father. An English woman who did not want her two children to live<br />
with her ex-husband in Australia has lost a fight from beyond the grave. The woman had written<br />
a will and said “under no circumstances” did she wish the youngsters – a girl aged eight and a<br />
boy aged seven – to return to their Australian father. Her parents and her ex-husband, who is<br />
of Aboriginal descent, became embroiled in a British family court fight over the children’s<br />
futures after she died late in 2014. A judge ruled in favour of the woman’s ex-husband<br />
following a hearing in the family division of the high court in London. Mr Justice Roderic<br />
Wood had been told that the pair had married a decade ago and lived in Darwin, Australia. The<br />
the full article at http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/<strong>2015</strong>/feb/11/children-ukreturned-australia-judge#img-1.<br />
Australia asylum: Detention 'harms children and violates law'<br />
Australia's policy of detaining the children of asylum seekers causes them harm and violates<br />
international human rights law, a report says. A third of detained children had developed<br />
mental illnesses of such severity that they required psychiatric treatment, the Australian<br />
Human Rights Commission (HRC) said. It called for all detained children to be released<br />
immediately. PM Tony Abbott has called the report a blatant attack on his government. Mr<br />
Abbott said the commission "should be ashamed of itself" for being so partisan. Read the full<br />
article at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31432017.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Edmonton withdraws bid<br />
(Commonwealth)<br />
Canadian city Edmonton has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games,<br />
leaving Durban in South Africa as the only remaining bidder. A statement from the bid<br />
team said financial reasons and a global fall in oil prices were behind the withdrawal.<br />
The Games, which were held in Glasgow last year, were staged in Edmonton in 1978<br />
and the city has said they will bid again to host the 2026 event. Read The full article at<br />
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/commonwealth-games/31407098.<br />
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP <strong>2015</strong> IS<br />
OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY<br />
With thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world, the ICC Cricket<br />
World Cup <strong>2015</strong> opened in spectacular fashion with star-laden events in both<br />
Christchurch and Melbourne. Featuring sporting and entertainment icons, cultural<br />
performances and impressive pyrotechnic displays, the Opening Events have ensured<br />
that the <strong>2015</strong> World Cup has entertained even before a ball has been bowled. See more<br />
at http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/<strong>2015</strong>/news/85460/icc-cricketworld-cup-<strong>2015</strong>-is-officially-underway.
SPORTS PROFILE<br />
SACHIN TENDULKAR<br />
One of the most decorated cricketers in the history of the game, Sachin Tendulkar<br />
played in six World Cups (1992-2011). He is the most successful batsman in ICC’s<br />
pinnacle event with 2,278 runs in 45 matches, including 482 runs in nine matches in<br />
India’s successful campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. He is the leading<br />
run-getter in ODIs with 18,426 runs in 463 matches. Tendulkar was the player of the<br />
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 when India finished runner-up to Australia.<br />
SACHIN TENDULKAR: CHALLENGES FOR<br />
BATSMEN IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND<br />
BATSMEN WILL HAVE TO BEWARE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS DUE TO<br />
THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE VENUES, SAYS<br />
BATTING LEGEND. READ THE FULL PROFILE AT:<br />
HTTP://WWW.ICC-CRICKET.COM/CRICKET-WORLD<br />
CUP/NEWS/<strong>2015</strong>/COLUMNS/85378/SACHIN-TENDULKAR-CHALLENGES-<br />
FOR-BATSMEN-IN-AUSTRALIA-AND-NEW-ZEALAND<br />
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR CRICKET<br />
Go to https://www.iccquiz.com/, take the quiz and see how many runs you reach!
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