Malaysia closes schools in several states amid haze

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Schools in several Malaysian states as well as its federal and administrative capitals will be closed on Friday, the education ministry said, after smoky haze caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels. The areas affected include the states of Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor on the Malaysian peninsula, as well as the country's capital