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Regulators Want Truckers On Road To Shape Up

Federal regulators have announced plans to step up scrutiny of sleep apnea and other health issues affecting truckers, a move that has put them on notice to get healthy.

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UN panel pays out $650 million in reparations for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $650 million available to nine successful claimants.

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Moscow in danger from fire-induced smog

Heavy smog has been covering Russia's capital due to forest fires which have been raging for three days.

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Floods threaten first global warming islands

Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean.

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