Swiss police fire rubber bullets at Davos demo

ABC News / Australia

Swiss police have fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of masked anti-globalisation protesters who attempted to disrupt the World Economic Forum conference in Davos.

Around 120 demonstrators braved freezing temperatures and a huge security cordon around the high-altitude Alpine resort to approach the meeting, the year's biggest networking event for the global business elite.

"The demonstration was largely peaceful. There were some scuffles and small-scale vandalism, but no one was hurt," a police spokesman said.

Police officers with riot helmets and shields fired several rubber rounds and used low-pressure water hoses as they broke up the protest. Demonstrators responded with snow balls and lumps of ice...

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Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas calls for cocktail of drugs to be made available for heartbroken relatives as well

Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas has called for the healthy partners of chronically ill euthanasia patients to be allowed to kill themselves too.

Clinic head Ludwig Minelli has called for suicide drug cocktails to be made legally available to the heartbroken relatives who have just helped their loved ones end their own lives.

‘Relatives should also be allowed to have a prescription for suicide drugs even when they are not terminally ill,’ Minelli told Swiss newspaper Blick Sonntag.

The family suicide kits would be illegal under current Swiss law where assisted euthanasia is only legal for those suffering from terminal illness of incurable chronic medical conditions...

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