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Pakistan appeals for more aid for 33 million people affected by flooding

A family carry belongings from their flooded home by tractor after heavy rain in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province. [AP Photo]

Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an "immense humanitarian response" to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead. The request came even as planes carried supplies to the impoverished country across a humanitarian air bridge.

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