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A pig stand on the mud while people work on a landslide hit in Gongshan county, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Rescuers dug through the debris of China's latest landslide Thursday in a search for at least 90 people thought buried when a wall of mud crashed into their mountain town in southwestern China. (AP Photo)
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Rescuers pull out a victim out of the mud, following a landslide in Gongshan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. China struggled to cope with widespread storms that left dozens missing and presumed dead Thursday as rescuers cleaned up a mudslide-stricken town, while two passenger train cars plunged into a river after crossing a flood-damaged bridge. (AP Photo)
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Rescuers move a victim's body after a landslide hit Gongshan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. China struggled to cope with widespread storms that left dozens missing and presumed dead Thursday as rescuers cleaned up a mudslide-stricken town, while two passenger train cars plunged into a river after crossing a flood-damaged bridge. (AP Photo)
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A woman grieves for relatives missing at the landslide hit Gongshan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. China struggled to cope with widespread storms that left dozens missing and presumed dead Thursday as rescuers cleaned up a mudslide-stricken town, while two passenger train cars plunged into a river after crossing a flood-damaged bridge. (AP Photo)
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Plane crash survivor Jim Morhard looks on during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Plane crash surviviors Jim Morhard, left, and Kevin O'Keefe look on during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Vice President Joe Biden shakes hand with plane crash survivior Kevin O'Keefe during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Mid-Atlantic Builders is building 577 single-family homes at the Villages of Savannah in Brandywine. The homes have 2,451 to 3,859 finished square feet, with base prices from $396,990 to $499,990.
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The Somerset model at the Villages of Savannah features a dramatic two-story family room with a wall of windows and an adjacent breakfast area and center-island kitchen wrapped in walls of windows.
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Cartons of fresh eggs are priced at a local market in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, and health officials on Wednesday dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS INSET: Miriam Moran prays with Shawn Heggi and Gary Carrera (left) in a vacant lot off Barton Road in Loma Linda, Calif. Mr. Heggi's unconventional ministry, which caters to worshippers on the go, is located near a traffic-heavy intersection and two hospitals.
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As flood survivors climb on a truck with donated relief goods in Punjab province, one throws a water bottle at a passing truck. (Associated Press)
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A boy receives relief food at a camp in southern Pakistan. Floods have killed about 1,500 people and affected 20 million more. (Associated Press)
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A boy receives relief food at a camp for flood affected people on the outskirt of Sukkur, in southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010. The floodwaters that have ravaged Pakistan will not recede fully until the end of August, the country's top meteorologist said, a grim forecast for the more than 20 million people living homeless or otherwise affected by the deluge. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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A Pakistani man passes by a toppled passenger bus along a flooded street in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari shake hands as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, looks on during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Medvedev on Wednesday offered Pakistan support in dealing with catastrophic floods as he hosted leaders of Afghan, Pakistan and Tajikistan for talks on efforts to stabilize the region. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
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People wait for an army boat near a railway track damaged by floodwaters in Sultan Kot, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said reconstruction and rehabilitation will be a "big test" for Pakistan once floodwaters recede. Photographer: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg
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A man watches a highway as it disappears under floodwaters in Sultan Kot, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said reconstruction and rehabilitation will be a "big test" for Pakistan once floodwaters recede. Photographer: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg
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A United Arab Emirates Chinook carries food supply over Taunsa Sharif in Punjab province flooded areas on it's way to Retra town about 55 kms north west of Multan, Pakistan,Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Pakistan senior meteorologist Arif Mahmood said floodwaters won't fully recede until the end of the month, and existing river torrents were still heading to major cities such as Hyderabad and Sukkur in the south.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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People stand in a queue to get relief food at a camp for flood affected people on the outskirt of Sukkur, in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010. The floodwaters that have ravaged Pakistan will not recede fully until the end of August, the country's top meteorologist said, a grim forecast for the more than 20 million people living homeless or otherwise affected by the deluge. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
