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By Harriet Barovick, Alexandra Silver, Claire Suddath, Frances Romero, Kristi Oloffson, Kayla Webley and Nate Rawlings Monday, June 28, 2010

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    Heavy rains that began to fall in southeastern France on June 15 caused a series of deadly flash floods that killed at least 19 people. The region's worst flooding since 1827 forced more than 1,000 residents into shelters, left tens of thousands of homes without electricity and resulted in the dispatching of helicopters to aid in rescue efforts. The waters reached a height of about 6 ft. 6 in. (2 m) in some places and swept cars down streets, wreaking the most havoc in the town of Draguignan. Patrick Galois of the French national weather service said, "We've never seen so much rain in the month of June."

    * | Who They're Arresting in Pakistan:

    Colorado construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner was arrested by Pakistani police on June 15 during his self-proclaimed mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. Faulkner, who has no formal military training, was detained in Pakistan's Chitral border district--an area assumed to be the al-Qaeda leader's hideout--and found to be carrying a dagger, a sword, a pistol, night-vision goggles, hashish and Christian literature. Authorities believe he has traveled to Pakistan at least six times since 2002.

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