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20 June 2013 Last updated at 03:12 ET

Singapore smog hits hazardous levelsOffice workers return from a lunch break in front of buildings blanketed by haze in Singapore on 19 June 2013

Singapore and Indonesia schedule an emergency meeting after haze in Singapore soars to hazardous levels, breaking all previous records.

Members of the Indian Army evacuate an injured person during a search and rescue operation in the Chamoli district in the northern Uttarakhand state on June 19, 2013.Bad weather hampers flood rescue

Bad weather is hampering rescue operations in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand, where nearly 150 people have died.

In this image made off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts, from left, Wang Yaping, Zhang Xiaoguang and Nie Haisheng, wave inside the Tiangong-1 space module on 13 June 2013China gives first lecture from space

China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.

Damian Grammaticas, China correspondent Article written by Damian Grammaticas Damian Grammaticas China correspondent

Snowden a boon and burden for China

16:50 UK time, Thursday, 13 June 2013

For China, Edward Snowden's sudden arrival in Hong Kong brings both a gift and a dilemma, says the BBC's Damian Grammaticas.

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Soutik Biswas, Delhi correspondent Article written by Soutik Biswas Soutik Biswas Delhi correspondent

Why India's main opposition alliance is in disarray

00:57 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013

The break-up of India's main opposition alliance points to divisions over Narendra Modi's elevation in the BJP.

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Kim Jong-unInside North Korea

Latest developments as North Korea threatens to attack the US and South Korea

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  • Three Chinese astronauts are conducting scientific experiments in the Tiangong-1 space moduleChina media

    Space lessons and corruption curbs dominate headlines

  • Thousands are stranded in flood-hit northern states of Uttarakhand and Himachal PradeshIndia media

    Personal tragedies caused by monsoon floods in northern India

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