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Indonesia president apologizes for Southeast Asia smog
2013-06-25 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesia's president has apologized for the raging forest fires that have blanketed its neighbors Singapore and Malaysia with thick smog in Southeast Asia's worst air pollution crisis in 16 years. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia was doing everything it could to contain the fires on the island of Sumatra, including the deployment of military aircraft to waterbomb the blazes, and has earmarked around 200 billion rupiah ($20 million) to handle the disaster. The week-long environmental...
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