(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: August 25, 2010) Three weeks after massive floods hit Pakistan, the UN says the approximately 800,000 people who are stranded can only be reached by air after road and rail links were cut off. In Vietnam, tropical storm Mindulle has left at least four dead and flooded thousands of hectares of rice fields. The flight recorder of a Chinese airline that crashed Tuesday night has been located, and 42 bodies have been retrieved from the wreckage so far. The U.S. condemns an attack on a hotel in the Somalian capital, which killed 32 people. The Philippines is holding a day of mourning to remember victims of Monday’s bus hijacking. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is going to North Korea to try to free an imprisoned American journalist. 33 miners in Chile who've ben trapped for more than two weeks are receiving food, water and medical supplies but they face a four-month wait to be rescued.