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(Pakistan) Huge floods have ravaged Pakistan for the past month. Over 200 people have been

killed, 1.2 millions homes have been wrecked, and over 5 million people have been affected. On top of

this, over 4 million acres of crop land have been destroyed. Many countries have jumped in to help the

nation, who had severe flooding last monsoon as well. China is willing to give 50,000 dollars to the

National Disaster Management Authority, and is giving 4.7 million dollars to flooded areas along with

tents. The interior minister of Iran has also promised 100 million dollars to the affected state of

Pakistan from their side. Pakistan itself has also established a relief fund.

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(Pakistan) Around midnight this tuesday, gunshots were exchanged by Pakistani and Indian soldiers. The pakistani soldiers claim they were simply going from one army camp to another when indian soldiers broke out in fire against the group. The indian soldiers however claim that the Pakistani soldiers were walking and trespassing on Indian land. The two countries have waged three full wars since 1947, when the two countries were split apart due to religious tensions. 3 pakistani soldiers and 5 indian soldiers were killed.

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            Sri Lanka. After being in a state of emergency for 28 years, Sri Lanka finally emerged out and declared to be back in a safe position. However, the country refuses to release 1200 members of the Tamil Tigers Separatist movement that put them into a state of emergency. Representatives say that though the country no longer declares a state of emergency, everything remains to be the same as before, and there is no reason to release the captured tamil tigers. The ban on the Tamil Tigers is said to go on eternally. The UN is now starting to look at the considerable war crimes from both sides of the fight, and will talk about this at the next Geneva convention. The end of the urgency has come before the National Human Rights month.

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This week, Muammar Gadhafi was finally removed from power after months of protest. The current rebel-government has been identified by many as a legitimate entity, but the African Union still fails to recognize the government. The AU, which was created partly because of the efforts of Gadhafi, so one can see why the AU’s loyalties lie with Gadhafi. Though Gadhafi was not the best of rulers, the African continent approved of him because of his pro-African mindset, putting Africa as his main concern rather than his arab alliances. Though Gadhafi stopped contributing a lot to the AU, Libya’s missing portion could easily have been replaced by other countries like South Africa. In fact, South Africa has ganged up with the AU to shoot down NATO’s aggressive support and airstrikes on Libya. South African officials have gone as far as to call for criminal charges on NATO and have tried to stall the U.S ‘s attempts to unfreeze Libyan assets. It seems obvious that the African community will take a while to accept the new kid on the bloc.

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            The state of health of most Somalian citizens has went from being under-fed to being in a near-death situation. The country, with millions of people of people starving, has been considered a failed state ever since a 1991 civil war left the country with no government. Somalia has been controlled by terrorist groups like Al-Quaeda since the civil war. Violent outbreaks occur throughout the country, and delivering food to the malnourished is also very hard. Reports show that within the next 4 months, over 750,000 people could die in a drought filled area. 58 % of the population is starving, which is doublIe the amount at which a famine is declared. Neighboring countries have also been affected by this year's lack of rain and extreme drought.

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Earlier this year , the Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked for the discharge of 20 child suicide bombers found or arrested by the government. These youth were “employed” by the Taliban, who told them to pull the trigger on their bomb-vests when they approached foreigners. The children, often from poor neighborhoods, were told that the bombs would spare them and after their mission, they would find a “land of milk and honey.” The President criticized the idea of using children as bombers, though suicide-bombing is generally not a respectable deed, as children are not given a chance to think about what they are doing and they only see a false Taliban future.