Ask The Californian: Can ambulance drivers activate sirens just to get through an intersection?

Source: Bakersfield.com

Q: Just wondering what the policy is with ambulances. I've noticed several times in the past month where an ambulance approaches an intersection and puts its lights on just to either make a U-turn or get through the intersection and then turns its light ...
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KCCA re-opens Mukwano factory

Source: Daily Monitor

Officials from Kampala Capital City Authority yesterday re-opened Mukwano factory which it had closed last week over allegations of polluting the environment. Dr John Lule, the KCCA principal public health inspector, said the factory was re-opene ...
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Michael Jansen: It’s economy that matters

Source: GulfToday.ae

Exclusive to The Gulf Today In this presidential and congressional election year the main focus is on the economy. US voters are deeply divided by race, educational background and the impact on their lives of the ...
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Warning issued on ‘dangerous’ gas

Source: GulfToday.ae

LONDON: Hundreds of households have been warned to take action against high levels of a gas thought to lead to lung cancer. Radon is a natural radioactive gas that comes from minute amounts of uranium found in rock and soil and although levels are ...
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180-year-old Conn. bell factory destroyed by fire

Source: Hamilton Journal-News

EAST HAMPTON, Conn. — One of the oldest continuously operating factories in Connecticut that made bells was destroyed in a late Saturday night fire. Little remains of the factory of Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Co., which say ...
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Cops open suitcase, world of black magic

Source: Bangkok Post

There appeared to be nothing out of the ordinary when police questioned Briton Choe Hok Kuen, 28, in Bangkok in his hotel room after guests on the same floor had complained about babies crying in his room. Sixhumanfoetuses, ...
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Province lays down law: No tanning without Mom

Source: Carman Valley Leader

Tanning salons will have to start checking IDs as of June 15 — kids under 18 will no longer be able to use the facilities without parental consent. Indoor tanning shops will also be required to post warning signs ...
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Anaesthesia meet on June 9

Source: The Hindu

The Anaesthesia CME society and Institute of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care of the Madras Medical College will organise a two-day anaesthesia meet in Chennai, beginning on June 9. The theme of the meet is ‘Curre ...
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Over 12 feared killed as mango-laden lorry overturns

Source: The Hindu

Over 12 people were feared killed and 24 injured in a road accident near Thimmarayanahalli village under the Magendaramangalam police station limits in Dharmapuri district on Sunday night. Police sources s ...
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