Flood-ravaged Pakistan marks independence with solemnity.Islamabad, Pakistan CNN August 14, 2010
Pakistan marked its 63rd birthday Saturday in the befitting a nation one-fifth under water.
That's how much of the south Asian country -- an area the size of Florida - - has flooded in relentless monsoon rains, the United Nations say. Nearly 1,400 people have died and 875,000homes have washed away or are damaged, the Pakistan Disaster Authority says.
