Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia's communist movement and pushed aside the country's founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday. He was 86. picked by bevissimo 5 months ago

Suharto, former 'President' of Indonesia, is infamous for governing Indonesia for 32 years until widespread riots and demonstrations forced him to resign. picked by gratheo 6 months ago

In this dramatic photo-documentary journey, experience the stories of patients whose hopes rise and fall with each passing day as they wait for organ transplants. Learn how families look beyond their grief in order to give life to others. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Not that we were ever selling them in the first place.

Earlier Story . picked by teaya21 2 years ago

The musical Sea Organ (morske orgulje) is located on the shores of Zadar, Croatia, and is the world’s first musical pipe organs that is played by the sea. picked by misswinkle 7 months ago

Possibly inspired* by Punthe's forum thread of two days ago, Gordon Brown today announced plans to reform the organ donation process including adopting the presumption that all organs can be harvested unless expressly stated.

*You never know who reads Plime... picked by Pocksucket 6 months ago

Presenters said they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws. picked by Caremel 1 year ago

Funeral company in the Netherlands offer discounts on funeral costs if the deceased is a registered organ donor. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Indonesia has banned broadcasts of the film by Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch anti-immigration Freedom Party, and radical Muslims called for the lawmaker’s death during protests outside the Dutch embassy in Jakarta this week. picked by gratheo 3 months ago

Finding high-quality organs in a timely fashion can often be a problem.
We are a domestic and international adoption agency where parents are free to adopt a child who is a perfect match for the transplant of one or more “non-essential” organs to be donated to one of the adopting parents or your own children. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

A new report from independent warranty provider SquareTrade has found that the failure rate of an Xbox 360 is not as high as critics would have you believe, but it is still much higher than the official number from Microsoft. picked by punthe 5 months ago

The news is particularly of note in the context of Microsoft’s recent troubles with faulty, overheating ‘red ring of death’ Xbox 360s, with the default rates of initial batches of 360s clearly way over that industry standard. picked by punthe 11 months ago

According to some ethicists, The current medical definition of death is wrong … and this mistake is costing lives. The controversy centres around organ donation, in which doctors remove organs from brain dead patients: picked by doggylives 3 months ago

So, just as it had done 23 times last year alone, B.C. Transplant went down its list of 11 jets-for-hire companies across the country and in the United States to charter a $15,000 flight to shuttle its organ-recovery surgeons to the remote locale and back.

Only this time, it wasn't going to be so simple. picked by srsmits 4 months ago

One Chinese doctor tells a particularly shocking case where kidneys were removed from a prisoner, while he was still alive! picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

Polio victim spent nearly 60 years in the 750-pound machine. picked by cb__ 1 month ago

The answer is in this bonkers video of Japanese DJ Tucker, king of the SL-1210 and the Yamaha YC-45 who also sets the whole thing on fire with lighter fluid, Hendrix style. picked by BuryMeBaby 5 months ago

In a new Dutch reality TV show, premiering next week, a terminally ill woman will decide who out of three young patients will get her kidney. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

On the eve of the 6th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, people ask "What was Rudy's biggest failure on 9/11?"

What do you think? picked by suebe 10 months ago

Grieving parents now learn that their 15 year old son died from a rare form of brain cancer, rather than meningitis as originally diagnosed. picked by suebe 3 months ago