FLOODS and landslides across Asia plunged millions into misery yesterday as rubble-strewn waters killed at least 127 in north-western China and four million Pakistanis faced food shortages amid their country’s worst-ever flooding.

Police in northern Pakistan said today that they had detained an American armed with a pistol who claimed to have been on a mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

A moderate earthquake rattled northern Pakistan and Afghanistan but there are no reports of injuries or damage.

As many as 34 passengers were feared dead today after the bus they were in fell into a river in northern Pakistan.

THE US has struck deals with Russia and neighbouring countries allowing it to transport supplies to American troops in Afghanistan through their territory, the head of US Central Command said yesterday.

THE Red Cross appealed yesterday for $7.8 million (€6m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The Red Cross appealed today for US$7.8m (€6.1m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The death toll from the earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in south-western Pakistan rose to 215 today.

More than 100 people have been killed in an earthquake in south-western Pakistan today.

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Six people in northern Pakistan were infected with H5N1 bird flu last month and at least one person has died of the disease, the government said today.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote and mountainous area of north-east Afghanistan today, shaking buildings in the capital and as far away as Pakistan, Tajikistan and India.

Harsh winter weather is threatening to cut off more than 300,000 survivors of last year’s killer South Asian earthquake from critical food supplies, the United Nations warned today, as the season’s first snows began to fall.

Pakistan’s army spokesman today said the military used intelligence provided by US-led coalition forces in an air raid that left 80 people dead, while thousands of pro-Taliban tribesmen threatened to send suicide bombers to attack Pakistan forces and execute people found spying for the Americans.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was felt in south-western Pakistan today, but there were no immediate damage reports.

Over 1,000 survivors of last year’s earthquake held a rally outside Parliament in the Pakistani capital Islamabad today to protest delays in releasing compensation to them for rebuilding homes.

Over 1,000 survivors of last year’s earthquake held a rally outside Parliament in the Pakistani capital Islamabad today to protest delays in releasing compensation to them for rebuilding homes.

IRAN yesterday rejected US and Danish accusations the government had inflamed last week’s violent protests against western embassies in Tehran over caricatures of Mohammed and demanded an apology.

The United Nations last week temporarily grounded all helicopters involved in earthquake relief work in northern Pakistan due to growing anger over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in Western media, an official said today.

Conditions could quickly deteriorate even further for millions of earthquake victims in northern Pakistan when the spring thaw in the icy mountains may unleash a torrent of landslides and floods, the United Nations says.

A bus fell into a river today in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, leaving at least 22 people dead and 24 more injured, an official said.

The International community must pledge more aid to earthquake-hit Pakistan or more people will die, a Government minister warned tonight.

Already reeling from the earthquake that shattered their region, villagers in a scenic Kashmir village are now facing a new calamity – nearly half are suffering from skin disease, respiratory problems or other cold related-illness, health officials said today.

HUNDREDS more survivors of Pakistan’s huge earthquake sought treatment yesterday for weather- related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said.

Hundreds more survivors of Pakistan’s huge earthquake sought treatment today for weather-related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said.

THE head of the UN refugee agency, stunned by the damage in earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan, warned yesterday that urgent work is needed to avert further tragedy as troops race against time to get aid to the most vulnerable before the frigid Himalayan winter sets in.

Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made a low-key visit to earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan today, UN refugee agency officials said.

The head of the UN refugee agency, stunned by the damage in earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan, warned that urgent work is needed to avert further tragedy as troops race against time to get aid to the most vulnerable before the frigid Himalayan winter sets in.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warned of a “gigantic task” ahead for quake recovery efforts in northern Pakistan, while aid groups warned that emergency help was urgently needed even as donor nations gather to discuss long-term reconstruction.

NEARLY six weeks after Pakistan’s killer earthquake, people with untreated injuries are still being brought down from remote mountain settlements.

DOCTORS fanned out yesterday to immunise children in Pakistan’s earthquake zone against measles and other diseases ahead of winter, but they warned they may not have enough money to finish the job.

Two separate bus crashes killed at least 21 people in quake-stricken northern Pakistan today, a police official said, posing new difficulties for emergency workers in a region where more than 86,000 people died in last month’s disaster.

India handed tents for earthquake victims to Pakistan today at a much-heralded opening of their disputed Kashmir border – a mostly symbolic act of cooperation after the region’s huge October 8 quake.

A severe aftershock jolted northwestern Pakistan today, a day after India sharply curtailed plans to open its Kashmir border to help survivors of the region’s massive earthquake.

The US military resumed relief flights in northern Pakistan today but would stay a “safe distance” from where one of its choppers allegedly came under attack as it ferried supplies to victims of the massive earthquake in divided Kashmir, a spokesman said.

FORECASTS of rain showers and light snow on earthquake-hit regions of northern Pakistan are threatening to compound the misery of hundreds of thousands of people living with little or no shelter.

Pakistan’s top army spokesman today claimed that a 26-year-old man has been pulled alive from the rubble of his quake-ruined home in northern Pakistan more than three weeks after South Asia’s massive earthquake, but a doctor treating the man said he doubted such a tale could be possible.

Forecasts of rain showers and light snow on earthquake-hit regions of northern Pakistan today threatened to compound the misery of hundreds of thousands of people living in the open with little or no shelter.

Countries and other donors told the United Nations today they were pledging an additional £300m (€440m) for Pakistani earthquake victims, but UN officials said it was unclear how much was going to combined emergency relief efforts.

United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has sent letters to every world leader appealing for urgent contributions to help Pakistan’s earthquake victims.

Nato allies today agreed to dispatch hundreds of military engineers, medics and other troops to reinforce the earthquake relief effort in Pakistan.

Nato was today debating a plan to send hundreds of military engineers to quake-hit Pakistan, as well as medical units to set up a field hospital for the injured there.

A WHOLE generation had been wiped out in the areas most devastated by the weekend’s huge earthquake in Pakistan, a military spokesman said yesterday, as UNICEF estimated up to 40,000 had been killed in the disaster.