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Rachel Corrie's family loses wrongful death appeal in
Israel's Supreme Court
Family of US woman killed in Gaza 12 years ago had sought to hold Israel liable for her
death, but judges uphold decision of lower court in Haifa. Israel’s supreme court has
rejected the appeal by the family of Rachel Corrie – the US activist who was crushed to
death by a military bulldozer in Gaza 12 years ago – which had sought to hold Israel liable
for her death. The ruling, which followed a high-profile hearing before Israel’s top court
last year, appears to bring to an end – in the Israeli courts at least – years of effort by
Corrie’s family to hold the country’s military responsible for her death. Instead, the court
upheld the decision of a lower court, which invoked the “combat activities exception” that
the Israeli military cannot be held responsible for damages in a war zone. Read the full
article at http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/rachel-corrie-family-appealisrael-court
How much do women around the world pay to give birth
Money should be the least of your concerns when you are in labour. But when I was about
to push my baby out I noticed that the epidural was running low, and before asking my
doctor to top it up I thought to myself: "Would that be another $500" Three days later I
was presented with three different hospital bills; one for myself, another for our baby
daughter and a third one, which I cannot even remember. Mine was five pages long,
detailing every item that I used during my two-night stay. Hers was not much shorter.In
total our first child's birth cost us just under $9,000 Singapore dollars ($6,650; £4,400). If
you include all the pre-natal check-ups, the bill was well over S$10,000. Read the full
article at http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31052665