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New bin Laden Tape Rips Pakistan's Relief Efforts

(Oct. 1) -- Osama bin Laden takes Pakistan to task for not providing enough humanitarian aid for flooding victims in a new audio tape posted today on the Internet. The latest message attributed to bin Laden comes amid indications that the al-Qaida leader is behind the recently discovered plot to launch terrorist attacks...

Pakistan Flood Waters Recede, but Dangers Lurk

(Aug. 30) -- Water levels in flood-devastated Pakistan have begun to recede, emergency officials said today, but the danger of new overflows remains. Levels are starting to drop as the flood waters that started pouring from the north along the Indus River about a month ago begin to reach the Arabian Sea, according to Hadi...

Floods Force More Mass Evacuations in Pakistan

(Aug. 27) -- Hundreds of thousands more Pakistanis have been forced to flee their homes in the south of the country after the River Indus burst through levees, leading authorities to order mass evacuations. Up to 1 million residents of Sindh Province have been displaced since Wednesday, the United Nations reported today,...

Hundreds of Thousands Flee Pakistan Floodwaters

THATTA, Pakistan (Aug. 27) -- Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints. The new flooding came after the Taliban issued...

Pakistani Taliban Threaten Flood Relief Workers

(Aug. 26) -- American and other foreign aid workers in Pakistan have been warned they could be in danger of attacks from the Taliban even as the country faces devastating floods that have left millions homeless, sick and short of food. A U.S. official told the BBC that the Pakistani Taliban were planning to "conduct...