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Floods send foods prices soaring in Pakistan (AP)

August 8th, 2010

A family trapped by heavy flooding is evacuated with other residents by Pakistan army on a helicopter in Sanawan near Multan in central Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Flood survivors loaded down with possessions fled a growing deluge in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the government came under renewed criticism for its response to the worst monsoon rains in decades. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Pakistanis grappled with skyrocketing fruit and vegetable prices Sunday caused by floods that have destroyed more than 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of crops and left at least 4 million people in need of food assistance in the coming months.


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