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Children are evacuated from school due to flooding in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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The Dender river breaks its banks as it floods parts of Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan. 14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Residents watch from their front door as an extractor pump removes flood water from a house, in a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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A car is submerged by water in a flooded street in Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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A road block is set up at a flooded street in Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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A firefighter talks with residents in a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011, as an extractor pump sprays water from the sandbagged area, protecting houses, back into the river, foreground. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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The road is flooded at a junction near Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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People bury victims of a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. More than 500 people died in Rio state towns after slides hit early Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Haitian police lower the national flag Wednesday in front of the still-damaged presidential palace on the first anniversary of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The poverty-stricken country also has presidential election problems. (Associated Press)
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Homes affected by landslides in the Nova Friburgo municipality of Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil are seen on Thursday in this photo released by Rio de Janeiro's state government. At least 355 people died in Rio state towns after slides hit early Wednesday, and at least 50 people were still missing, officials said. (Associated Press)
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The hardware for an IBM computer called "Watson" is seen after a practice round of the "Jeopardy!" The size of 10 refrigerators, "Watson" bested its human rivals. (Associated Press)
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A rescue worker walks among debris after landslides at Caleme neighborhood in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Driving rains sent tons of rusty red earth sliding into Brazilian mountain towns, killing hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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People walk among debris after landslides at Caleme neighborhood in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Driving rains sent tons of rusty red earth sliding into Brazilian mountain towns, killing hundreds of people and leaving dozens more missing _ lives rescuers hoped to save as they resumed searches Thursday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Cars sit in debris in a flooded street in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Torrential summer rains tore through Rio de Janeiro state's mountains, killing more than 300 people. (AP Photo/Roberto Ferreira, Agencia O Dia)
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People stand on the porch of their home at the edge of landslide damage in the Caleme neighborhood in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Rescue workers search for survivors in collapsed homes destroyed by flooding in the Nova Friburgo municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Torrential summer rains tore through Rio de Janeiro state's mountains, killing more than 300 people. (AP Photo/Gerson Goncalo, Agencia O Dia)
