Downpours hamper aid efforts :

Floods hit over 15 m Pakistanis

Torrential rains frustrated aid efforts in Pakistan Saturday, with some helicopters grounded as authorities battled to help 15 million people affected by the country’s worst ever floods.

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China town devastated by mudslides :

Atleast 127 killed, 2000 missing

Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China on Sunday, killing at least 127 people and leaving 2,000 residents missing as rescue teams dug through crushed homes and readied a blast to dislodge debris blocking a river.

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Maldives to appoint interim Supreme Court

The Maldivian president will set up an interim Supreme Court as the opposition-controlled parliament blocked the appointment of new judges, the foreign minister said Saturday.

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