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Global health alert and natural disasters sweep Asia
Governments across Asia impose maximum measures to contain a killer pneumonia outbreak as the global death toll rises. Singapore confines 861 residents under quarantine law while labs identify two virus strains. Earthquakes strike Indonesia and Japan, with damage in West Java and East Nusa Tenggara, plus tremors felt across multiple regions. A Caribbean seabed volcano is found near Grenada, named Kick em Jack, and Brazil expedites eradication of citrus disease in Sao Paulo. A massive Australian dust storm causes long term costs, and two endangered leopards are sacrificed in an Indian tribal ritual near the Bangladesh border.
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