Pakistan braced for more floods; aid tops $800m
China Daily | Updated: 2010-08-23 08:06
A child receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province on Sunday. Floods are threatening to wreak havoc in more areas of south Pakistan in a catastrophe that may help Islamist militants gain supporters. Reinhard Krause / Reuters |
SHADADKOT, Pakistan - More than $800 million has been donated or pledged to help Pakistan's flood victims, the foreign minister said on Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of people in the south feared more destruction.
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