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A portrait of Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, left, and Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, hangs at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Un stood at his father's right side today as they reviewed troops, tanks and missiles in a Pyongyang military parade. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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A member of the North Korean military attends a parade commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Korea Worker's Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Un stood at his father's right side today as they reviewed troops, tanks and missiles in a Pyongyang military parade. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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Members of the North Korean military salute during a parade commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Korea Worker's Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Un stood at his father's right side today as they reviewed troops, tanks and missiles in a Pyongyang military parade. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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Members of the North Korean military march past a portrait of Kim Il Sung during a parade commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Korea Worker's Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Un stood at his father's right side today as they reviewed troops, tanks and missiles in a Pyongyang military parade. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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North Korean soldiers react during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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A North Korean soldiers salutes on a tank during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gets out of a limo before meeting the Serbian officials in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Clinton visits the Serbian capital as part of a tour of the Balkans and is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region's full integration into the European Union and NATO. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves on her arrival in Sarajevo, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region's full integration into the European Union and NATO. Secretary Clinton arrived late on Monday, in the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which just held elections, to urge the country's new leadership to make EU membership a priority. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds the plaque during the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. Clinton on Tuesday challenged all sides in ethnically divided Bosnia to embrace political reform needed for European Union and NATO membership. (AP Photo/Dado Ruvic/Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Serbian President Boris Tadic, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Clinton on Tuesday challenged all sides in ethnically divided Bosnia to embrace political reform needed for European Union and NATO membership. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, front-right, speaks with Serbian President Boris Tadic, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Clinton is visiting the Serbian capital as part of a tour of the Balkans and is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region's full integration into the European Union and NATO. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Two injured Afghan civilians lie in the back of a medical evacuation helicopter after being picked up by U.S. Air Force pilots and pararescuemen from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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In this photo taken on Tuesday July 6, 2010, Dr. Rosmini Day, 62, a retired leprosy expert from Indonesia, right, examines leprosy patient Izabel Afdan, 52, center, at a health center, in Oe-sillo, 14 kilometers (9 miles) west of Oe-cusse town, East Timor. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday July 7, 2010, leprosy patient Candido Meni, 42, second from left, watches as doctors interrupt a cock fight to examine leprosy patients in Hauana, south of Oe-cusse town, East Timor. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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This photo taken on Wednesday July 7, 2010 shows the feet of Luis Siqueira Aforn, 65, who's toes were chewed by rats while he was sleeping on the ground in Hauana, East Timor, south of Oe-cusse town. The loss of sensation led him to be oblivious to the nibbling of the rodents. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Thursday, July 8, 2010, teepee-shaped huts, one of which belongs former leprosy patient Adelino Quelo, 68, sit against a wall of mountains in Malelat, West Oe-cusse, overlooking the East Nusa Tengara province of Indonesia. Adelino Quelo's fingers, toes and parts of his hands and feet are missing. Only stubby knobs remain, keeping him from standing, gripping and bathing himself. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, in Hauana, south of Oe-cusse town, East Timor, a young boy who is suspected to be infected with leprosy is examined by a health official. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Tuesday July 6, 2010, leprosy patients wait to be examined at a health center, in Oe-sillo, 14 kilometers (9 miles) west of Oe-cusse, East Timor. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, in Oe-sillo, 14 kilometers (9 miles) west of Oe-cusse town, East Timor, a hand of a patient which has started to claw is massaged by a health official from the Leprosy Mission. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, leprosy patients Mario Cau, 66, right, and Constancia Cau, 64, receive new donated sandals from the Leprosy Mission for better protection of their feet, at a health center, in Oe-sillo, 14 kilometers (9 miles ) west of Oe-cusse town, East Timor. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)