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Red Cross aid workers face anger in Pakistan

Reuters : South Asia [US] (5 hours)
GENEVA - Red Cross aid workers have faced angry crowds in Pakistan when distributing food and other supplies to flood victims, a disturbing trend that could jeopardise operations, a senior official said on Thursday.

Pakistan raids kill 45 militants, family members

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 62 militants, their family members and other civilians with no ties to the fighters, officials said on Wednesday.

TIMELINE - Pakistan suffers more bloody attacks

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
REUTERS - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 170.

FACTBOX - Pakistan's Mehsud charged in CIA killings

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
REUTERS - U.S. prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last December.

World Bank boosts Pakistan flood support to $1 bln

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
WASHINGTON - The World Bank has increased funding to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic flooding by $100 million, to a total of $1 billion, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan flood crisis

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
NOWSHERA, Pakistan - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.

Pakistan flood victims await help, one month on

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
CHARSADDA, Pakistan - Day after day, Afshan Bibi, a mother of 11, trudges to the U.N. distribution centre to get relief supplies to help her cope with the aftermath of Pakistan's devastating floods.

Q+A - Why are militants attacking Pakistan now ?

Reuters : South Asia [US] (11 hours)
REUTERS - Suspected Islamist militants exploded three bombs at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 33 people and piling pressure on the government already overwhelmed by floods.

German held by American troops in Afghanistan

Reuters : South Asia [US] (1 day)
BERLIN - A German citizen has been arrested by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the German foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after a newspaper reported he was being held on suspicion of involvement with a terrorist group.

U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list

Reuters : South Asia [US] (1 day)
WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday formally added the Pakistani Taliban to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, imposing financial and travel sanctions on the group which claimed responsibility for the failed bomb plot in New York's ...
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