London, April 27 : Amy Winehouse is being called the "Pied Piper of St Lucia" after she helped a number of local kids, according to reports.

The `Rehab' hitmaker took six kids from near her new island home to the picturesque Cotton Bay to play on the beach.

And now she is being referred to as the `Pied Piper of St Lucia' by locals, who have been impressed by the songbird's generosity towards the island's children, according to sources.

Barcelona - Two more suspected cases of swine flu have been discovered in Spain, bringing the total number to 10, hospital sources and health officials said Monday. The cases were discovered in Barcelona and in the central region of Castile-La Mancha.

Patients suspected of suffering from swine flu are being kept in isolation under observation in several hospitals across the country, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said.

The patients were young Spaniards who had returned recently from Mexico. None of them was reported in a serious condition.

Luxembourg/Brussels - The European Union was gearing up on Monday for a series of emergency meetings on the worldwide swine flu outbreak amidst fears of a global pandemic. EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has asked for EU health ministers to hold crisis talks on the issue "as soon as possible," officials in her office said.

The commissioner herself is set to travel to Luxembourg on Monday to give an emergency briefing on the issue to EU foreign ministers, who are holding a scheduled meeting there, diplomats said.

Washington, April 27 : A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that men with denser bones may be more likely to develop prostate cancer.

Recent research at other institutions has suggested that women with high bone mineral density are at an increased risk of aggressive breast cancer.

Crude settled up $6.11 at $51.55 on Friday, as early gains on U. S. stocks helped offset government data showing a arger-thanexpected 3.9 million-barrel build in U. S. crude stocks to a 19-year high last week.

Natural gas futures ended lower on Friday as mild weekend forecasts, growing supplies and a weak economy continued to weigh on sentiment.

The International Energy Agency (IEA), said that it can’t rule out the possibility of an oil supply shortage in 2013-14 because of slower investments in oil exploration and production by OPEC and other oil producing countries.

Washington, April 27 : A new study, conducted by Canadian researchers, has found that the combination therapy of vitamin E, selenium and soy does not prevent the progression from high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) to prostate cancer.

For the study, researchers divided 303 men, with an average age of 62, into two randomized groups.

All participants had HGPIN, a precursor to invasive prostate cancer, as confirmed by a central pathology review in at least one of two biopsies within 18 months prior to randomization.