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More rains hit flooded Pakistan, Islamists step up (AP)

August 7th, 2010

** CORRECT NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER TO MOHAMMAD SAJJAD ** A Pakistani flood-affected person use plastic sheet to protect himself from rain as he sleep along the roadside in Azakhel near Pabbi, in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan on Saturday and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hard-line Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government's patchy response. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Authorities evacuated thousands of Pakistanis living along expanding rivers on Saturday as forecasts predicted even more heavy rain could deepen the country’s flood crisis. As the prime minister appealed for national solidarity, hardline Islamists rushed to fill in the gaps in the government’s aid effort.


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