UN warns relief supplies for Pakistani flood-hit could run out

The United Nations warned Saturday that humanitarian agencies are running out of resources to assist those affected by floods in southern Pakistan, even as the need for clean water, food, shelter and medical services increases among the more than five million people in affected communities.

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Pakistan defiantly rides out US pressure on Haqqanis

Bilateral relations likely to go further downhill :

Pakistan has stared down an unprecedented outbreak of US fury over its refusal to reign in the Haqqani network, gaining Washington little and teeing relations up for further decline.

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More anti-Wall St demos on tap despite 700 arrests

‘Arrest one of us and two more appear’:

US activists decrying corporate greed pledged to march on Wall Street again Wednesday despite the arrests of more than 700 protesters who blocked weekend traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

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Syria opposition forms united front against Assad

Syrian opposition movements announced the formation of a “historic” united front against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime at a meeting in Turkey on Sunday. At home, meanwhile, a son of Syria’s grand mufti was killed when his car came under attack from gunmen, Syria’s state news agency SANA said.

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