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Sarajevo ranks third most-polluted city worldwide with AQI of 225
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Air pollution kills 240,000 Europeans a year: Will new EU rules help?
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Watch: The innovator from Sierra Leone turn coconuts into fuel
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No comment: New Delhi continues to choke in polluted air
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Paris goes car-free in attempt to curb air pollution
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UK apologises to mother of girl who died from air pollution
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Delhi races to clean up toxic foam from sacred river before festival
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