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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/30
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In Pictures: Pakistan floods
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In Pictures: Solar eclipse
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Global water crisis: Seen from the first Himalayan glacial trickle
Global water crisis: Reporter William Wheeler talks about water stress from the effects of climate change high in the Himalayas where India and Pakistan's great rivers start to Haiti's fresh-water pollution.
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Change Agent Pitcher irrigation brings vegetables to Pakistani desert
Pitcher irrigation – in which buried clay pots release water into the soil – delivers water directly to plant roots rather than spreading it more widely across fields.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: on euro dreams, spoiled American children, and Pakistan
A survey of the best reads this week provides a look into the eurocrisis, Americans' concerns about their values and their children, and the geographical reasons why Pakistan is messed up.
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How climate change destroyed one of the world's largest civilizations
Located in present-day India and Pakistan, the Harappan civilization fell victim to shifting monsoon patterns, a new study has found.
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Helpers in a hostile world: the risk of aid work grows
Some 242 aid workers were killed in 2010, up from 91 a decade before. Is 'humanitarian space' shrinking, or are aid groups spreading out to more conflict zones than before?
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Acronyms and demonyms: Name that country!
The Monitor's language columnist makes a surprising discovery about Pakistan.
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One year after its worst flooding, is Pakistan ready for monsoon season?
Pakistan’s record floods last year killed some 2,000 people and displaced 20 million. Many officials say the country is still not properly prepared to deal with this year's imminent monsoon season.
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Pakistan floods: Cash grants for families on the way
The government plans to start handing out cash grants to victims of the Pakistan floods in the coming weeks. Donations from abroad are dwindling as a costly recovery effort begins.
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Pakistan floodwaters subside as a tide of allegation rises
Across Pakistan questions are swirling about whether the political elite intentionally failed to divert dam waters in order to protect lands of financial interest to them.
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Pakistan floods: Could 'donor fatigue' harm US-Pakistan relations?
A Pentagon official called the Pakistan floods the 'worst natural disaster' in the country's history. He worries that Pakistan might feel slighted that the US military has not been as engaged as it was after the Haiti earthquake earlier this year.
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Angelina Jolie meets with flood victims in Pakistan
Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover. Angelina Jolie described herself as "very moved" by the flood victims.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/30
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Opinion: Why US and Pakistan must draw closer
Nuclear-armed Pakistan is too critical for Washington to abandon again as it moves to withdraw from Afghanistan. The tragic flooding in Pakistan gives the United States a rare opportunity to demonstrate goodwill and break the cynical cycle of its relationship with Islamabad.
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Pakistan floods continue on rain forecasts, further delaying aid distribution
Authorities battling Pakistan floods have forecast heavy monsoon rains and exceptionally high levels for the Indus River at two dams in Sindh Province.
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In Pictures: Pakistan floods
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Pakistan floods strand the poor while rich go to higher ground
In the town of Muzaffargarh, those with their own transportation began leaving at the start of the Pakistan floods. But some 100,000 residents remain homeless and stranded.
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The other Kashmir problem: India and Pakistan tussle over water
Water disputes have joined territorial disputes as a flashpoint between India and Pakistan, which both control parts of the Kashmir region. As both countries race to build a dam there, they could fight hard for control of the major rivers.
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Rescue teams race against Pakistan floods and pirate bandits
Despite warnings of Pakistan floods, many people are now marooned on rooftops or in trees by a surging tide infested with snakes. Bands of boat-borne bandits also threaten citizens.
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Pakistan floods: Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Islamists linked to India's Mumbai attack, offer aid
As Pakistan floods displace millions, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a militant Islamist group linked to the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai, India, is distributing aid in northwest Pakistan.
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In Pictures: Solar eclipse
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Global warming: Indians decide to make their own glaciers
Global warming causes glaciers to retreat in India, prompting ingenuity from mountain farmers to conserve water for crops.
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Why the Taliban won't take over Pakistan
For reasons of geography, ethnicity, military inferiority, and ancient rivalries, they represent neither the immediate threat that is often portrayed nor the inevitable victors that the West fears.
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