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Malaysia Blames Indonesia As Reason For Air Quality Worsening
Malaysia called on neighbour Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take action as air quality worsens across the country due to fires in Indonesia, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday.
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Malaysia To Seed Clouds, Induce Rain As Smog Pollutes Air
Malaysia prepared to seed clouds after air quality in parts of the country reached unhealthy levels due to smog from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, an official said Monday.
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Indonesia Issues Haze Warning To Neighbours As Forest Fires Spread
Indonesia today warned that a haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.
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Malaysia Bans Bauxite Mining For Three Months Amid Pollution Fears
Malaysia today announced a three-month ban on bauxite mining in its rural state of Pahang from mid-January amid mounting concern over hazardous dust and pollution.
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Indonesia Asks 4 Countries for Help to Fight Fires
Indonesia's president said on Thursday he had asked Singapore, Russia, Malaysia and Japan for help to put out fires that have sent choking smoke drifting across the region for weeks.
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Malaysia Prime Minister Urges Indonesia to Tackle Fires, Haze Drifts to Thai Sky
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on Indonesia to take action against people setting fires that have caused choking smoke to drift across the region, with the sky over southern Thailand the latest to be clouded by the pollution.
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Malaysia Shuts Schools as Choking Smog Worsens
Malaysian authorities today ordered most of the country's schools shut for two days because of possible health risks posed by the thick haze from Indonesian forest fires.
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Malaysia Again Shuts Schools as Indonesian Smoke Thickens
Thick white smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming enveloped Malaysia's capital and other areas Sunday, triggering school closures for the following day as weeks of choking haze showed no sign of abating.
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Malaysia Air Pollution Spikes Due to Indonesian Smoke
Air quality in Malaysia's capital reached "very unhealthy" levels Sunday as acrid smoke billowing from Indonesian agricultural fires intensified, in a environmental crisis that is fraying regional tempers.
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Haze shrouds Malaysian capital amid drought
Haze shrouded Malaysia's capital and its surroundings on Tuesday, causing "unhealthy" air quality due to fires from a drought that has led to water rationing.
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Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens
Malaysia declared a state of emergency in two parts of the southern state of Johor on Sunday as smoke from land-clearing fires in Indonesia pushed air pollution above the level considered hazardous.
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Indonesia sends planes to fight haze-causing fires
Air pollution in Singapore soared to record heights for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia dispatched planes and helicopters on Friday to battle raging fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries.
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Singapore wrapped by haze, Malaysia schools shut
Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas.
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Indonesia forest fire shots Singapore's pollution level at 16-year high
Singaporeans are rolling back military training, keeping cough-stricken children indoors and considering wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years.
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Singapore chokes on haze from Indonesia forest fires
Air pollution from forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra island reached severe levels in Singapore today, triggering a health alert in the densely populated city-state.
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Malaysia Blames Indonesia As Reason For Air Quality Worsening
Malaysia called on neighbour Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take action as air quality worsens across the country due to fires in Indonesia, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday.
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Malaysia To Seed Clouds, Induce Rain As Smog Pollutes Air
Malaysia prepared to seed clouds after air quality in parts of the country reached unhealthy levels due to smog from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, an official said Monday.
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Indonesia Issues Haze Warning To Neighbours As Forest Fires Spread
Indonesia today warned that a haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.
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Malaysia Bans Bauxite Mining For Three Months Amid Pollution Fears
Malaysia today announced a three-month ban on bauxite mining in its rural state of Pahang from mid-January amid mounting concern over hazardous dust and pollution.
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Indonesia Asks 4 Countries for Help to Fight Fires
Indonesia's president said on Thursday he had asked Singapore, Russia, Malaysia and Japan for help to put out fires that have sent choking smoke drifting across the region for weeks.
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Malaysia Prime Minister Urges Indonesia to Tackle Fires, Haze Drifts to Thai Sky
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on Indonesia to take action against people setting fires that have caused choking smoke to drift across the region, with the sky over southern Thailand the latest to be clouded by the pollution.
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Malaysia Shuts Schools as Choking Smog Worsens
Malaysian authorities today ordered most of the country's schools shut for two days because of possible health risks posed by the thick haze from Indonesian forest fires.
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Malaysia Again Shuts Schools as Indonesian Smoke Thickens
Thick white smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming enveloped Malaysia's capital and other areas Sunday, triggering school closures for the following day as weeks of choking haze showed no sign of abating.
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Malaysia Air Pollution Spikes Due to Indonesian Smoke
Air quality in Malaysia's capital reached "very unhealthy" levels Sunday as acrid smoke billowing from Indonesian agricultural fires intensified, in a environmental crisis that is fraying regional tempers.
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Haze shrouds Malaysian capital amid drought
Haze shrouded Malaysia's capital and its surroundings on Tuesday, causing "unhealthy" air quality due to fires from a drought that has led to water rationing.
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Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens
Malaysia declared a state of emergency in two parts of the southern state of Johor on Sunday as smoke from land-clearing fires in Indonesia pushed air pollution above the level considered hazardous.
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Indonesia sends planes to fight haze-causing fires
Air pollution in Singapore soared to record heights for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia dispatched planes and helicopters on Friday to battle raging fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries.
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Singapore wrapped by haze, Malaysia schools shut
Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas.
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Indonesia forest fire shots Singapore's pollution level at 16-year high
Singaporeans are rolling back military training, keeping cough-stricken children indoors and considering wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years.
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Singapore chokes on haze from Indonesia forest fires
Air pollution from forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra island reached severe levels in Singapore today, triggering a health alert in the densely populated city-state.
