Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday, affecting at least 1.7…
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ASEAN IN FOCUS
Indonesia returning hundreds of containers of waste to West
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia is sending back hundreds of containers of contaminated waste to the West after shipments…
5 years ago
Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1
by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed…
5 years ago
Cargo plane carrying four missing in eastern Indonesia
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AFP) -- An Indonesian cargo plane with four people on board lost contact with air traffic control on…
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Indonesia arrests nearly 200 over raging forest fires
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has arrested nearly 200 people over vast forest fires ripping across the archipelago, police said…
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Frontline fight: Indonesia locked in epic battle against jungle blazes
by Dessy SAGITA PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Working around the clock, thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain smog-belching blazes…
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Thailand’s northeast inundated after tropical storm
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Floods in northeastern Thailand have submerged homes, roads and bridges, leaving more than 23,000 people…
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Indonesians choked by forest fire haze pray for rain
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday,…
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Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia
by Junus Nuh Agence France Presse JAMBI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Huge fires are raging across vast swathes of Indonesia's…
5 years ago
Indonesia forest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
by Dessy Sagita Agence France Presse PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- The number of blazes in Indonesia's rainforests has jumped sharply,…
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