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Mohammed Zaffar Patel, standing second left, weds Jannat Khan, third left, at a marriage registrar's office in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Because of the days numerical conjunction, 11.11.11, people believe it to be an auspicious day leading thousands of couples to tie their knots on this day across India. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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Newly born babies lie at a government hospital in Hyderabad, India, on Monday. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion. (Associated Press)

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An Indian mother sees her baby boy moments after his birth at a hospital in Guahati, India, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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**FILE** A dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop Aug. 27, 2010, in Hyderabad, India. (Associated Press)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a lecture in New Delhi on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, the second day of his two-day official visit to India. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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Exiled Tibetan monks hold a candlelight vigil in Dharmsala, India, as they react to news reports of self-immolation by two Tibetan monks at the Kirti Monastery in China's Sichuan province. The two monks, who are in stable condition after being rescued by police, called out "long live the Dalai Lama," according to Free Tibet. (Associated Press)

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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, a villager in Yadong County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region looks at a cow killed in a strong earthquake that hit neighboring Sikkim in northern India on Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gesang Dawa)

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Residents and patients from a local hospital take shelter in a Hindu temple on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, after Sunday's earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Residents fearing more aftershocks following Sunday's strong earthquake sit on a basketball court at a university in Gangtok, India, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, a Buddhist monk looks at a monastery damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo)

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A family eats dinner on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, after taking shelter in a Hindu temple in fear of more aftershocks following Sunday's earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, Indians walk past a crack in a road caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, India, on Sunday. The powerful temblor damaged more than 100,000 homes in the remote Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo)

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Residents on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, stand near the debris of a building that collapsed following an earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A young Indian girl who was injured in a building collapse that followed a magnitude-6.9 earthquake is treated at a hospital in Siliguri, India, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Women in Katmandu, Nepal, remove bricks from a damaged house on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, to make way for pedestrians after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Residents stand near the debris of a building that collapsed in Gangtok, India, the capital of Sikkim state in northeastern India, after the earthquake. The temblor killed people in Nepal, Tibet and India.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS An Indian girl who was injured in a building collapse when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit remote villages in the Himalayas on Sunday evening is treated at a hospital in Siliguri, India. At least 53 people, including three rescuers, were killed and 100,00 homes damaged.

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A woman looks out of a window in Katmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 19, 2011, at debris from collapsed buildings that were damaged the previous day by an earthquake that shook northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Supporters (above) of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare rally to his cause Monday in New Delhi. Mr. Hazare, who has been fasting since last Tuesday, is unhappy with the Indian government's response to his proposed reform legislation. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (top) appeared resolute in not giving in to the activist's demands for a powerful watchdog office to stamp out graft and corruption. Top: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare acknowledges the crowd as he returned to the stage after a break, in front of the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Hazare, who has entered the seventh day of his fast, is unhappy with the Indian government's response, aides said Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared staunch against caving to the activist's demands for a powerful anti-graft watchdog office. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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**FILE** In this photograph from July 30, 2009, a wild elephant crosses a railway track along Deepor Beel, a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. (Associated Press)