21.   The fires, many set by farmers to clear land, also produced a choking smoke haze over much of Southeast Asia.

22.   The smoke from fires has disrupted air traffic and led to fears of a return of the choking haze which blanketed the region last year.

23.   Then came a choking haze that frightened off tourists.

24.   Then in August, rampant wildfires in Indonesia spewed out a choking haze that blanketed much of Southeast Asia.

25.   They also produced a choking smoke haze that threatened the health of millions over a large slice of Southeast Asia.

26.   Weeks after a choking haze lifted across much of Southeast Asia, tourists are only just beginning to trickle back to this Sumatran resort town ringed by volcanoes.

27.   Wind shift spares Indonesian capital from choking haze.

28.   Two days of rains have cleared choking haze from northeastern Sumatra island in Indonesia, residents and police said Tuesday.

29.   Malaysian Muslims were called to recite group or individual prayers for an end to the month-long drought that has contributed to raging peat fires and choking haze.