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An injured Cambodian is carried by a another visitor after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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An injured Cambodian is helped by other visitors after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Friends and families of miners trapped after an explosion at the Pike River coal mine leave a briefing with police and company officials in Greymouth, New Zealand, after visiting the Pike River coal mine, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)
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Families of miners missing underground of the Pike River coal mine react in Greymouth, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Rescue officials on Monday were preparing to send a high-tech robot into a mine tunnel to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels three days after an explosion left 29 miners missing underground. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)
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The entrance to the Pike River coal mine is cordoned off in Greymouth, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Anguished relatives of 29 workers missing after an explosion at the coal mine grew frustrated over delays in the rescue operation Sunday, as officials prepared to drill a small hole through hundreds of feet (meters) of rock to test for levels of deadly gasses. (AP Photo/Pool)
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The entrance to the Pike River coal mine is cordoned off in Greymouth, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Anguished relatives of 29 workers missing after an explosion at the coal mine grew frustrated over delays in the rescue operation Sunday, as officials prepared to drill a small hole through hundreds of feet (meters) of rock to test for levels of deadly gasses. (AP Photo/Pool)
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Pike River Mine Ltd. Chief Executive Peter Whittall attends a morning media briefing on miners missing underground of the Pike River coal mine in Greymouth, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Rescue officials on Monday were preparing to send a high-tech robot into a mine tunnel to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels three days after an explosion left 29 miners missing underground. At right is police superintendent Gary Knowles. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)
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A coach carrying the families of 29 miners trapped underground arrives near the Pike River coal mine, Greymouth, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Anguished relatives of the workers missing after an explosion at the coal mine grew frustrated over delays in the rescue operation Sunday, as officials prepared to drill a small hole through hundreds of feet (meters) of rock to test for levels of deadly gasses. (AP Photo/NZPA, Tim Cuff)
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Families of miners missing underground of the Pike River coal mine react in Greymouth, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Rescue officials on Monday were preparing to send a high-tech robot into a mine tunnel to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels three days after an explosion left 29 miners missing underground. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Michael Nolan Hanmer Monk, 23, of Greymouth, New Zealand pauses before the camera. Monk is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Terry David Kitchin, 41, Runanga, New Zealand poses before the camera. Kitchin is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Zen Wodin Drew, 21, of Greymouth, New Zealand poses before the camera. Drew is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Joseph Ray Dunbar, 17, of Greymouth, New Zealand poses before the camera. Dunbar is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Allan John Dixon, 59, of Rununga, New Zealand poses before the camera. Dixon is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Samuel Peter McKie, 26, of Greymouth, New Zealand poses before the camera. McKie is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner David Mark Hoggart, 33, of Foxton, New Zealand poses before the camera. Hogart is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Kane Barry Nieper, 33, of Greymouth, New Zealand poses before the camera. Nieper is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Blair David Sims, 28, of Greymouth, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Sims is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Peter O'Neill, 55, of Rununga, New Zealand, poses before the camera. O'Neill is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)
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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Keith Thomas Valli, 62, of Winton, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Valli is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)