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Current and former firefighters sue sirenmaker over their hearing loss

[2015-12-22 08:00]

There were times by the end of his shift that firefighter Joseph Nardone's head would be pounding, his eyes crossing from the noise of the siren on his truck.

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[2015-12-22 08:00]

Police arrested a Swiss national at Vienna airport who is suspected of money laundering and tax evasion in connection with the trading of carbon emissions certificates, prosecutors said on Monday.

Dog tradition revived to protect sheep from danger

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Through three decades of marriage, they have wandered together across the rolling hills of Mongolia's northern Tuv province, accompanied by their herd of sheep and stalked by the wolves and snow leopards that threaten their livelihood.

Ex-actuary caters healthier, easier Chinese cuisine

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Americans have long had a love for Chinese food.

Children of 'RedDuchess' claim disputed $36-million inheritance

[2015-12-21 08:35]

The multi-million-euro fortune of Spain's "Red Duchess", which includes an Andalusian palace, has been divided between her three children and her widow after a legal wrangle.

From ghost city to boomtown, Phnom Penh soars high

[2015-12-21 08:35]

From glitzy malls and high-rise flats to five-star hotels, a luxury building boom in Phnom Penh is transforming a capital once reduced to a ghost town into one of Asia's fastest growing cities.

Error coin, a US dime struck onto a nail, to be auctioned

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Is it a dime? Or is it a nail?

Local furious over Delhi pollution

[2015-12-21 08:35]

For 12 hours a day, Raju Misra stands at his snack stall in the world's ultimate pollution black spot, inhaling toxic fumes and railing against India's politicians for failing to clean up the filthy air.

Israel airstrike kills longest-serving Lebanese prisoner

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Samir Kantar, a Lebanese who was convicted of executing one of the most notorious attacks in Israeli history and spent nearly three decades in an Israeli prison, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building near the Syrian capital, the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah group said on Sunday.

Newcomer parties set for poll gains

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Spaniards voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election in which newcomer parties are expected to make big gains against the once-dominant conservatives and Socialists, ushering in a new and potentially volatile era of compromise politics.

Turkey says will continue to move troops

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Turkey has acknowledged a "miscommunication" with Iraq over its deployment of troops to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

PM wants women training for front line in 2016

[2015-12-21 08:35]

Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted to see female British soldiers training to fight on the front line in 2016.

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