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8/20/10

The Problem with Pakistan: Why Europe Has Been Slow to Help Flood Victims - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

"Why Europe Has Been Slow to Help Flood Victims

Three weeks after the Pakistan floods claimed their first victims, Europe is finally reacting. Why did Western countries take so long to provide aid? Is this a case of complacency or prejudice, or is there a deeper malaise?

Europe's citizens and governments have been very slow to respond to three weeks of disastrous flooding in Pakistan. Prejudice, complacency, insufficient reporting: there are many reasons for the slow pace of the reaction, but as the European press points out, whatever the excuses, they cannot be justified."

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