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Hindu devotees take holy dips during the annual Magh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse during the monthlong festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Hindu devotee cleans his teeth with neem sticks during the monthlong Magh Mela festival at the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips during the Magh Mela in the hope of washing away their sins. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Policemen keep vigil on horses as Hindu devotees take holy dips during the monthlong Magh Mela festival at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips during the Magh Mela in the hope of washing away their sins. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Hindu devotee prays during the annual Magh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse during the monthlong festival. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Illustration: China and India

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A policeman stands guard as a city bus passes by in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. India's Home Ministry has issued a countrywide alert after receiving information of a potential terror strike by a Pakistan-based militant group, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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State-run Indian Space Research Organizations' (ISRO) satellite GSAT-5P rocket explodes in mid-air shortly after its launch in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. The satellite GSAT-5P was hit by a snag Saturday in the first stage itself after its launch from the Sriharikota space center. It was the second failure for ISRO this year. A previous developmental flight of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle mission in April also ended as a failure with the rocket plunging into the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT

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State-run Indian Space Research Organizations' (ISRO) satellite GSAT-5P rocket explodes in mid-air shortly after its launch in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. The satellite GSAT-5P was hit by a snag Saturday in the first stage itself after its launch from the Sriharikota space center. It was the second failure for ISRO this year. A previous developmental flight of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle mission in April also ended as a failure with the rocket plunging into the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT

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Indian police officials frisk pedestrians outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade).

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** FILE ** A man pays homage in front of portraits of police officers killed in the Mumbai terror attack outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, one of the sites of the attack, on the second anniversary of the attack in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2008, file photo, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Ajmal Kasab, walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Pakistani officials are "hypnotically obsessed" with India's military, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told U.S. officials in comments made public in a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable released Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. India accuses Pakistan's intelligence agencies of supporting militants who carry out attacks in India, including the Mumbai attacks. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza, File) INDIA OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

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A boy walks past a brick factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. After two decades of unbridled development, India is now the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, with rivers the World Bank has described as fetid sewers and cities listed among the world's most polluted. India's environment Minister Jairam Ramesh suggested this week that India might commit to cutting emissions, saying all developing countries should consider doing so. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh delivers a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, a volunteer of the Indian Red Cross Society lights a candle during an HIV and AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS Day in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura. World AIDS Day is being marked across the world Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bapi Roy Choudhury)

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A college student displays a red ribbon, the symbol for AIDS awareness, at a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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In this Nov.23, 2010 photo, Kashmir rapper MC Kash poses for a photograph in Srinagar, India. MC Kash, whose real name is Roushan Illahi, calls himself a rebel who uses sharp rhymes and beats instead of stones or guns to protest India's rule over the mostly Muslim region in the Himalayas. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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New recruits of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) line up during the passing out parade ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. A total 715 recruits formally inducted into the BSF, will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir to help end an insurgency that started in 1989. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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New recruits of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pose for pictures as they practice before the start of the passing out parade ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. A total 715 recruits formally inducted into the BSF, will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir to help end an insurgency that started in 1989. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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New recruits of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) take oath during the passing out parade ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. A total 715 recruits formally inducted into the BSF, will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir to help end an insurgency that started in 1989. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)