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    Monsoon Flooding Creates Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan

    Pakistan's worst floods in more than a century have left three million people homeless. Among the hardest-hit places is the Swat Valley, where two million people were driven away last year by fighting between government forces and the Taliban. That's according to Matthew Green who's currently in Islamabad for the Financial Times .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Pakistan's worst floods in more than a century have left three million people homeless. Among the hardest-hit places is the Swat Valley, where two million people were driven away last year by fighting between government forces and the Taliban. That's according to Matthew Green who's currently in Islamabad for the Financial Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Darrell Satzman

      Producer

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      Matthew Green

      Afghanistan and Pakistan Correspondent, Financial Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    America Leaves Iraq: Is the Mission Accomplished at Last?
    1. 0:00Monsoon Flooding Creates Humanitarian Crisis in PakistanYou’re reading this
    2. 7:39America Leaves Iraq: Is the Mission Accomplished at Last?
    3. 42:24Decision Clears Way for Ground Zero Mosque
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