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By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German, British and Portuguese beaches slipped most last year in a list of Europe's cleanest bathing sites, while the Netherlands again came out best, an EU report said on Monday. Greek and Cypriot beaches gained highest marks after the Netherlands. Overall, beaches in the European Union were not quite as clean in 2007 as in 2006, with aro ...

By Isabel Reynolds LONDON (Reuters) - Next month's G8 summit of wealthy nations should push oil producing nations to increase supply, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday following talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Brown also told Fukuda there should be a global carbon trading system aimed at cutting world emissions of greenhouse gases which he hoped Jap ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne was released from hospital on Monday after being held under the Mental Health Act for the second time this year. Hertfordshire police confirmed that the 42-year-old had been taken to hospital on Sunday after he was seen acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead by a member of the public. "A 42-year-old man who was sectioned under  ...

By Mark Heinrich and Karin Strohecker VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog chief on Monday demanded "full disclosure" by Iran over intelligence reports of secret atom bomb research, and said aides would go to Syria to examine allegations of covert nuclear activity there. The International Atomic Energy Agency added Syria to a growing list of nuclear proliferation worries after ...

By Silvia Aloisi ROME (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came under attack on Monday for attending a U.N. food summit, accused by Western leaders and rights groups of inflicting suffering on their own people. Britain and Australia said Mugabe's presence at the June 3-5 conference on soaring food prices and their impact on the world's ...

By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing six people and wounding 25, government officials said. The blast will raise fresh questions about the safety of foreigners in Pakistan, even though militant attacks have dropped off since a new government came to power after a February ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in south London on Monday, becoming the 16th teenager to die a violent death in the British capital this year. Officers found the girl suffering from stab wounds in the lift of a block of flats in Baylis Road, near Waterloo Station in Southwark, London, the Metropolitan Police Service said. A murder inquiry was launched and a ...

By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - A British Muslim accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners told a court on Monday he was planning a publicity stunt to draw viewers to a documentary film about British and U.S. foreign policy. Opening the defence's case in a widely watched trial, Abdulla Ahmed Ali told the court he and his friends had hoped to grab the world's attention b ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A review into how much the BBC pays its leading stars -- triggered by widespread criticism of Jonathan Ross's multi-million pound deal -- is expected to say the corporation merely pays the going rate. The BBC Trust, an independent body that sets standards for the corporation, commissioned the review after media reports said Ross was earning 18 million pounds over three ye ...

By Andrew Hough LONDON (Reuters) - Parents are to be given advice about how much alcohol their children can safely drink, under government plans aimed at curbing binge drinking. In an effort to stamp out excessive teenage drinking, they will be advised at what age their children could be allowed to drink at home and how often, Children's Secretary Ed Balls said. The guidelines ...