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Landslides cut valley in Pakistani Kashmir
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) Jul 26, 2006 Landsildes triggered by monsoon rain have blocked vital road links in Pakistani Kashmir, hampering movement of thousands of people, officials said Wednesday. Torrential rains which started on Monday and subsequent landslides cut off the scenic Neelum valley's only link with Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani administered Kashmir, adminstration official Fayyaz Ali Abbasi said. Army and civil engineers teams were busy clearing the landslides but rain was hampering the efforts, he said. Twelve people who survived last year's major earthquake in the area were killed in a landslide at a camp on Monday near Muzaffarabad. Abbasi said some 10,000 survivors had been shifted to safer locations away from landslide-prone areas. A 7.6-magnitude quake on October 8 claimed more than 73,000 lives, seriously injured nearly 70,000 people and left 3.3 million homeless in Pakistan. More than 1,000 also died in Indian Kashmir. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Stora Enso soars into profit in second quarter
Helsinki (AFP) Jul 26, 2006 Finnish forestry group Stora Enso reported on Wednesday a return to profit in the second quarter of the year, after a loss in the same quarter last year that was brought on by six weeks of strikes and a lockout. |
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