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Rom Houben was 20 when he was involved in a gruesome car crash following which he was presumed brain dead by doctors. Today he is 46 and has dealt with the misfortune of spending more than half his life in...

A Belgian car crash victim who was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious the whole time, it has emerged. Rom Houben was 23 at the time of his accident, but tests carried out by...

A man believed to be in a coma for 23 years following a car accident was actually conscious but completely paralyzed. "I dreamed myself away," said Belgian Rom Houben, now 49. A doctor finally made the correct diagnosis and discovered...

Ron Houben's poignant words after being locked for 23 years inside his paralyzed body may not be his own, according to some skeptical experts. They believe the Belgian, misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state, is definitely sentient. But they...

The 46-year-old Rom Houben was injured in a car crash in 1983 when he was 20 and doctors took him to be in coma, although they now agree that he was conscious throughout. However, it was not until three years...

Good evening readers, A Belgian man is awake after 23 years. Rom Houben was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state but was said to have appeared to have been conscious all the while. He was allegedly in a coma...

Rom Houben was trapped 23 years in a coma, a Belgium man was completely paralyzed after an automobile accident at age 23. He was declared in a coma in 1983 because he was unable to communicate he couldnt speak or...

The French victory came after months of intense lobbying over top Commission jobs that culminated on Friday in an announcement of new portfolios by José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president. Alarmed about Mr Barnier’s possible influence over the City...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she saw "good prospects" for Opel's German plants after the carmaker's parent, General Motors, presented a restructuring plan for its European unit. Germany will take the brunt of the roughly 9,000 job cuts that...