Pakistan's Floods, Political, And Insurgency Crisis Deepens

Zardari's Trip To Europe Fuels Resentment As Pakistan Reels From Deadly Floods -- Washington Post

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A politician with a 20 percent approval rating might not appear to have much to lose.

But Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, his standing already seemingly at rock bottom, elicited a new level of public scorn this week.

With much of his nation under water following the worst flooding to hit Pakistan in living memory, Zardari has been touring Europe. As helicopters rescued stranded residents from the surging river waters, Zardari choppered to his family's chateau in France. After riots and a suicide bomber wreaked further havoc, Zardari dined in the English countryside with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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