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Reports that Iran has fired rockets at an American airbase in Iraq, calls for the Lunar New Year firecrackers to be banned out of respect for the bush fire crisis and in tennis, Australian Open officials outline contingencies to deal with smoke haze.

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Reports that Iran has fired rockets at an American airbase in Iraq, calls for the Lunar New Year firecrackers to be banned out of respect for the bush fire crisis and in tennis, Australian Open officials outline contingencies to deal with smoke haze.

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