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A woman affected by the flooding in Pakistan sits next to her mother, Deenal Mai, 75, who is ill and exhausted because of hunger and thirst, on their arrival at Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh Province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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Villagers take shelter on higher ground as flood waters threaten the area in Ghazi Gat near Muzaffargarh in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Pakistani villagers flee their home because of heavy flooding in Muzaffargarh in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Pakistani flood victims get relief food in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million -- more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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The Panamanian-registered container ship MSC Chitra, which on Saturday collided with the MV Khalijia II, a St. Kitts-registered ship, tilts in the Arabian Sea close to Mumbai, India, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Indian coast guard ships and helicopters are working to contain an oil spill from the dangerously tilting container ship following the collision, a spokesman for India's Defense Ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Letitia A. Long shakes hands with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates after becoming the director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, during a change-of-director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Letitia A. Long (right) is applauded by Vice Adm. Robert Murrett as she takes over as director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency from Adm. Murrett on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, during a change-of-director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others still are burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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A firefighter works on a fire front on Arada Mountain near Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Firefighters were continuing to battle raging brush fires on Monday. They say some have been contained but others are still burning out of control. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Soldiers carry a rescued woman on a stretcher after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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Rescuers clinging to a rope-tied makeshift float search for victims in a flooded area after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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A woman cries for her missing family members after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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People on a second-floor balcony help a woman who tries to reach the lower floor, partially buried in mud, to fetch belongings after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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Rescuers and residents walk on a road covered by rocks and mud near a collapsed building after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers clear up debris by hand to search for missing people in landslide-hit Zhouqu county in northwest China's Gansu Province on Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Jianjun)

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Chinese paramilitary policemen on a rescue mission march past the body of a victim of Sunday's disaster placed on the roadside in Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture in northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)