| Sat, 31 Jul 2010 Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia
| PESHAWAR--Floods sweeping Asia have killed more than 900 people, officials said Saturday, washing away thousands of homes and destroying infrastructure in some of the worst scenes in living memory. | Heavy monsoon rains exacted the heaviest toll in northwest Pakistan,... | Death Toll Rises to 800 as Floods Hit Pakistan
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Monsoon-driven floods are reported to have killed at least 800 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the past week, officials said Saturday, as some of the one million Pakistanis affected were reported with fevers, diarrhea and other w... | Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well
| An oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent t... | Death Toll in Pakistani Floods Surges Past 800
The Associated Press | By NABEEL YUSUF and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press Writers | NOWSHERA, Pakistan July 31, 2010 (AP) | Pakistani villagers carry their belongings as they wade through deep floodwater in Qasim Bella, on... Pakistani villagers carry their belongings as th... | [VIDEO] Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia
| Peshawar - Floods sweeping Asia have killed more than 900 people, officials said on Saturday, washing away thousands of homes and destroying infrastructure in some of the worst scenes in living memory. | Heavy monsoon rains exacted the heaviest toll in northwest Pakis... | A Commonwealth shame
Smita Mishra | Mani Shankar Aiyar may or may not be comforting an old grouse by mouthing curses for Commonwealth Games 2010, but he does have a point that is getting sharper even though he has now vowed silence till the Games are over. | At the outset, let’s put one t... | Dozens killed and stranded by Afghanistan floods
| KABUL (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed and thousands had to be rescued after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains that struck Afghanistan's northeast, officials said on Saturday. | The rugged and remote area has been hit by the same weather ... | Biggest Flood in Pakistan, more than 800 killed
IN PAKISTAN, the floods have claimed more than 800 human lives in a week. In the northwest province of Pakistan, the flooding caused by record-breaking rainfalls caused massive destruction. Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar, Swat, and Lower Dir are the worst flood affected ... | |
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