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*Torrential rains worsen [[2010 Pakistan floods|the ongoing flood crisis]] across [[Pakistan]], which has so far affected 14 million people, as rescue helicopters are forced to stay on the ground in the northwest of the country. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108814446737102.html (Aljazeera)] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10904903 (BBC)] |
*Torrential rains worsen [[2010 Pakistan floods|the ongoing flood crisis]] across [[Pakistan]], which has so far affected 14 million people, as rescue helicopters are forced to stay on the ground in the northwest of the country. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108814446737102.html (Aljazeera)] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10904903 (BBC)] |
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*There is a further cave-in at the mine near [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]] where people have been working since Thursday to rescue 34 miners trapped underground; work is currently suspended in an incident that is rare in that part of the world. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10905276 (BBC)] |
*There is a further cave-in at the mine near [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]] where people have been working since Thursday to rescue 34 miners trapped underground; work is currently suspended in an incident that is rare in that part of the world. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10905276 (BBC)] |
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*Several countries evacuate staff from their [[embassy|embassies]] in [[Moscow]] due to the [[2010 Russian wildfires]] including [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Poland]] and [[Canada]][http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100808/160110777.html (RIA Novosti)] |
*Several countries evacuate staff from their [[embassy|embassies]] in [[Moscow]] due to the [[2010 Russian wildfires]] including [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Poland]] and [[Canada]], [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100808/160110777.html (RIA Novosti)] as Russia experiences its hottest year on record. [http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Smog-Smothers-Moscow-for-2nd-Day-100182964.html (Voice of America)]. |
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