Prosecutors wash hands of laws on assisted dying

December 10, 2008 NEWS BULLETIN Dear Reader Visit Times Online today, for dynamic news and views, videos, podcasts and blogs, plus your chance to comment Today's headlines Prosecutors wash hands of laws on assisted dying Parents who took their paralysed son to a Swiss suicide clinic will not be charged says Director of Public Prosecutions Governor 'tried to sell Obama's Senate seat' Arrest of Rod Blagojevich shines a light on the corruption that is rife in the home state of America's President-elect 0% interest rate looms as economy slumps As hopes of growth in second half of next year recede, expectations grow of another rate cut by the Bank of England British forces in Iraq down to 400 by summer The troops will make way for several thousand American soldiers who are to move into the British base at Basra airport OTHER HEADLINES UK Carphone tycoon stands down from Olympics Resignation comes after disclosure that David Ross mortgaged a £200m portfolio of shares in breach of City rules World Zimbabwe: cholera ravages enfeebled population Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has already officially cost 575 lives, but doctors' groups say the toll could be twice that Business Miliband demands energy reform Energy Secretary makes a call for greater state control and a retreat from the free market orthodoxy of the past two decades Sport Bring on Barcelona, says defiant Scolari Chelsea manager says he does not care who he faces in knockout stages, despite faltering display against CFR Cluj BLOGS News blog: the big stories of the day from the newsdesk Inside Iraq: Deborah Haynes writing from Baghdad Charles Bremner: Paris blog from The Times France correspondent IFA Search Find specialist local IFAs E-paper Get The Times and Sunday Times printed layout on your PC or mobile Job hunting? Executive positions from The Times and Sunday Sunday Times Dating Meet like-minded individuals for love and friendship Free Credit Report Get your credit report for free Legal Advice Search for legal specialists If you no longer wish to receive the News Bulletin, please click here to unsubscribe. If you wish to speak to a Customer Services Representative, please call 020 7860 1133. You have received this e-mail from a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International Group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69 Times Newspapers Ltd is a member of the Direct Marketing Association and registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. To see our privacy policy, click here.