US aid chief threatened, leaves Pak relief camp

US aid chief threatened, leaves Pak relief camp Washington: Indian-American US aid chief Rajiv Shah has said that he had to leave a relief camp in flood-hit Pakistan in a hurry, after being threatened by extremist elements present there. Shah was the topmost US official to visit Pakistan this week in the aftermath of the devastating flood that has engulfed more than one-fifth of the country affecting over 20 million people. Talking to foreign journalists on his return...
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Obama names Indian American Rajiv Shah as USAID chief

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Indian American to head agro-research for Obama

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