Fire extinguisher resolves German smoking dispute
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Anti-smoker powder coats puffing girlfriend An anti-smoking German man earned himself a light cuffing last Sunday after his girlfriend declined a request to stop smoking in his flat, and he responded by emptying a fire extinguisher over her and the Bielefeld domicile.â¦
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By David Linhardt, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 19--Smoke billowed from a pallet recycling plant near Chouteau Trafficway as thousands of wooden pallets burned for hours Monday afternoon.   The thick haze could be seen 25 miles away.
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Germany's opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) announced it had ended a bitter internal dispute by hammering out a plan to reform the country's public health system.
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BAUTZEN, Germany - Three German teenagers have been spared paying hefty damages after a court ruled it could not prove an ostrich farmer's claim that their festive firecrackers made one of his birds impotent.
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In the wake of the latest British scare, Germany has erupted in a rancorous dispute over how to deal with a terrorist threat.
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In pictures: German rescue workers catch baby thrown by parents during fire which killed nine people
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Fire broke out at a ThyssenKrupp plant in  Italy on Friday, just over a week after a blaze killed four  workers at another company site, but the fire was put out with  no injuries or damage, firefighters said.
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Smoking has been banned in bars in the capitals of France and Germany. Send us your reaction.
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Three officers were relieved of their commands today as the city continued its investigation into the deadly fire at the former Deutsche Bank building.
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Large pair of knickers saves the day when fire breaks out in
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'It's time for revenge' The boss of a small German IT outfit is being sued for unfair dismissal after sacking three of his 10 staff when they "requested a non-smoking area to work in", the Hamburger Morgenpost reports.â¦
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European legislators have voted to set up sealed smokers' rooms in their Strasbourg and Brussels buildings after a voluntary ban on lighting up failed, officials said on Tuesday.
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A Hamburg newspaper that reported last week on a computer company manager who said he fired three non-smokers because they had threatened disruptions after asking for a smoke-free environment said on Monday the story was a hoax.
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German anti-smoking activists are trying to bring charges against 89-year-old former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife for breaking a new smoking ban in Hamburg, the group said on Friday.
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Smokers with coronary heart disease who suffer a heart attack or severe angina, rapidly benefit from kicking the smoking habit, German investigators report.
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Germany is considering outlawing smoking in cars to protect passengers, particularly children, the government's narcotics commissioner Sabine Baetzing has said.
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By PHIL MULKINS Action Line  Dear Action Line:   Some fire deaths are attributed to "smoke inhalation." People breathe wood smoke all the time without harm. It makes people think it's OK to go back into burning buildings. -- R.W., Tulsa.