1.  In the Netherlands, McGough said, euthanasia first was allowed only for the terminally ill.

2.  A attempt to repeal a controversial law allowing voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients failed in the Northern Territory Parliament on Thursday.

3.  The judgment split opinions both in the church and among doctors and provoked national debate on whether this overwhelmingly Catholic country has moved toward allowing euthanasia.

4.  The Netherlands is currently the only country which allows euthanasia for the incurably ill, with a law enacted by the Senate last April.

5.  The Northern Territory law allows euthanasia only for the terminally ill.

6.  In doing so, he ended five painful years of fighting cancer and became the first person in the world to die using legislation which allows voluntary euthanasia.

7.  The Northern Territory state parliament Thursday passed a bill allowing voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill people.