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Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

Pakistani TV showed striking images of people clinging to fences and other stationary items as water gushed over their heads. Helicopters were also shown winching people to safety. The northwest was the hardest hit and Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister for the region, said it was the deadliest and most destructive flooding there since 1929 when 408 people died. The highway connecting Peshawar to the federal capital, Islamabad, was shut down. At least 60 bridges were destroyed, Hussain said.     (AP)

Fringe parties’ stand

KATHMANDU: Three fringe political parties represented in the Constituent Assembly have urged both the Nepali Congress (NC) and the UCPN (Maoist) to withdraw their candidacy for the post of prime minister before the third round of election so that the way for the formation of a national unity government can be paved. However, the NC and the Maoists said that it would be difficult to withdraw the candidacy.

Posted on: 2010-07-31 09:07

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