Saturday, August 28, 2010

Pakistan Flood Disaster Continues -- News Roundup



In A Snub, Pakistan Asks India To Send Aid Through UN -- Hindustan Times

Pakistan has declined an Indian offer of $5 million aid for flood victims directly and wants it to be routed through the United Nations, Dunya TV reported in Islamabad on Saturday. "We have conveyed to India that they can send their aid to us through UN," Foreign Office spokesman Basit told Dunya TV by via telephone.

He said the UN was the flagship organisation for all foreign aid pouring into the country from different parts of the world for flood-hit people.

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More News On The Flood Disaster In Pakistan

Another Pakistani City Falls to Advancing Flood -- Wall Street Journal
Another levee breach threatens south Pakistan city -- BBC
Exodus of Pakistanis excels as flood defences fail -- Sydney Morning Herald
U.N.: Flooding displaces 1 million more in Pakistan -- CNN
UN: Another Million Displaced by Pakistani Floods -- Voice of America
1 million more Pakistanis displaced by flooding -- L.A. Times
Mass displacement under way in Pakistan -- UPI
Indus river overflows 40 times normal volume of water -- BBC
UN fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten town -- Reuters
U.S. doubles helicopters for Pakistan flood relief -- Reuters
Taliban hint at threats to aid workers in Pakistan as flood damage spreads across country -- New York Daily News
USAID chief says he had to leave Pak after being threatened -- Times Of India
Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don't deter foreign aid workers -- Christian Science Monitor
Pakistanis Too Broken to Rebuild In Flood Crisis -- New York Times/Reuters

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