A Swiss organization that helps terminally ill people take their own lives and defends their right to refuse medical treatment said on Monday local authorities had allowed it to open another room for assisted suicides. Exit, which provides lethal drugs to help people die, said the Basel canton’s local building council had dismissed objections to its plan to convert part of its office in Binning, Switzerland, into an assisted suicide
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By Julien Pretot UTRECHT, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutchman Lars Boom started the Tour de France on Saturday despite showing low levels of cortisol in a test on the eve of the race. Boom had an outside chance of victory in Saturday’s 13.8-km time trial but eventually finished 23rd, 44 seconds behind winner Rohan Dennis of Australia. “I did not have the best preparation,” Astana rider Boom told reporters.
(Writes through) By Julien Pretot UTRECHT, Netherlands, July 4 (Reuters) – Dutchman Lars Boom started the Tour de France on Saturday despite showing low levels of cortisol in a test on the eve of the race. Boom had an outside chance of victory in Saturday’s 13.8-km time trial but eventually finished 23rd, 44 seconds behind winner Rohan Dennis of Australia. “I did not have the best preparation,” Astana rider Boom