'Do-it-yourself' euthanasia clinic to open in Britain
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The move comes as Britain's most senior church leaders this weekend mounted a concerted campaign to counter fresh moves in Parliament to legalise assisted suicide.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and his Catholic counterpart, Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O'Connor, are leading attacks on plans by a group of senior peers to table a new Bill allowing assisted suicide.
Up to 70 peers and Anglican bishops are set to speak in a major debate in the House of Lords tomorrow.
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