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Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera , Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People use a boat to rescue people stranded in their houses after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani volunteer carries villagers in his boat who were stranded from their houses after heavy rainfall caused flooding in Nowshera, near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Villagers pile up their rescued belongings from houses flooded by heavy rain fall in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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People use a boat to rescue people stranded from their houses after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani gypsy family take care of their livestock after their make-shift house flooded by heavy rain fall in Burhan near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani woman sits at the bank of swollen Nelum river flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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Pakistani villagers try to grab trees floating in the flooded Nelum river in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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People stand at a bank of overflowing steam in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley in Pakistan, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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People with belongings migrate as their houses were flooded following heavy monsoon rains in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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A Pakistani child eats sitting outside as his house was flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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A man lifts a child as a woman sweeps water from her house flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 430 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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People stand at a bank of overflowing steam in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley in Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 300 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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An unidentified woman watches as flames approach her home from a fast moving wildfire near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Seen from Freeway 14, a fast moving wildfire burns near Acton, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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A firefighter looks on as a fast moving wildfire approaches Elizabeth Lake Road in the Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Fire engines pause as flames from a fast moving wildfire approach Elizabeth Lake Road in the Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif., on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Fire rages behind the Lazy T Ranch on Elizabeth Lake Road west of Palmdale Calif., Thursday, July 29, 2010. About 2,000 homes in the community of Leona Valley and parts of Palmdale areas were under evacuation Friday, according to Los Angeles County Fire. (AP Photo AP/Dave Mills)

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A firefighter dons his gear as a fast moving wildfire burns near Palmdale, Calif., on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Two unidentified women load a car with their belongings as flames approach their home from a fast moving wildfire near Palmdale, Calif., on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)