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Cargo boxes on board the MSC Chitra, operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co., fall from the deck into the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The city's Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India's busiest container harbor, suspended operations as salvage workers tried to recover hundreds of cargo boxes from the vessel following a collision on Saturday. (Pal Pillai/Bloomberg)

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Cargo boxes on board the MSC Chitra, operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co., fall from the deck into the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The city's Jawaharlal Nehru Port, India's busiest container harbor, suspended operations as salvage workers tried to recover hundreds of cargo boxes from the vessel following a collision on Saturday. (Pal Pillai/Bloomberg)

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This Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, photo shows the MSC Chitra (background) becoming submerged after it collided Saturday with the MV Khalijia II (unseen) in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India. Indian coast guard ships were working Monday to minimize the impact of an oil spill from the collision, news reports said. (AP Photo)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left) and Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (right) applaud as Letitia A. Long (center) is hugged by James Clapper, director of national intelligence, after becoming the new director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, at the agency in Springfield, Va. Adm. Murrett is the outgoing director of the agency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others are still burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Soldiers carry a rescued woman on a stretcher after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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Rescuers clinging to a rope-tied makeshift float search for victims in a flooded area after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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A woman cries for her missing family members after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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People on a second-floor balcony help a woman who tries to reach the lower floor, partially buried in mud, to fetch belongings after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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Rescuers and residents walk on a road covered by rocks and mud near a collapsed building after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers clear up debris by hand to search for missing people in landslide-hit Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu Province on Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Jianjun)

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Chinese paramilitary policemen on a rescue mission march past the body of a victim of Sunday's disaster placed on the roadside in Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture in northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Residents walk past a police station covered by a mudslide in the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture in northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, just one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A man takes a picture of the devastated town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture in northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, just one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)