* Pakistan: The death toll from major flooding in Pakistan has reached 1200 while aid organizations scramble to provide help.
* Sudan: The U.N. Security Council renewed the mandate of the mission in Darfur for an additional twelve months.
* France: Police have been accused of using “excessive force” during the removal of 150 immigrant squatters.
* Ukraine: According to a team of international scientists contamination around the Chernobyl exclusion area has led has led to a sharp decline in biodiversity.
Image – The Telegraph
Online Sources- BBC News, MSNBC, CNN, The Guardian
Monday, August 2, 2010
World Watch: Drowning
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