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A grain field is flooded by toxic mud outside the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. A third person has died in flooding caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary, rescue services said Tuesday. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster. The government declared a state of emergency in three counties affected by the flooding. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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An aerial view of the broken dike, center right, of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory near Ajka, 156 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The dike broke on Monday, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages. The flood of toxic mud killed killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga)
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An aerial view shows overturned cars in the red sludge yard of a house in Kolontar, 167 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, after the wall of a reservoir containing slurry from an alumina factory in nearby Ajka broke, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga)
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Tunde Erdelyi, left, saves her cat while Janos Kis, right, walks into their yard flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A villager walks through his yard flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. A third person has died in flooding caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary, rescue services said Tuesday. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster. The government declared a state of emergency in three counties affected by the flooding. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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An animal lies dead in the toxic mud, which flooded the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A Hungarian woman reacts while seeing her home flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Janos Kis tries to return to his home flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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People carry salvaged belongings from their homes flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. A third person has died in flooding caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary, rescue services said Tuesday. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster. The government declared a state of emergency in three counties affected by the flooding. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A villager checks his yard flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A villager salvages belongings from her home flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. A third person has died in flooding caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary, rescue services said Tuesday. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster. The government declared a state of emergency in three counties affected by the flooding. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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An aerial view of the red mud covering streets and neighborhood of Kolontar, 167 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, after the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant, in nearby Ajka, with over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundating several villages. The flood of toxic mud killed killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga)
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A Hungarian soldier, wearing a chemical protection gear, cleans a street flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Tunde Erdelyi, left, saves her cat while Janos Kis, right, walks into their yard flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Protesters hold the banner with the picture of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan near the Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, as they demonstrate over a ship collision near the Diaoyu islands (Senkaku islands). (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Haitians in Port-au-Prince scavenge for metal Sept. 30 in the rubble of what was the tax collection office. Millions of Haitians still live on the streets amid pies of rubble from Jan. 12's magnitude 7 earthquake. Much promised aid has not materialized. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry stretches to reach Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick during the first half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Vick was injured on the play. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia Eagles fullback Owen Schmitt leaps over Washington Redskins safety Kareem Moore during the second half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
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Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, early Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Police say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, early Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Police say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
