Philippines

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Residents of Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, wade through a flooded street after typhoon Conson hit the country on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Residents wade through a flooded street at Las Pinas, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines. The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year has toppled trees and power lines, causing widespread blackouts, canceling flights, classes and suspending work in some government offices. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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People gather at Rizal Park to witness the oath-taking ceremony of Benigno Aquino III as the Philippines' 15th President Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo)

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President Benigno Aquino III delivers his inaugural address shortly after taking his oath as the Philippines' 15th President during inaugural ceremony Wednesday June 30, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Aquino was sworn in Wednesday as the Philippines' 15th president, leading a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promises to deliver from poverty and pervasive corruption. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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President Benigno Aquino III, second from left, and Vice President Jejomar Binay, left, flash the "L" signs for Laban (meaning Fight!) as former Presidents Fidel Ramos, second from right, and Joseph Estrada wave during a song number at the inaugural of Aquino Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Aquino was sworn in Wednesday as the Philippines' 15th president, leading a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promises to deliver from poverty and pervasive corruption. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Newly inaugurated Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center right, salutes military honors upon his arrival at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III offers a toast during his inaugural reception at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Noel Celis, Pool)

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The Philippine's new President Benigno Aquino III, left, toasts with Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams during his inaugural reception at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)

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New Philippine President Benigno Aquino III looks at a portrait of his late mother, former President Corazon Aquino, at the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Aquino was sworn in Wednesday as the Philippines' 15th president, leading a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promises to deliver from poverty and pervasive corruption. (AP Photo/Rolex dela Pena, Pool)

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Michael Jackson impersonator Elmer Capistrano gestures after his performance commemorating the first death anniversary of the legendary king of pop music at a shopping mall in Manila, Philippines Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)