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In this picture taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a Pakistani family flees a flooded village, on the outskirts of Bannu, Pakistan. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in the most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Ijaz Mohammad)
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Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flooded village near Nowshera, Pakistan, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani stranded villagers wait for help at the flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani women wait for transport to move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Daughter of Mohammad Asim, a civilian killed in a protest, wails inside an ambulance outside a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 30, 2010. Paramilitary soldiers fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing two men and wounding at least 12 others, police said as protests against Indian rule spread across the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Paramedics carry the body of Showket Ahmad on a stretcher inside a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 30, 2010. Paramilitary soldiers fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing two men and wounding at least 12 others, police said as protests against Indian rule spread across the region. Showket was one of two civilian killed during a protest in Sopore, some 50 Kilometers (31 miles) northwest of Srinagar. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri women shout freedom slogans as they accompany others carrying the bodies of two civilians outside a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 30, 2010. Paramilitary soldiers fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing two men and wounding at least 12 others, police said as protests against Indian rule spread across the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Relatives and friends of Showket Ahmad wail near his body inside an ambulance outside a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 30, 2010. Paramilitary soldiers fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing two men and wounding at least 12 others, police said as protests against Indian rule spread across the region. Showket was one of two civilian killed during a protest in Sopore, some 31 miles northwest of Srinagar. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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From left, Maria Duran, Maria Uribe and Giornia Sanchez march in protest Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Associated Press PROTEST PARADE: Immigrant rights advocates march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to demand full repeal of Arizona's new illegals law. The Obama administration is considering a backdoor approach to stop many deportations.
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Soldiers watch Mr. Abhisit's April 12, 2009, speech from Government House in Bangkok announcing a state of emergency aimed at stemming anti-government protests across the country.
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** FILE ** Protesters gather on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Protesters join hands as police block the street Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix during a rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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** FILE ** A group supporting Arizona's immigration law, which opponents say fuels a climate of racism, shout at a coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters calling for a full repeal of the law on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A protester is arrested Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix while rallying against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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With the Statue of Liberty behind them, a coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday July 29, 2010, in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday July 29, 2010, in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
