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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, U.S. singer Ne-Yo performs during his concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, file)

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People wearing surgical masks leave Shimbashi train station in Tokyo Wednesday, March 16, 2011. The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday's earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Japan Self-Defense Force members search for survivors of the earthquake and tsunami Tuesday in the devastated city of Ofunato, Japan. (Associated Press)

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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan discusses the disaster at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. Mr. Kan said the risks of further radiation leaks are increasing after an explosion at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima. (Bloomberg)

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Mason firefighters work at the home of Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom after a fire early Tuesday, March 15, 2011 caused extensive damage at the home, according to Warren County emergency communication reports. Fire officials in the city of Mason north of Cincinnati say the defensive end and his family were out of town at the time. (AP Photo/Cincinatti Enquirer, Carrie Cochran) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Villagers walk across sea of debris after they visited their homes, which were destroyed by Friday's tsunami, in Minamisanriku, in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Japan's strongest recorded earthquake and subsequent tsunami slammed the country's eastern coast. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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A member of a British rescue team searches for victims in the tsunami-hit area in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, four days after the disastrous earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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People walk along a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on Monday. (Yomiuri Shimbun via Associated Press)

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An evacuee searches name lists for friends in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Monday. On top of the losses of family and friends, evacuees are now faced with the fears of radiation contamination from damaged nuclear facilities. (Associated Press)

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Evacuees gather around candlelight at a blacked-out shelter in Yamamoto, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on Monday, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

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RECOVERY: Japan's Ground Defense Force searches for victims of the disaster with a backdrop of ships that were slammed into buildings. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

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A man checks out a stock price board in Tokyo on Monday as the stock market plunged on its first business day after an earthquake and tsunami laid waste to cities along Japan's northeast coast. (Associated Press)

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Investigators leave the woods at the scene of a shootout at a salvage yard in southwestern Virginia. A gunman opened fire on sheriff's deputies responding to a robbery report at the salvage yard on Sunday, killing two and injuring two others before being killed two hours later after being found nearby. (Associated Press)

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Rescue workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors after he was buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in Minamisanriku in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's northeast coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ohno)

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Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in the South China Sea stand by to move pallets of humanitarian relief supplies across the ship's flight deck to replenish the USNS Rappahannock. The Blue Ridge is ensuring the crew of the Rappahannock is ready if directed to assist with earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Spec. 3rd Class Fidel C. Hart)

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FILE - In a Dec. 12, 2010 file photo, holes in the collapsed Metrodome roof can be seen in Minneapolis. The inflatable roof collapsed after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. The Vikings want taxpayers to foot more than half the cost for a new stadium to replace the Metrodome but key lawmakers say a statewide tax wouldn't pass the Legislature. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

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A firefighter examines the damage of a house in Saito, in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, on Monday, March 14, 2011, after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed the country's eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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A ferry is stranded atop a building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, in northern Japan on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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In this image made from Japan's NTV/NNN Japan television footage, flames from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's Unit 3 rise in Okumamachi, Japan, on Monday, March 14, 2011. The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked the stricken nuclear plant Monday, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and wounding 11 workers. (AP Photo/NTV/NNN Japan)

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In this image made frp, Japan's NTV/NNN Japan television footage, smoke ascends from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's Unit 3 in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, in northern Japan, on Monday, March 14, 2011. The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked Japan's stricken nuclear plant, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and wounding 11 workers. (AP Photo/NTV/NNN Japan)