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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's government announced on Thursday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45 pence per unit, meaning a bottle of wine would cost at least 4.23 pounds ($6.52) and a bottle of whisky 12.60 pounds. Scotland - Whisky - Scottish Government ...

Britain's government came under pressure Thursday amid allegations that a top prime ministerial aide was involved with a newspaper investigation into the royal family that involved illegally tapping cell phones. Mobile phone - Newspaper - Government - Science and Technology - Cell Phones

Dutch authorities have found two babies' bodies in the garden of a women arrested last week for killing another child, the prosecution service said on Thursday.

The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law. Fast food - Paris - Food - Beef - Islam

Tony Blair - Gordon Brown - Politics - Socialism - Social Democracy

A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other.

The former British prime minister reveals in his new book that he started to drink more while in office,  his relationship with the Royals in the aftermath of Princess Diana's death and his emotion over the most divisive decision of his career — supporting the invasion of Iraq.

Some officials say evidence is accumulating that the men did not know each other before they were arrested, and that the case could turn out to be a series of misunderstandings, though authorities insist there was sufficient suspicion to open an investigation. Dutch language - Dutch - Chicago - Amsterdam ...

Spanish police say that for the first time they have broken up a human-trafficking gang that brought men to the country to work as prostitutes, providing them with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulant drugs to be available for sex with other men 24 hours a day. Spain - Human trafficking ...

Iran on Tuesday sought to distance itself from harsh remarks by a hard-line newspaper, which called France's first lady a "prostitute" for condemning the stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery. Iran - France - Stoning - Adultery - Middle East