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World
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International
9/17/2022 7:55:56 PM
The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a ``second disaster`` in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
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World
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International
9/15/2022 10:46:11 AM
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asian nations headed to Uzbekistan on Thursday for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence.
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World
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Region
9/12/2022 5:37:35 PM
Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt underwater, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts Monday to deliver food, tents and other items.
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World
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International
9/11/2022 2:58:42 PM
Two more U.S. military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains landed Sunday in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions in the impoverished country.
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World
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International
9/10/2022 10:20:10 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday toured Pakistan's flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide ``massive`` amounts of relief to the impoverished country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/9/2022 3:03:00 PM
In the Qamber Shahdad Kot district as in other parts of Pakistan this year, climate change has hurt architecture as much as its inhabitants.
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World
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International
9/9/2022 1:14:38 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world owes impoverished Pakistan ``massive'' help recovering from devastating floods because other nations have contributed more to the climate change thought to have triggered the deluge.
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World
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International
9/4/2022 9:36:44 AM
Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an "immense humanitarian response'' to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead. The request came even as planes carried supplies to the impoverished country across a humanitarian air bridge.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 12:27:10 PM
Officials in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 9:42:54 AM
Rubina Bibi was cooking food for her family in her mudbrick home in her village in northwest Pakistan when the nearby mosque blared a warning from its loudspeaker. Flood waters were coming, it announced, everyone should move to safer ground.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/30/2022 9:04:36 PM
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World
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International
8/30/2022 12:06:16 PM
Catastrophic monsoon floods in Pakistan have sent food prices skyrocketing, putting many staples out of the reach of the poor as the cash-strapped nation battles shortages.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 2:30:18 PM
Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 10:37:48 AM
International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by ``monster monsoons'' that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.
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World
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International
8/28/2022 5:17:11 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to help Pakistan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people.
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World
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International
8/28/2022 3:14:58 PM
Afghan defence minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterising the incursions as a continuation of Washington's "invasion".
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World
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International
8/28/2022 10:26:21 AM
Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country's climate minister called the deadly monsoon season "a serious climate catastrophe."
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World
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International
8/27/2022 2:50:29 PM
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.
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World
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International
8/25/2022 12:12:57 PM
A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former premier Imran Khan's protection from arrest through the end of the month, officials said, after police filed terrorism charges against the country's popular opposition leader.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/23/2022 8:18:15 PM
Tarek Dahroug, the Ambassador of Egypt to Pakistan, participated on Sunday evening in a reception ceremony for EgyptAir Cargo’s first flight from Cairo to Lahore, according to a press release.
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