At least 441 people have died in floods in India from this season’s monsoon rains, federal authorities said in their latest report. Flooding has affected more than 1.5 million people in parts of India, said the disaster management division of the federal home ministry.
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Ex-ICC chief: Future bleak for Pakistan cricket
It will be years before international cricket can be played again in Pakistan following the brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, the former chief of cricket’s world governing body said Wednesday. Ehsan Mani, who was president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from 2003 to 2006, also said the attack puts plans for the the 2011 World Cup — scheduled to be played in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and two other countries in the South Asia region — in doubt. Pakistani Mani, who served for seven years on his country’s national cricket board before taking over at the ICC, said Tuesday’s attack poses a “huge threat” to the subcontinent’s most favored sport