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Man making kebabs next to corpse

Wed, 2008-10-15 21:50
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.

Rabbit invasion shuts Mandela museum

Wed, 2008-10-15 21:31
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.

Chinese youth conflicted about sex, survey finds

Wed, 2008-10-15 21:24
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.

Swiss find Picasso sketches worth up to $1.5 million

Wed, 2008-10-15 19:26
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.

"Gomorra" author to flee Italy after death threat

Wed, 2008-10-15 18:22
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.

John Paul was wounded in 1982 stabbing, aide reveals

Wed, 2008-10-15 17:47
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The late Pope John Paul was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.

Bank woes send business on to Paris gold changers

Wed, 2008-10-15 16:12
PARIS (Reuters) - A few steps away from the Paris stock exchange and its see-sawing share prices, gold changers have seen a sharp rise in the number of customers walking in the door in search of profits or just of a safe haven.

Warning: turn your MP3 players down!

Tue, 2008-10-14 23:16
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.

Mafia wants author dead by Christmas

Tue, 2008-10-14 23:13
ROME (Reuters) - Police in Italy are looking into reports that the Naples mafia plans to carry out its threat to kill the author of the best-selling book "Gomorra," which has been made into a hit movie about mafia brutality, by Christmas.

Boxer soothes fists with son's wet diapers

Tue, 2008-10-14 23:11
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.

Don't eat those nuts, police warn thieves

Tue, 2008-10-14 23:10
BERLIN (Reuters) - Thieves who stole 660 pounds of hazelnuts in Germany have been urgently warned not to eat them.

Boxer Klitschko soothes fists with son's wet nappies

Tue, 2008-10-14 18:25
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vitali Klitschko used his son's wet nappies 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 Tuesday.

Don't eat those nuts, German police warn thieves

Tue, 2008-10-14 16:07
BERLIN (Reuters) - Thieves who stole 300 kg (660 lbs) of hazelnuts in Germany have been urgently warned not to eat them.

More than 100 sick as too many cooks spoil broth

Mon, 2008-10-13 21:54
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

Mon, 2008-10-13 21:54
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.

China's Wang to get help after karaoke club fight

Mon, 2008-10-13 21:53
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's national table tennis team will give Olympic medalist Wang Hao counseling after he reportedly got into a fight with a security guard for trying to stop him from urinating outside a karaoke club.

106-year-old Obama-supporting nun shocked by fame

Mon, 2008-10-13 21:53
ROME (Reuters) - A 106-year-old American nun who became a minor celebrity after she appeared on television saying she is voting for Barack Obama is "startled and a bit anguished" by all the attention she is getting, her order said Monday.

Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch

Mon, 2008-10-13 21:43
BEIJING (Reuters) - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.

Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch

Fri, 2008-10-10 22:28
BEIJING (Reuters) - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.

Swedish Academy worried by possible Nobel lit leak

Fri, 2008-10-10 20:50
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish Academy is concerned its decision to award Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio the Nobel Prize for Literature may have leaked ahead of the announcement, a prominent member of the academy was quoted as saying on Friday.