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![Britain: Air pollution blamed for premature deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Britain: Air pollution blamed for premature deaths
On average, Britons are dying eight months too soon because of dirty air.
![Egypt: Dazzled by the contents of Tutankhamun's tomb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Egypt: Dazzled by the contents of Tutankhamun's tomb
Jill Worrall is bewitched by the beauty of the boy king's death mask.
![Sea-lettuce plague cleared from popular beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sea-lettuce plague cleared from popular beach
One thousand tonnes of rank sea lettuce has been cleared from one of our most popular beaches this summer.
![Ganges braced for 60 million bathing pilgrims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ganges braced for 60 million bathing pilgrims
Authorities have urged people to avoid dirtying the Ganges - India's most sacred river, yet one of its most heavily polluted.
![Contaminated beaches 'getting worse'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Contaminated beaches 'getting worse'
Some of New Zealand's beaches have unsafe levels of bacteria - and the contamination may be getting worse.
!['Too soon' to set binding NZ target](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Too soon' to set binding NZ target
The New Zealand delegation is likely to leave Copenhagen without setting a binding greenhouse gas target.
![The power of Kennedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The power of Kennedy
Leading American environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy's career ambitions are clear. He tells Andrew Stone his targets are the energy giants polluting the planet.