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Russians seek shelter as fires rage out of control
By Catherine Belton in Moscow and Isabel Gorst in Nizhny Novgorod
Published: August 7 2010 15:34 | Last updated: August 7 2010 15:34
Pollution from peat and forest fires raging around Moscow surged to new highs on Saturday as Muscovites continued to flee the choking smog that has shrouded the city.
Officials said carbon monoxide had soared to nearly seven times acceptable levels, the highest since Russia’s worst heatwave in more than a
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