Rescue bid in Pakistan dam burst
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Rescue efforts are under way after a burst dam in Pakistan kills 70 amid widespread flooding across the country.
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Torrential floods in southwest China have claimed at least 64 lives, prompting the beleaguered local government to seek help Monday from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads, state media reported.
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A flash flood that tore through a remote mountain village in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 56 people and left dozens missing feared dead, a local official said.
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A massive aid operation is continuing to bring food and supplies to tens of thousands made homeless in southwest Pakistan after a dam burst, killing at least 60 people and leaving hundreds missing.
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ENGINEERS were last night battling to stop a dam bursting and destroying hundreds of homes.   Some 700 people were evacuated after two cracks appeared in the structure, which holds back 100 million tonnes of water.
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Pakistan resumes some supplies from its main gas field, which was closed last week following a tribal attack.
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Aid workers backed by military helicopters battled on Sunday to provide food for 200,000 people displaced by monsoon floods in southern India, while the Pakistani city of Karachi was mostly without power after a storm killed 43 people.
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The United Nations and other agencies offered aid and helicopters to Pakistan Monday after floods unleashed by a cyclone and days of torrential rain left 1.5 million people devastated.
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A flash flood swept through six villages in Pakistan's storm-hit Baluchistan province killing 30 people and forcing more than 10,000 from their homes as a huge effort to help more than 1.2 million people geared up.
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Military helicopters plucked flood-hit Pakistanis from rooftops Thursday as bad weather began to clear after a cyclone that officials said had affected 800,000 people.
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A council of Pakistani tribesmen sought on Tuesday to secure the release of two Chinese engineers taken hostage at the weekend by al Qaeda-linked militants near Pakistan&#39;s border with Afghanistan.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tours flood-stricken areas and pledges aid to help thousands of people.
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At least 42 people died and more than 150 were injured when heavy rains caused buildings in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to collapse, according to provincial health and police officials.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Water levels are falling in some parts of flood-hit Pakistan, enabling rescuers to reach areas cut off for days, but more bad weather is on the way, officials said on Monday.
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Security forces in Pakistan killed five kidnappers as they tried to rescue two Chinese engineers. Officials say one of the hostages died during the rescue while his companion received minor injuries.
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Officials in Pakistan say 278 people have died as a result of a week of torrential rains and snowstorms.
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Around 50,000 people are evacuated from eastern Comilla district after a dam bursts on a rain-swollen river.