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#BREAKING Pakistan needs $10 billion for flood repairs, rebuilding: planning minister
Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flood camps.

Camps have sprung up in schools, along motorways and at military bases to give shelter to millions of displaced flood victims. But the relief at finding safety can turn to desperation for many

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#BREAKING Pakistan floods 'the worst in the history' of the country: PM Sharif
#UPDATE Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives ▶️ u.afp.com/wtwL #PakistanFloods

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