"In such environment, these terrorist networks
flourish
actually and would love to
deepen
division among Iraqi politicians to
apportion
blame on
each other in order to create as much chaos as possible."
Evidence is emerging that the devastating floods in Pakistan are worsening with new reports of rising floodwaters, thousands more people in urgent need of shelter while crops and livestock have been destroyed in isolated communities which can now be supplied only by air. A senior minister in the province of Sindh says his team are on a war footing. The chief of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says that a
significant
amount of crops such as rice, maize and vegetables have been destroyed.
Art collectors in Italy have been duped out of nearly $9 million after buying fake paintings. Police arrested 12 people for forgery. Five hundred works were seized, including copies of paintings by Matisse, Magritte and Fontana. Duncan Kennedy reports from Rome.
The counterfeits
came to light
during police raids on the homes of dozens of legitimate art collectors across Italy. Investigators say the collectors have bought the pictures on the Internet
in good faith
. The fraud was discovered after police monitored payment transactions on well-known websites and by consulting art historians.
The police say the fakes were of good quality with the forgers