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Mon 08 Aug 2010Pakistan flood aid 'too slow'
Pakistani flood victims, burning straw and waving sticks, blocked a highway today to demand government help as aid agencies warned relief was too slow to arrive for millions without clean water, food and homes.
Public anger has grown in the two weeks of floods, highlighting potential political troubles for an unpopular government overwhelmed by a disaster that has disrupted the lives of at least a tenth of its 170 million people.
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