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Singapore fumes as air pollution hits 16-year high

Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years.Full story

Malaysia budget airport launch pushed to May 2014

The opening of a new airport to accommodate budget carriers has been delayed until next year because of design changes and other construction setbacks, Malaysia's airport operator says. Full story

Singapore punishes 20 banks in benchmark rate review

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank censured a record 20 banks on Friday after it found more than 100 traders in the city state tried to rig key borrowing and currency rates. Full story

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TOPSHOTSOffice workers return from a lunch break in front of buildings blanketed by haze in Singapore on June 19, 2013. Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index again shot above the "unhealthy" threshold of 152. AFP PHOTO/Roslan RahmanROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as haze shrouds the skyline of Singapore in the background
  Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as haze shrouds the skyline of Singapore in the background

Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as haze shrouds the skyline of Singapore in the background, late June 19, 2013. Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state,

Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as haze shrouded skyline of Singapore is seen in the background
Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as haze shrouded skyline of Singapore is seen in the background

Partygoers line up to enter a nightclub at Marina Bay Sands, as the haze shrouded skyline of Singapore is seen in the background, late June 19, 2013. Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the cit