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Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful at the end of the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Benedict told pilgrims that he was praying for people in Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka who are suffering because of "devastating" flooding. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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In a sudden monsoon rain, part of a company of about 130 South Vietnamese regional soldiers moves downriver in sampans during a dawn attack against a Viet Cong camp in the flooded Mekong Delta, about 13 miles northeast of Cantho, on Jan. 10, 1966. A handful of guerrillas were reported klilled or wounded. (AP Photo/Henri Huet)

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Children are evacuated from school due to flooding in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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The Dender river breaks its banks as it floods parts of Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan. 14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Residents watch from their front door as an extractor pump removes flood water from a house, in a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A car is submerged by water in a flooded street in Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A woman opens her front door as she is surrounded by water in Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A road block is set up at a flooded street in Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A firefighter talks with residents in a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, 25 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011, as an extractor pump sprays water from the sandbagged area, protecting houses, back into the river, foreground. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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The road is flooded at a junction near Deux-Acren, 32 miles south west of Brussels, Belgium, Friday Jan.14, 2011. Heavy rainfall is threatening flooding all over the country. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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People bury victims of a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. More than 500 people died in Rio state towns after slides hit early Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Bangladeshi people line up to purchase rice distributed by the government Thursday at a subsidized price on a cold morning in Karimnagar Char on the outskirts of Dhaka. News reports say a severe cold wave coupled with dense fog have swept over the northern region of the country, disrupting normal life. (Associated Press)

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Homes affected by landslides in the Nova Friburgo municipality of Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil are seen on Thursday in this photo released by Rio de Janeiro's state government. At least 355 people died in Rio state towns after slides hit early Wednesday, and at least 50 people were still missing, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Cars sit in debris in a flooded street in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Torrential summer rains tore through Rio de Janeiro state's mountains, killing more than 300 people. (AP Photo/Roberto Ferreira, Agencia O Dia)

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People stand on the porch of their home at the edge of landslide damage in the Caleme neighborhood in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Rescue workers search for survivors in collapsed homes destroyed by flooding in the Nova Friburgo municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Torrential summer rains tore through Rio de Janeiro state's mountains, killing more than 300 people. (AP Photo/Gerson Goncalo, Agencia O Dia)

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People stand by the bodies of mudslide victims after heavy rain in the neighborhood of Caleme in Teresopolis, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro say 58 people have died in the mudslides and flash floods that followed torrential rain overnight. The mayor of the mountain town of Teresopolis just north of Rio said in a statement Wednesday that 48 people died, and more than 1,000 have been left homeless. (AP Photo/Paulo Cezar, Agencia O Globo)