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More-careful local management of development in the floodplains results in construction practices that can reduce flood loss and the high costs associated with flood disasters to all levels of government . Meanwhile , another pertinent question revolves around European resolve on this subject , given the German elections culminating in a new , conservative chancelor , Angela Merkel , keen on closer trans-Atlantic relations with the United States ( even though the outgoing left coalition will keep the post of foreign minister ) . While unlikely given the high level of mistrust between China and Japan , it is not impossible given the unprecedented trade and investment interdependence between the three states - China is India and Japan 's second largest trading partner after the US . NFIP coverage is available to all owners and occupants of insurable property ( a building and / or its contents ) in a community participating in the NFIP . You may keep premiums down by accepting a higher deductible . In August 1983 , the Administrator extended an invitation to all licensed property and casualty insurance companies to participate in the WYO , and as of October 1988 , over 200 insurance companies had signed arrangements with FIA to sell and service flood insurance under their own names . Pakistan refused an offer of Indian helicopters and disaster management experts to help distribute aid and ruled out a joint rescue operation , given the proximity of the earthquake to the LoC . Safa Haeri is a Paris-based Iranian journalist covering the Middle East and Central Asia . Of particular speculation has been the fate of Osama bin Laden , whom several Indian intelligence agencies believe has been holed up in Pakistani Kashmir , given the heat of joint US-Pakistani forces in the western front with Afghanistan . The sole Muslim regime to have openly made the destruction of the Jewish state a pillar principle of its foreign policy , Iran is now more isolated than ever before in the region , in the Muslim community and in the world , as Israel has diplomatic relations with most Muslim nations in Central Asia .