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Crew members of a Pakistani navy helicopter unload relief supplies at a flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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People affected by the heavy flooding are evacuated in a U. S. Chinook helicopter, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in Kalam, Pakistan. U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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A U. S. military Chinook helicopter flies over a flooded area to supply food relief and evacuate stranded flood victims in Kalam, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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A crew member of a Pakistan army helicopter helps villagers to get off after being rescued from a flood-hit area in Basera near Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Rescue workers search for victims as a disinfectant crew spays the area after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Entire communities in Gansu province's Zhouqu district were swallowed up when the debris-choked Bailong River jumped its banks Sunday, releasing wave after wave of mud and rubble-strewn water. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Residents place a body on a stretcher near rescue workers digging for more bodies after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to more than 1,000 and the hopes of finding more survivors faded. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Rescue workers search for victims after a mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. The disaster in China's Gansu province was caused when a debris-blocked swollen river burst, swamping entire mountain villages. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A man wearing a mask to protect from the smell looks over an area destroyed by a mud slide swept that into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese soldiers disinfect the mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease. (AP Photo)
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A Chinese soldier disinfects the mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease. (AP Photo)
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Rescue workers continue to dig for victims of a mudslide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to more than 1,000 and the hopes of finding more survivors faded. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Residents rest from their effort to recover bodies after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to more than 1,000 and the hopes of finding more survivors faded. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese soldiers rest from efforts to recover bodies after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to more than 1,000 and the hopes of finding more survivors faded. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk among disaster relief tents set up at the No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed the remote section of northwestern China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang He)
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A Chinese soldier rests on his shovel during an effort to dig out victims a mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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In this July 8, 2010, photo, shipping containers are off-loaded at the Port of Miami in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This NOAA satellite image taken on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Depression 5 spreading across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of an Emergency Ministry Beriev Be-200 amphibian multirole jet flying a water drop over forest fires in Russia's Ryazan region, some 111 miles southeast of Moscow, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
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This Aug. 5, 2010 satellite image provided by NASA shows an ice island that has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland. A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles (260 sq. kilometers) _ more than four times the size of New York's Manhattan Island. (AP Photo/NASA)
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A press conference sponsored by Alaska Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski was held in support of opening ANWR, the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, to oil drilling, in the Senate in Congress in Washington DC, on Friday, October 28, 2005. ( Roey Yohai / The Washington Times )
