Global Aid Needed to Help Pakistan Avoid Losing Wheat Crop: FAO
01 September 2010
Global Aid Needed to Help Pakistan Avoid Losing Wheat Crop, Says UN Agency, UN News Centre, 1 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Without urgent global assistance to save the upcoming wheat-planting season in Pakistan, the food security of millions in the flood-hit nation is at risk, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. Severe flooding, which has affected some 18 million people in Pakistan, has inundated land...
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US Adds Pakistani Taliban to Terrorism Blacklist
01 September 2010
, The Associated Press, 1 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration on Wednesday added the Pakistani Taliban to its international terrorism blacklist, targeting the group blamed for the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square and its leaders with financial and travel sanctions. The group, known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban or TTP, threatens U.S. national security, Secretary of State...
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Pakistan's Political Future Questioned After The Flood
01 September 2010
Pakistan's Political Future Questioned After The Flood, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Will the fallout from the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history result in the downfall of its fragile civilian government? That question is front and center as the perception grows among Pakistanis that the government response to flooding has been lackluster and insufficient. More than 17 million people have been affected...
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Death Toll from Air Strikes in Pakistan Rises
01 September 2010
Death Toll from Air Strikes in Pakistan Rises, CNN, 1 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The death toll from air strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday has climbed to 60, two military officials said. The officials asked to not be named because they were not authorized to talk with media. Pakistani military officials and a local political official gave conflicting accounts of the attacks by Pakistani jet fighters targeting suspected militants in Pakistan's...
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Suicide Blasts in Lahore Kill 18, Injure 143
01 September 2010
, AFP, 1 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Three suicide bombers struck in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 143 during a Shiite mourning procession, police and rescue officials said. Pakistan has been hit by a wave of Islamist militant attacks over the past three years, which many attribute to Islamabad's alliance with Washington and the US-led war against a resurgent...
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