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Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan (AP)

August 29th, 2010

A Pakistani woman displaced by flooding sits on a bed after taking refuge from rising waters on an embankment near the flooded Indus River, near Thatta, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the nation’s history, the…

Audit: US cannot account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds (AP)

July 27th, 2010

FILE - In this Jan 24, 2004 file photo, fires flare off the gas from crude oil at Iraq's oldest oil processing plant in the northern Iraqi town of Baba Gurgur, outside Kirkuk, Iraq. A U.S. audit has found that the Defense Department can't properly account for how it spent about 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding the war-ravaged country.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there is little…

`Immediate’ US aid in drug war slow to help Mexico (AP)

May 21st, 2010

In this photo taken July 3, 2008, a Mexican federal police agent rappels down a helicopter during a sumulation of a police operation on the visit of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. to the Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapalapa section of Mexico City. The United States has spent fourteen percent of the $1.12 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make 'an immediate and important impact' on surging drug cartel violence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The United States has spent a fraction of the $1.1 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make “an immediate and important impact” on surging drug…