US Aid Chief Says Threatened In Pakistan -- AFP
WASHINGTON — The US aid chief said Friday he faced a threat when visiting a relief camp in flood-hit Pakistan but pledged that extremists would not deter assistance.
Rajiv Shah, administrator of the US Agency for International Development, said he quickly exited the camp he was touring the southern city of Sukkur on Wednesday at the urging of his security guards.
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