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Lal Pir power generating station which is submerged in flood water further increased the power crisis in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, wears cap, listens the ordeal of flood survivors in Jampur near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Bill Lehr, (above) a federal government scientist, calculates some figures related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while testifying on Capitol Hill during a House energy and environment subcommittee hearing.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brian Matusz delivers to a Texas Rangers batter during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Baltimore.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Bill Lehr, (above) a federal government scientist, calculates some figures related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while testifying on Capitol Hill during a House energy and environment subcommittee hearing.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A tree fallen by Sunday's storm, blocks a street in Silver Spring, Md., near Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. It could take days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people in and around Washington after a storm downed power lines and trees and left four people dead, officials said Monday.

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Dyer Long Road was one of several Putnam County roads destroyed by flood waters near Cookeville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/The Herald-Citizen,Ty Kernea)

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Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (right), the national incident commander for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, helps load a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration boat with rehabilitated Kemp's Ridley sea turtles to be released off the coast of Cedar Key, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

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Rescuers move a victim's body after a landslide 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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People look at a derailed passenger train on a collapsed bridge at the Shiting River in Guanghan in southwest China's Sichuan 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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In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 photo, residents move a damaged car on a street covered by mud after mudslides in Zhouqu county, in northwest China's Gansu province. More rains are expected to hit all across China over in the coming days, with heavy rains forecast for Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Shandong, Liaoning, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces, the Central Meteorological Station said. (AP Photo)

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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)