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A man walks past a message board for passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, March 21, 2014. Planes are flying out of Australia again to search for two objects detected by satellite that may be debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

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Philadelphia Flyers' Brayden Schenn, center, flies into Dallas Stars' Tim Thomas, left, after a collision with Jordie Benn during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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National Edition Opinion cover for March 21, 2014 - When climate theory collides with reality (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines, MH370 watch a TV news program about the plane at a hotel ballroom in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean spotted by satellite imagery were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Lt. j.g. Kyle Atakturk, left, and Lt. j.g. Nicholas Horton, pilot a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon during a mission to assist in search and rescue operations for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Wednesday March 19, 2014. Military planes from Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand have been searching for the plane in a region over the southern Indian Ocean that was narrowed down from 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) to 305,000 square kilometers (117,000 square miles). (AP Photo/US Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric A. Pastor)

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Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines, MH370 wait for news about the plane at a hotel ballroom in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean spotted by satellite imagery were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Selamat Omar, 60, father of one of the passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, speaks to the media at a hotel in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. One of the objects spotted by satellite imagery had a dimension of 24 meters (almost 80 feet) and the other one was smaller. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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A relative of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines, MH370, left, is surrounded by journalists as he leaves after learning about the latest debris field found in a remote part of the Indian Ocean near Australia at a hotel in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Hotel staff stand next to messages written to people involved with the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370 at a hotel in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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This graphic made Wednesday, March 19, 2014 and released by Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Thursday, March 20, 2014, shows an area in the southern Indian Ocean that the AMSA is concentrating its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on. AMSA response division manager John Young has identified their search will cover a massive 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) area, saying it will take weeks to search thoroughly. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot said Thursday that two objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have been spotted on satellite imagery in the Indian Ocean and an air force aircraft was diverted to the area to try to locate them. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)

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Emily Boyd, 8, of Columbia, S.C. walks along the fence near the Washington Monument which is set to reopen in May, Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 20, 2014. The monument has been closed since 2011 for earthquake damage repairs.) (andrew harnik/the washington times)

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Construction workers take a break near the Washington Monument on Thursday. Construction on the landmark began in late 2012 after an earthquake sent a jolt down the East Coast in August 2011.