Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty died Thursday morning after he shot himself after an argument with his estranged wife at his Bronx apartment ...

A Greek pensioner's suicide outside parliament has quickly become a symbol of the pain of austerity and has been seized upon by opponents of the budget cuts imposed by Greece's international lenders. The 77-year-old retired pharmacist, Dimitris Christoulas, shot himself in the head on Wednesday after saying that financial troubles had pushed him over the edge. A suicide note said he preferred to die rather ...

Amina Filali swallowed rat poison to protest marriage to man who attacked her a year earlier The case of a 16-year-old girl who killed herself after she was forced to marry her rapist has spurred outrage among Morocco's internet activists and calls for changes to the country's laws. [caption id="attachment_6507" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Protesters seen rallying for democratic reforms in Moroc ...

This is the dramatic moment a Greek woman threatened to jump from an Athens office block - because she was about to lose her job because of the euro debt crisis. [caption id="attachment_5786" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Lambrousi Harikleia today threatened to commit suicide from the second floor of the Labour Housing Organisation building which has been earmarked for closure"][/caption] Lambrous ...

Alan Bond wanted the funeral of his wife Diana Bliss to be a celebration her life. And so it was. [caption id="attachment_5473" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Happier times: Alan Bond and Diana Bliss pictured recently at the opening of the WA theatre company"][/caption] More than 200 mourners discarded traditional black clothing, trading it for a rainbow of colours from lime green to hot pink, red, ...

A woman on an internet video call to her lover 7,000 miles away watched in horror as he killed himself by slashing his throat. Julie Zalinski was talking on Skype to firm director Adrian Rowland, 53, who was in India on business. [caption id="attachment_2422" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Adrian Rowland with one of his sons"][/caption] The father of three suddenly produced a knife and killed himse ...

Wales boss Gary Speed has been found dead after apparently committing suicide. [caption id="attachment_2065" align="alignright" width="214" caption="Gary Speed - passed away at age 42"][/caption] Speed was found at his home on Sunday morning and police confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances. A spokeswoman for Cheshire Police said: "At 7.08am today, Cheshire Police was informed of a sudden death at ...

A YOUNG soldier committed suicide live on a webcam in France during an online chat with another user of a health forum, French newspaper Le Parisien reported. The man, named only as Jean-Edouard A., 22, shot himself at his uncle's home in Marseille, southern France, during a live chat on the website Doctissimo.fr, a health discussion site. The other user, known online as "Ravioli", then alerted other users. ...

Source: BBC The wife of jailed US financial swindler Bernard Madoff has said the couple attempted suicide after his $65bn (£41bn) fraud scheme was exposed. Ruth Madoff told the CBS programme 60 Minutes the couple took a "bunch of pills" on Christmas Eve in 2008. "I don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening," she said. Madoff is serving a 1 ...

Source: Telegraph.co.uk As she returned to her family home in northern Gaza, Wafa al-Bis insisted she would seize any opportunity to mount another suicide mission and encouraged dozens of cheering schoolchildren to follow her example..... ...