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Pakistan Flooding: How Much Will the Devastation Cost?

By Chris Gentilviso | August 18, 2010 | +

Pakistan Flooding

Flies buzz around a baby sitting on the floor of a hospital providing emergency accomodation for flood victims in Northwest Pakistan

REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Reeling from unparalleled storms, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador pleaded the country’s case for international assistance in Geneva on Tuesday morning. Zamir Akram estimates that $2.5 billion will be necessary for the country to patch up its wounds from the weather-induced catastrophe. (Via Voice of America)

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