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  2. Drowning - Wikipedia

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    Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incident. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance.

  3. 2024 Laos methanol poisoning - Wikipedia

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    The two Australian victims, both 19 years old, initially fell ill on 13 November, after a night of drinking with a group of others. According to the manager of the Nana Backpacker Hostel, the victims had joined other guests on 11 November, for free shots of Laotian vodka offered by the hostel before going elsewhere and returning in the early ...

  4. Symptoms of victimization - Wikipedia

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    Victimization refers to a person being made into a victim by someone else and can take on psychological as well as physical forms, both of which are damaging to victims. [1] Forms of victimization include (but are not limited to) bullying or peer victimization, physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, robbery, and assault. Some of these ...

  5. Victims' rights - Wikipedia

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    Victims also have the right to oppose a judge in their decision on a request for dismissal and may engage their own counsel if necessary. [87] Victims who have died as a result of a crime may have their rights exercised by close relatives of the victim. [88] Victims are entitled to compensation depending on the nature and severity of the crime.

  6. Causation (law) - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the two hunters, the set of conditions required to bring about the result of the victim's injury would include a gunshot to the eye, the victim being in the right place at the right time, gravity, etc. In such a set, either of the hunters' shots would be a member, and hence a cause.

  7. 2016 Bihar alcohol poisonings - Wikipedia

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    Locals and family members claimed the deaths took place after these people consumed spurious liquor. However, the administration denied the deaths took place due to consuming spurious liquor [3] with police claiming food poisoning as the cause of death. [2] My brother was a habitual drinker.

  8. Global catastrophe scenarios - Wikipedia

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    The Earth will naturally become uninhabitable due to the Sun's stellar evolution, within about a billion years. [148] In around 1 billion years from now, the Sun's brightness may increase as a result of a shortage of hydrogen, and the heating of its outer layers may cause the Earth's oceans to evaporate, leaving only minor forms of life. [149]

  9. Bystander effect - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the experiment was to determine whether or not the gender of the victim mattered, if the size of each chat group had any effect and if asking for a person's help by directly using their screen name would have any effect. Results indicated that the gender of the victim had no effect on whether or not a bystander assisted the victim.