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Washington residents Lily and Henok Tekle try to assemble a kite for their kids during the annual kite festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. "This thing has been sitting in the closest for a few years. I figured today was probably a good day to bring it out," Mr. Tekle said. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Xander Hosler (right) and his mother, Renita Hosler, keep an eye on their kite as they try to keep it in the air during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. "We've been coming for four years, and this is one of our favorite things to do," said Ms. Hosler, who lives in Silver Spring with Xander. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Xander Hosler runs with his kite as he tries to keep it in the air during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. "We've been coming for four years, and this is one of our favorite things to do," said his mother, Renita Hosler, who lives in Silver Spring with Xander. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Richard Almon of Seven Corners, Va., tries to undo a knot in his kite during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. "I borrowed it from a friend, so I really need to fix this thing and get it back to her in one piece," he said. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Jason Dylan Miletic, 2, gets tangled up in a kite during the annual Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. His family came to Washington from New York to see the cherry blossoms, the monuments and the kite festival. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Kaziah Hall of the West Indian American Kite Association prepares to launch a large kite during the annual Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Kites soar near the Washington Monument during the annual kite festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. After 44 years of Smithsonian sponsorship, this was the first year the kite festival was put on by the National Cherry Blossom Festival. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Claire Tarallo, 5, of Herndon, Va., walks with her Disney kite as she prepares to try to get it into the air during the annual Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Claire Tarallo (left), 5, Nora Tarallo, 3, and dad Brian Tarallo take a break from flying their kites to eat lunch during the annual kite festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. The family is from Herndon, Va. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Xian Lin, of Potomac, flies his kite Sunday during the Blossom Kite Festivalon the Mall. His elaborate kite featured the mascots from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. To mark the transition from the Smithsonian Kite Festival to the first Blossom Kite Festival, this year's suggested theme was spring and blossom-inspired kites. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Claire Tarallo, 5, of Herndon, tries to get her Disney kite aloft Sunday at the annual kite festival on the Mall. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Kites soar high above the flags at the base of the Washington Monument during the annual kite festival on the Mall. After 44 years of Smithsonian Institution sponsorship, this was the first year the kite festival was an event sponsored by the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which began March 26 and ended Sunday. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski places a candle at the memorial dedicated to his twin brother, Lech, and the other passengers who died in the plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, on April 10, 2010. (Associated Press)

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This photo provided by Disney Parks, shows an artist's rendering that depicts the proposed Shanghai Disney Resort. Walt Disney Co. and its Shanghai partner broke ground Friday, April 8, 2011 for a long-awaited theme park that Disney hopes will draw legions of newly affluent Chinese and provide a cornerstone for its brand in the world's most populous country. (AP Photo/Disney Parks)

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Tour guide Karen Van Gilder describes the rich history of the artwork in the rotunda at the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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This image provided by the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Thursday, April 7, 2011 shows a proposal for a space shuttle exhibit in New York. Enterprise will go to New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum for display in a glass enclosure on a Manhattan pier on the Hudson River, next to the aircraft carrier that houses the museum. (AP Photo/Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum)