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Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flood camps
Relief and desperation in Pakistan's makeshift flood camps
by  AFP

Makeshift camps have sprung up all over Pakistan -- in schools, along motorways and at military bases -- to give shelter to millions of displaced flood victims. The largest camp in the town was set up at the Pakistan Air Force academy centre, sheltering a further 3,000 people in the accommodation usually reserved for training staff.

Hong Kong court orders search of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's phones
Hong Kong court orders search of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's phones
by  AFP

Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong. Wilson Chan, one of the High Court judges handpicked by the government to try security cases, on Tuesday ruled that police could search Lai's phones, including journalistic materials.

Shelling targets Baghdad's Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics
Shelling targets Baghdad's Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics
by  AFP

Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Monday, a security source said, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he was quitting politics, sparking chaos in which 15 of his supporters were killed. At least seven shells fell in the high-security Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, the security source said late Monday on condition of anonymity.

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