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A family from Middlesbrough has fled its Singapore home after the area was hit by the country’s worst pollution crisis Dave Roberts was back in Middlesbrough for a funeral when smoke from forest fires in Indonesia engulfed the neighbouring island where the expat lives with his family. As toxic fumes hit record levels, deemed... 

(23 Jun) - For one Filipino, living amid the haze that has blanketed Singapore for several days now is like standing beside a barbecue grill all day. Only the smoke is everywhere, does not smell as good, and there is virtually nowhere to go. “This haze is really extreme. I never imagined I would experience this. It’s like... 

Task force on forest fires: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (center) holds an assault rifle when he inspects the task force to be deployed to help extinguish forest fires in Riau at Halim Perdanakusumah airbase in Jakarta on Tuesday. (JP/Jerry Adiguna) (27 June) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said he is not afraid...