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BBC News - World

The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.

• Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods
  Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province.
  
  
• NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes'
  Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.
  
  
• SA public sector strike suspended
  South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
  
  
• Spain brands Eta ceasefire 'insufficient'
  The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
  
  
• Chinese pilots lied about records
  China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.