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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Blair David Sims, 28, of Greymouth, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Sims is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Peter O'Neill, 55, of Rununga, New Zealand, poses before the camera. O'Neill is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Keith Thomas Valli, 62, of Winton, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Valli is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Daniel Thomas Herk, 36, from Rununga, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Herk is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Christopher Peter Duggan, 31, from Greymouth, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Duggan is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo released by New Zealand Police, miner Richard Bennett Holling, 41, from Blackball, New Zealand, poses before the camera. Holling is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police shows miner Andrew David Hurren, 32, of Greymouth, New Zealand. Hurren is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police shows miner Conrad John Adams, 43, of Greymouth, New Zealand. Adams is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, miner Benjamin David Rockhouse, 21, of Greymouth, New Zealand pauses before the camera. Rockhouse is one of 29 miners believed to be trapped in the Pike River Coal mine near Greymouth, New Zealand, following an explosion at the mine Friday Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

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A pilot whale is loaded onto a truck Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, to be transported to Rarawa Bay for release after a mass whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand. Rescuers on Friday began moving the 24 survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach to a more sheltered area in an attempt to save them. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Richard Robinson)

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Volunteer Kate Malcolm from Tutukaka, New Zealand comforts a whale after it was moved to a nearby stream to rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at a mass Pilot Whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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Volunteers Susan Crowther, left, and Justine Sanderson keep stranded whales moist while they wait to be transported from the beach to a nearby stream where they can rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them. (AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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Whales are transported from the beach to a nearby stream where they can rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them. (AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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A whale is transported from the beach to a nearby stream where it can rest while it is decided how it will be released at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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In this photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, dead whales are removed from the beach at Spirits Bay in the North Island of New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on the remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land.(AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation)

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In this photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, a dead whale lies in the sand at Spirits Bay in the North Island of New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on the remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land. (AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation)

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US doctors, from left, Gregory Reinard, David Greenburg, Gloria Cox Cronwell, New Zealand doctor Reid Andrew John, and US doctor Anthony Eugene Jones, appear at the magistrates courts in Harare, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. A Zimbabwean court has freed on bail four Americans arrested and accused of treating AIDS patients without proper medical licenses. A magistrate ordered the six health workers, who included a New Zealand national and a Zimbabwean, to pay a $200 bail and to reappear in court on Sept. 27. They could face a fine and deportation. The court ordered them to surrender their passports and live at their Mother of Peace Orphanage outside Harare until their trial. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Russia's head coach David Blatt gestures to his players during their World Basketball Championship round of 16 match against New Zealand in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)

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Coach of Russia David Blatt from the U.S.A. reacts during a World Basketball Championship round of 16 match against New Zealand at the Sinan Erdem stadium in Istanbul, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Debris crush a car outside the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Wethey) NEW ZEALAND OUT, NO ARCHIVES, NO SALES