1.  A federal district court has blocked a law that would have legalized the practice in Oregon.

2.  The finding also suggests the need for safeguards if the practice were legalized.

3.  A surprisingly small number of Irish couples have filed for divorce since the practice was legalized in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country, the government revealed Thursday.

4.  Anti-divorce campaigners, defeated in a bitter electoral fight over legalizing the practice in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation, may challenge the vote in court.

5.  Anti-divorce campaigners had warned that legalizing the practice would encourage widespread family breakdown.

6.  Punch said the military was not tightening restrictions, only legalizing current practice aimed at ensuring personnel were fit.

7.  The Dutch parliament approved a bill Tuesday to allow euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, making it the first country to formally legalize the practice.

8.  The Dutch parliament approved a bill Tuesday to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, making it the first country to formally legalize the practice.

9.  The Dutch parliament approved a bill Tuesday to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, which would make it the first country to formally legalize the practice.