{"id":4740,"date":"2009-05-08T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2009-05-08T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T19:17:04","slug":"world-links-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-northwest-pakistan-pope-visits-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-northwest-pakistan-pope-visits-middle-east\/4740\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Hundreds of Thousands Flee Northwest Pakistan, Pope Visits Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of thousands of people are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/provinces\/09-clashes-curfews-and-displacement-across-malakand-region-szh--07\" target=\"_blank\">fleeing the violence<\/a> in Northwest Pakistan. The U.S. increases its financial aid to Pakistan from $300 million to $700 million for the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI says he has &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1084185.html\" target=\"_blank\">deep respect<\/a>&#8221; for Islam on a visit to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Nigerian government apologizes to its people for hardships caused by <a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200905080082.html\" target=\"_blank\">the country\u2019s fuel scarcity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four British soldiers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2009\/may\/08\/afghanistan-british-soldier-killed-helmand-province\" target=\"_blank\">are killed<\/a> in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the violence in Northwest Pakistan. The U.S. increases its financial aid to Pakistan from $300 million to $700 million for the next fiscal year. 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