11.   The family contends that providing her nutrition amounts to major medical treatment that will only prolong her suffering since death is imminent.

12.   The general board of the mainline Protestant church issued a statement saying its apathy during its early decades contributed to and prolonged the suffering of enslaved blacks.

13.   The high court said Bagshaw died only a few seconds after being shot and that there was no evidence Johnson tried to prolong his suffering.

14.   The Rwandan government on Wednesday accused the United Nations of deliberately prolonging the suffering of Rwandan refugees in Zaire and demanded an international enquiry into deaths among them.

15.   Major also criticised Iraq, where he said the Baghdad regime was prolonging the suffering of its own people by not implementing UN resolutions in full.

16.   On Iraq, Major said the Baghdad regime was prolonging the suffering of its own people by not implementing UN resolutions in full.