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Chinese paramilitary policemen stand watch on Sunday, April 21, 2013, while rescuers operate backhoes to clear a road damaged by a landslide that was triggered by a strong earthquake in Baosheng township of Lushan County in southwest China's Sichuan province. Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan province killed more than 186 people, China's Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo)
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In a snowstorm, a truck passes near the spot where five members of a back-country snowboarder group were found dead after they were trapped by an avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass on Saturday, April 20, 2013. One snowboarder survived. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Buildings are destroyed by a powerful earthquake at Gucheng village of Longmen Township of Lushan County in Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013, after a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hai Mingwei) NO SALES
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A bucket for placing money for support of residents and first responders is seen here at the Little Czech Bakery in West, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods for blocks and left about 200 other people injured, authorities said Friday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 9, 1999, file photo, fire and smoke rise from a destroyed apartment building in Moscow during an attack blamed on Chechen militants, as Russian Emergency Situations Ministry officers and firefighters try to save people. (AP Photo/Tatiana Makeyeva, file)
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Officials address the media during a news conference in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. Officials are urging residents of Watertown and surrounding towns to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon pitches to the Miami Marlins during a baseball game in Miami on Sunday, April 14, 2013. The Phillies won 2-1. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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This aerial photo shows a view of homes on the North side of the fertilizer plant explosion site on April 18, 2013, in Near West, Texas. A massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Firefighters use flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas, in this photo taken early on Thursday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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** FILE ** Paul McCartney performs at the 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)