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Man making kebabs next to corpse LONDON (Reuters) - A man discovered making kebabs near a corpse has been banned from managing food businesses and fined 3,800 pounds, Wolverhampton City Council said Tuesday. Swiss find Picasso sketches worth up to $1.5 million ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss customs found a book of sketches by Pablo Picasso which could be worth 1.2-1.7 million Swiss francs ($1.06-$1.50 million) in a passenger's luggage at Zurich airport, the government said on Wednesday. Chinese youth conflicted about sex, survey finds BEIJING (Reuters) - A new survey of China's first generation born under the one-child policy has found they are more open but still conflicted about sex, and don't approve of one-night stands, a state newspaper said on Wednesday. Rabbit invasion shuts Mandela museum CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African's Robben Island museum will be closed while authorities cull a colony of rabbits that has invaded the site where Nelson Mandela was jailed. Don't eat those nuts, police warn thieves BERLIN (Reuters) - Thieves who stole 660 pounds of hazelnuts in Germany have been urgently warned not to eat them. Boxer soothes fists with son's wet diapers BERLIN (Reuters) - Vitali Klitschko used his son's wet diapers to keep his fists from swelling up after winning his WBC heavyweight title bout against Nigeria's Samuel Peter, the Ukrainian told a German newspaper on Tuesday. "Gomorra" author to flee Italy after death threat ROME (Reuters) - The author of the best-selling book "Gomorra" about the mafia in Naples, which has been made into a hit movie, wants to leave Italy to try to have a more normal life after reports that the mob wants him dead by Christmas. Warning: turn your MP3 players down! BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned on Monday. More than 100 sick as too many cooks spoil broth BEIJING (Reuters) - Some 170 wedding banquet guests were rushed to hospital in north China when powdered rust remover was added to the pot instead of salt after they all decided it needed added flavor, Chinese media said. Official undone by tight trouser crackdown JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - A senior official in South Sudan who ordered a crackdown on young women wearing tight trousers has been sacked, officials said Saturday.