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Video: There's a School on a Solar Panel-Powered Boat in Bangladesh? Yep!

A scene from the documentary
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Filmmaker Glenn Baker hopes to re-frame American views of the South Asian region through Easy Like Water, a documentary about a Bangladeshi architect's quest to bring education to flooded areas of his homeland.

October 30th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Braving the Flood in Philippines

A man bikes through a flooded field in Laguna, Philippines on August 10, 2012. (IRRI Images/Flickr)
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A man bikes through a flooded field in Laguna, Philippines on August 10, 2012. (IRRI Images/Flickr)

October 30th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Displaced by Floods, Two Boys Take in the View

Two boys look out over a large relief camp on September 23, 2010.
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China is to give another 200 million USD in emergency flood aid to Pakistan, Premier Wen Jiabao announced during a visit to New York for a UN anti-poverty summit.

September 23rd by | Comments

Photo of the Day: On Higher Ground, A Vantage Point

Pakistani children living in the town of Faridabad, cut off by surrounding flood waters, climb a tree to watch a navy helicopter evacuating residents to safer ground.
Lifestyle Pakistani children living in the town of Faridabad, cut off by surrounding flood waters, climb a tree to watch a navy helicopter evacuating residents to safer ground
September 14th by Jeff Tompkins | Comments

Eid Celebrated With Mixed Feelings This Year

Indonesian female Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Bali's Bajra Sandhi monument and park in Denpasar on September 10, 2010 marking the end of holy month of Ramadan. (Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images)
Lifestyle Not all Muslim countries in Asia are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Deadly flooding in Pakistan and violence in Indian-administered Kashmir have set a somber mood this holiday season.
September 10th by | Comments

Sectarian Violence Rises Amid Floods in Pakistan

Pakistani Shiite Muslim men help injured blast victims at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Quetta on September 3, 2010. (Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hassan Abbas, Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow, explained that the Pakistani Taliban's attacks on Shiites would not weaken their campaign against the army or Nato.

September 10th by | Comments

Pakistan's Deadly Floods

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Hassan Abbas speaks to Bloomberg about the recent flooding in Pakistan.

August 31st by Jennifer Mattson | Comments

Pakistan Paralyzed

A boy who gave his name as Jeeshan stands outside his tent in a camp set up by the Pakistani army inside a college on the outskirts of Nowshera on August 2, 2010. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ongoing torrential rains have caused northwest Pakistan to drown.

August 3rd by | Comments

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