Fewer New Year fireworks in polluted Beijing

 
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press | Published: February 10, 2013   

BEIJING — The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted Sunday following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic levels over recent weeks.

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China's capital saw almost twice the number of smoggy days in January, with levels of small particle air pollution going off the charts at times. That prompted calls for restraint, along with a...
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