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Volunteers clear debris from flood-hit Chitral villages

CHITRAL: In a show of community resilience, a number of civil society organisations, paramilitary personnel and student volunteers rushed to the flood-affected villages of Jughur and Broze on Sunday to help clear mud and debris left behind by last week’s flash floods.

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Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China, more than one million evacuated

Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall on China’s eastern coast, bringing torrential rain and hurricane-force winds with more than one million people evacuated. Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall near Yuhuan in eastern Zhejiang province at about 5:30pm (09:30 GMT) on Sunday, according to China’s…

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The Quiet Vietnamese

Landlocked Laos needs counterweights to its massive neighbor, China, if is to avoid being paralyzed by debt. The most obvious choice is Vietnam.

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