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In an interview veering from optimism to fatalism, President Zardari of Pakistan talks about the immense challenges of rising from the floods that have inundated his country… Pakistan’s President: ‘I Don’t Think Anybody Will Fully Recover’

From The New York Times: Upstarts Chip Away at Power of Feudal Pakistani Landlords Pakistan is urbanizing fast, and powerful forces of change are chipping away at the landed aristocracy. http://nyti.ms/b4ijOl

From The New York Times: Experience Isn’t Enough in Pakistani Flood Plain In Punjab, a traditional flood plain, officials had at least 48 hours of warning that a torrent was coming. http://nyti.ms/bTWiEM

From The New York Times: Defusing India’s Population Time Bomb Limiting births would allow India time to curb a population that threatens to turn its demography from an asset into a burden. http://nyti.ms/blrPge

From The New York Times: Islamic Center Exposes Mixed Feelings Locally Muslim New Yorkers are grappling deeply with the lingering ambiguities of their place in American society nine years after 9/11. http://nyti.ms/9i6gNO

From The New York Times: U.N. Sounds Alarm on Aid for Pakistan The plight of millions of flood victims has not yet prompted donors to open their hearts and wallets, according to United Nations relief agencies. http://nyti.ms/bq9IkV