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North Korea's Kim Jong-il (left) and China's Hu Jintao embrace in Changchun, China, Friday. Kim's chosen successor apparently did not go. (China Central Television via Associated Press)

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Mount Sinabung, near Karo on North Sumatra in Indonesia, erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Mongolian Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar answers questions during a Cabinet meeting aimed at drawing attention to climate change held in Gashuunii Khooloi, a sandy valley in South Gobi province, Mongolia. Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading "Save our planet" and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for the Cabinet meeting held in scorching heat Friday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Asigang)

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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years, causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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A villager rides a buffalo cart with a backdrop of Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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Pakistani flood survivors loot relief goods from a truck in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints.(AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Pakistani flood survivors who fled their villages live on an embankment in Sajawal near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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A Pakistani man gestures as they travel with their belongings in Wassande Waali, Muzaffargarh district, Punjab Province, Pakistan on Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Thai veterinarian Phimchanok Srongmongkul feeds a baby tiger cub at the Wildlife Health Unit at the Department of National Parks in Bngkok, Thailand, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Thai authorities found the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Thai veterinarian Phimchanok Srongmongkul holds a baby tiger cub after feeding at the Wildlife Health Unit at the Department of National Parks in Bngkok Thailand on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Thai authorities found the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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A close up view of wheat crop, in a field in Acomb, northeast England, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat, one of the world's oldest and most important crops, a development they hope could help breed better strains of the global food staple. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

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In this April 2010 photo released by scientist Indraneil Das shows a Microhyla nepenthicola male frog that was discovered in the jungle on Borneo island in Malaysia. One of the world's tiniest frogs, barely larger than a pea, has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made the accidental discovery said Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Indraneil Das)

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In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES.

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Fishermen and others gather at the beach in the fishing village of Popotla, Mexico, about 15 miles south of the U.S. border. Illegals are increasingly departing by sea from Popotla and elsewhere as land corridors are increasingly closed. (Associated Press)