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A Thai manlooks after his child at a temporary shelter at Don Muang airport in Bangkok on October 28, 2011. Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre on October 28, but hopes grew that emergency barriers would prevent a major overflow from Bangkok’s main river.
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An elderly Pakistani man sits aboard a navy helicopter as he is evacuated to safer ground from Faridabad, cutoff by surrounding flood waters, in Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 14, 2010. A US official is quoted as saying the United Nations will raise an emergency appeal to support flood-ravaged Pakistan, despite concerns that an initial call to donors has fallen short.
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Flood-stricken Pakistanis wait outside a relief center to get food supply on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work for some 3.2 million people has been delayed by swamped roads, washed-out bridges and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction. Countries including the U.S. have pledged assistance to Pakistan, which is already struggling to control a rapacious Taliban militant movement.











