Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens

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Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/malaysia-declares-emergency-indonesia-smoke-pollution-thickens-044717109.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f28LsB_Wz2LNqG5kT8JiLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-23T153751Z_3_CBRE95M0DB600_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SOUTHEASTASIA-HAZE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Villagers sit on their motorcycles as they get ready to leave their homes as a fire burns a palm oil plantation in the Bangko Pusako district in Rokan Hilir" align="left" title="Villagers sit on their motorcycles as they get ready to leave their homes as a fire burns a palm oil plantation in the Bangko Pusako district in Rokan Hilir" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 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. The illegal burning of forests and other land on Indonesia's Sumatra island, to the west of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, to clear space for palm oil plantations is a chronic problem during the June-September dry season. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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