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Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012: WHO

Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the worlds single biggest environmental health risk, ...

Riau forest fires claim three lives

The forest, plantation and peat-soil fires razing in Riau Province over the past two months, have claimed three ...

Takeda Appoints Giles Platford Head of Emerging Markets

- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH ("Takeda") today announced that Giles Platford has been appointed Head of ...

1.6 million liters water dropped over Riau to extinguish fire

Special task force in Riau has dropped 1.6 million liters of water over the area to extinguish forest fires there, ...

President supervises fire extinguishing efforts in Riau

President Yudhoyono led a roll call of the integrated haze disaster emergency response task force, at the Roesman ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

Disaster mitigation agency delays water bombing

The water bomb operation to extinguish hot spots in the Riau Province was delayed on Thursday as thick haze decreased ...

Government prepares water bombs to mitigate Riau haze

The government will drop water bombs in several hotspots to mitigate haze from land fires in the Riau Province on ...

Number of Riau`s hotspots increases to 145

The United States NOAA 18 satellite detected 145 hotspots in Riau Province, an increase from 79 earlier, an official ...

Rally held in Riau to protest haze

A peaceful rally was organised here on Monday to protest the prolonged haze that has enveloped Riau Province. ...

Pekanbaru`s air very unhealthy due to haze

Haze triggered by forest and plantation fires has caused the air quality in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, polluted and ...

Police hunting down four suspects in Riau`s land fires

Police are hunting down four people suspected of setting fire to forested land in Riau province. "The four ...

Dead victims due to haze to receive compensation

The Ministry of Social Affairs will provide compensation for a haze victim who died in Riau province, according to ...

Haze affects health of 28,000 residents in Riau

More than 28,000 people are suffering from various smoke-related diseases, due to forest and land fires occurring over ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...