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Mr. Schiavo says his wife told him and others that she did not want to be kept alive by artificial means.

The priest said he gave Schiavo wine but could not give her a fleck of communion bread because her tongue was dry.

Mrs Schiavo's case is about exactly what state someone must be in before it becomes merciful to let them die.

Terri Schiavo's case fanned the flames of the debate over whether life should be prolonged at all costs .

Terri Schiavo has been without food or water for more than a week now.

Unwittingly, Mrs Schiavo has become the central figure in one of the most grievous medical, legal and family disputes of recent times.

Most, though not all, neurologists said a CAT scan showed that Mrs Schiavo's brain had been irreparably damaged.

Schiavo said four minutes "was a very long time" for automated signals to be sent from the plane.

S. state of Pennsylvania, where both Michael and Terri Schiavo were raised.

Mr Schiavo says the new law contradicts that (and remember, lower courts have ruled these procedures are unwanted).

But this week, too, President George Bush stepped in to commend his brother's efforts to keep Mrs Schiavo alive.

Inside the hospice, Mr Schiavo prevents doctors hired by Terri's parents from examining her.

Experts say traumatic brain injury can heal better than injury from stroke or heart attack, such as Schiavo suffered.

Yet, in all words spoken or printed about Ms. Schiavo, I didn't hear any outrage (or even a comment) about describing human beings that way.

Mrs Schiavo moved back into the house shared by her husband and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler.

Ironically, that moment came the day after Terri Schiavo died.

One by one, state and federal courts ruled in Mr Schiavo's favour.

Mrs Schiavo, then 26, suffered a heart attack that caused massive loss of oxygen to the brain.

He found clear evidence that Mrs Schiavo would have chosen not to receive life-prolonging care if she could;