Indonesia fires rise as haze spreads across Southeast Asia
Satellite images show wildfires growing from 40 to 62 over the weekend into Monday in Indonesia as hot dry weather returns. Officials caution that on ground checks are needed to confirm fires, with haze darkening skies over Singapore Malaysia Brunei southern Thailand and the Philippines. Most blazes burn on Sumatra and Borneo, many set to clear land.
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Dylan Thomas death blamed on misdiagnosis says new book
A forthcoming book alleges Dylan Thomas died from a diabetic coma after an American doctor misdiagnosed his diabetes symptoms as drunkenness. It claims Thomas collapsed after a whiskey binge in Greenwich Village and died in New York in 1953 at age 39, with cortisone, morphine, and Benzedrine injections cited as causing the fatal condition.
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Nation hopes epic will revive Industry
Nation hopes the epic cinema project "With Fire and Sword" will revive the economy. Filming began Monday at a Polish location with about 100 actors, extensive horse scenes, and 10,000 extras, budgeted at 514 million dollars. The film adapts Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1904 novel about the Polish nobility in a golden age.
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Queen seeks to calm Indian anger over 1919 massacre
Queen Elizabeth II visited the subcontinent to ease lingering fury over the Amritsar killings of 1919, pledging lessons from sadness and building on gladness. She toured Pakistan and India, planned to lay a wreath at Jallianwala Bagh, and avoided direct Kashmir references amid diplomatic tensions.
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