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An Afghan man reacts at the bedside of his grand-daughter Rubina, a severely-wounded young Afghan IED victim, at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, KRMH, inside Camp Hero, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. A U.S Air Force Medical Training Advisory Group, or MTAG team, comprised of 12 medical professionals, is assigned to the Afghan military hospital, and are tasked with providing transitional guidance to local medical workers who treat complicated war victims like Rubina on a daily basis. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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U.S. Air Force Medic-Mentor Master Sgt. LaTasha Carroway, of the Medical Training Advisory Group, or MTAG, plays "thumb war" with young recovering Afghan burn victim Abdul Rahman, at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, KRMH, inside Camp Hero, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The MTAG team, comprised of 12 U.S. Air Force medical professionals, is assigned to the Afghan military hospital, and are tasked with providing transitional guidance to local medical workers, who treat Afghan soldiers, civilians, and occasionally insurgents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 photo, U.S Air Force Mentor-CRNA Maj. David Johnson, center, of the Medical Training Advisory Group, or MTAG, helps manage dozens of Afghan army cadets he convinced to participate in a blood drive, at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, KRMH, inside Camp Hero, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The MTAG team, comprised of 12 U.S. Air Force medical professionals, is assigned to the Afghan military hospital, and are tasked with providing transitional guidance to local medical workers, who treat Afghan soldiers, civilians, and occasionally insurgents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 photo, a wounded Afghan army soldier lis on a stretcher waiting to be seen, while more serious cases are attended to, inside the ER at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, KRMH, inside Camp Hero, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. A U.S Air Force Medical Training Advisory Group, or MTAG team, comprised of 12 medical professionals, is assigned to the Afghan military hospital, and are tasked with providing transitional guidance to local medical workers, who treat Afghan soldiers, civilians, and occasionally insurgents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Chinese soldiers search for bodies after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in 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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Pakistani volunteers carry a sack of flour provided by the U. S. government in Kalam in Pakistan's Swat valley on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. With Pakistan reeling from two weeks of flooding that has killed 1,500 and affected nearly 14 million people, the aid and rescue mission by the U.S. military gives Washington a chance to strengthen a sometimes troubled alliance that is crucial to fighting militancy in the region and ensuring a stable Afghanistan. (AP Photo/B.k.Bangash)

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A North Korean soldier, left, looks at the southern side as an U.S. Army soldier looks on at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Relations between the two Koreas have been tense since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in late March that Seoul and the United States blame on North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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George Mitchell, U.S. Mideast special envoy, tells of meeting Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. He meets Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Associated Press)

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A police officer guards Cinema Jenin as Palestinians gather for its opening. The movie house, a rare commodity in the West Bank, marks a milestone in the shift of Jenin from a hub for Palestinian gunmen to a growing city. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian youths perform at the opening of Cinema Jenin in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. The cinema complex, built by dozens of Palestinian and foreign volunteers, includes a 350-seat movie house, an outdoor cinema, a cafe, a film library and a dubbing studio. (Associated Press)

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A masked Kashmiri Muslim protester shouts pro-freedom slogans during a protest rally at Khanmoh, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslim protesters shout pro-freedom slogans during a protest rally at Khanmoh, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. For nearly two months, Kashmir has been in the grips of violent protests as angry young men, women and children, have held demonstrations against Indian rule in the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslim protestors pray in the middle of a road during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A Kashmiri Muslim protestor makes graffiti on a road as bystanders look on in Wathoora on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri Muslim protestors shout pro-freedom slogans during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri Muslim protestors shout pro-freedom slogans as they burn an effigy of chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri Muslim protestors run for cover as Indian police officers chase them away during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday appealed for calm in Indian-controlled Kashmir as thousands of local Muslims marched and offered special prayers in open fields to honor those killed in recent civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri men sit outside their homes during curfew, after police locked the entrance to their neighborhood, in downtown Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday appealed for calm in Indian-controlled Kashmir as thousands of local Muslims marched and offered special prayers in open fields to honor those killed in recent civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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An Indian policeman rests against closed shops during curfew in downtown area of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Afghan police officers stand alert on the back of a police pickup truck at the scene of militants attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010. Two suicide attackers struck a building rented by a private security company in Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, detonating their explosive vests to kill two company drivers, police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)