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Excerpt:Pakistan continued to be hit by torrential rains with more than 20 people dying on August 20 in fresh flooding that has crippled several parts of the country over the last weeks.
In the financial capital, Karachi, rainfall reached levels not seen in years disrupting power, phone service, and flights.
Meanwhile, recovery crews looked for bodies and dug through debris in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after deadly floods killed more than 350 people in the region.
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal spoke to people in the Buner district, which was hit by flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
Much of the village h
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Early results showed centrist Rodrigo Paz take the lead, with 32.8 percent of the vote, in surprise outcome.
Bolivia is heading to a presidential run-off between a centrist and right-wing candidate, confirming the end of two decades of government by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), according to the South American country’s electoral council.
With more than 91 percent of the ballots counted on Sunday night, preliminary results showed centrist Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) in the lead, with 32.8 percent of the vote.
Conservative former interim President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, of the Alianza Libre coalition, was in second place, with 26.4 percent of the vote, meaning he will face Paz, the son of former left-leaning President Jaime Paz, in a run-off election on October 19.
