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Thousands displaced as massive floods in Pakistan spread to the south - UN
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
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The massive floods in Pakistan have spread to the southern province of Sindh, where hundreds of thousands of people are on the move after evacuating their inundated villages, a United Nations official said today, as humanitarian agencies continued to deliver relief supplies to millions of those affected.

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