| Men can carp on until the only way out appears to be an act of self-immolation or some other equally interesting sacrifice. |
| In Uzbekistan, government records show that 17 of the 205 suicides in the first half of 2002 involved self-immolation by women. |
| There are other forms of self-immolation, less instantaneous and less spectacular, to which doctors may not contribute. |
| The death by self-immolation of a 19-year-old student in Prague in protest against conditions in the Czech Republic has shaken that country. |
| As news of the incident spread, hundreds of worshippers started flocking to offer prayers at the place of her self-immolation. |
| The number of recorded suicides, especially self-immolation, has shot up among young women. |
