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People flee their flooded villages after heavy monsoon rain in Nowshera near Peshawar, 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, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pakistani villagers gather beside their house that collapsed in heavy monsoon rainfall on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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Pakistani villagers move into 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. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People use a boat to rescue people stranded in their houses after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani volunteer carries villagers in his boat who were stranded from their houses after heavy rainfall caused flooding in Nowshera, near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Villagers pile up their rescued belongings from houses flooded by heavy rain fall in Nowshera near Peshawar, 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, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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People use a boat to rescue people stranded from their houses after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, 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, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani gypsy family take care of their livestock after their make-shift house flooded by heavy rain fall in Burhan near Peshawar, 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, official said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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A Pakistani woman sits at the bank of swollen Nelum river flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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Pakistani villagers try to grab trees floating in the flooded Nelum river in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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People stand at a bank of overflowing steam in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley in Pakistan, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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People with belongings migrate as their houses were flooded following heavy monsoon rains in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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A Pakistani child eats sitting outside as his house was flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

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A man lifts a child as a woman sweeps water from her house flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 430 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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People stand at a bank of overflowing steam in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley in Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 300 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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A salesclerk adjusts Sanyo's eneloop rechargeable batteries on display at Yamada Denki LABI electric shop in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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Two women take a break outside of the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (Associated Press)

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Ehibitors arrive at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Visitors arrive at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Engine companies line up along Lake Elizabeth Road at dusk Thursday, July 29, 2010. The fire, one of two major fires to break out in the same area of California, has roared through at least a thousand acres. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)