Pakistan in crisis

With no end in sight to flooding crisis in Pakistan, the United States government has increased aid to $150 million.

Photo by: Mohammad Sajjad

Flood survivors collect their belonging amid of rubble of their houses as water recede in Aza Kheil, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Massive flooding in Pakistan appears to be draining support for the already-weak civilian government while boosting the powerful military, a blow to U.S. and domestic hopes for a strong Pakistani democracy capable of undercutting the allure of al-Qaida and the Taliban.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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