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| July 27, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: EMMA ROSS

Rates of sexually transmitted infections continued to rise in Britain last year despite new programs aimed at reining in a decade of steady increases, health experts said Tuesday.

The number of infections last year _ 708,083 _ was 4 percent higher than the previous year, but Britain's Health Protection Agency said the pace of the increase appears to be slowing.

Sexually transmitted diseases have been on the rise across Europe since the mid-1990s. Health experts partly blame complacency over condom use and casual sex as fear of HIV has eased.

Sexual health campaigners have also blamed…

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