Copenhagen - City halls across Denmark are reporting record marriage bookings for Friday, August 8, when many couples plan to tie the knot, a report said Tuesday.

The date is considered lucky as it translates into 08.08.08 while in China it symbolizes luck and wealth - and was chosen as the date for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Jyllands-Posten newspaper said.

At Haderslev city hall in southern Jutland, the first of 28 couples were due to begin their marriage ceremony at 8 am, the newspaper reported.

Copenhagen - Danish mountain biker Klaus Nielsen was Tuesday given the go ahead to replace Peter Riis Andersen at the Beijing Games.

Andersen, 28, was dropped Monday from the Danish Olympic team after testing postive for the blood-booster EPO.

The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) on Monday named Nielsen to replace Andersen.

Copenhagen - Two Tunisian nationals held on suspicion of planning to murder a Danish newspaper cartoonist were to appeal to the Supreme Court, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Lawyer Henrik Stagetorn, who represents one of the two held since February, wanted the Supreme Court to hear the evidence presented by the Danish security and intelligence service PET, Danish news agency Ritzau reported.

A special panel has to rule if the Supreme Court should hear the case or not.

Last week an appeal court upheld a lower court ruling that the two should remain in custody pending possible deportation to Tunisia.

Mother's milk is the only food consumed by new born babies. The new research has shown that mother milk retains the flavor of the food eaten by them before feeding the child.

The study done by the University of Copenhagen included 18 lactating mothers. This research was lead by Dr Helene Hausner, of Copenhagen University. The researchers gave these nursing mums capsules containing a variety of flavors, including banana, liquorice, caraway seed and menthol. Sample of milk before and after eating these capsules was tested.

Copenhagen  - One Danish soldier was killed and three others injured Friday in Afghanistan when their armoured vehicle struck a landmine or homemade explosive device, the Danish military high comma

Copenhagen - An increase in bird flocks in Denmark due to mild winters pose a threat to farmers' crops, reports said Friday.

Mild winters in recent years have contributed to an increase in bird flocks, and the regional farmers union in Denmarks's northern Zealand region say they want to be able to cull the flocks that feed on their crops, the regional paper Frederiksborg Amts Avis reported.

"This is a vicious circle," farmers union leader Herdis Dam told the newspaper.

"The mild winters mean that more birds breed the year round, and since one doesn't want to hunt the birds when they have young the hunting season is reduced," he added.