MORE RAIN, GUSHING FLOOD WATERS THREATEN PAKISTANIS
Baku, August 4 (AZERTAC). Intense rain and gushing flood waters threatened Wednesday to cause more misery in monsoon-bloated Pakistan, where 3 million people are already suffering.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Americans to donate to relief efforts, saying that experience in post-earthquake Haiti showed that small donations can make a big difference.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appealed to residents to curtail expenditures for Ramadan feasts and upcoming independence day celebrations and contribute instead to help their desperate compatriots.
As many as 1,500 people have died in Pakistan`s worst flooding in 70 years.
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