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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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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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Pakistanis move to safety from a flooded 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. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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In this picture taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, villagers wade through a flooded area caused by heavy monsoon rains near Bannu, Pakistan. 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/Ijaz Mohammad)

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A Pakistani man with his daughter moves 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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Stranded villagers wait for help at 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. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Villagers move to a 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. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Villagers struggle to move to a 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. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Family members of passengers killed in Wednesday's plane crash wait at a community center in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010, to give blood for DNA testing to identify their relatives. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistani rescue workers search on Thursday, July 29, 2010, for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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On Thursday, July 29, 2010, a Pakistani official at a community center in Islamabad, Pakistan, checks the names of passenger killed in Wednesday's plane crash. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Grieving family members of passengers killed in Wednesday's plane crash wait at a community center on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Islamabad, Pakistan, to give blood for DNA testing. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Mourners carry the caskets of victims of Wednesday's plane crash during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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The casket of a plane crash victim is carried during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)

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**FILE** Police detains Hamid Gul, former chief of the country's main intelligence agency and a staunch critic of Musharraf's support of the U.S.-led war on terror, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Nov 4, 2007. Authorities rounded up opposition leaders after Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution, declaring rising Islamic extremism forced him to take emergency measures that included replacing the nation's chief judge and blacking out the independent media that refused to support him. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Retired Gen. Hamid Gul, former Chief Inter Services Intelligence, addresses students of a Dar-ul-Alumi-Islami, Islamic religious school during a graduation ceremony in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sept. 30, 2001. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani rescue workers search for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane crash, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people on board crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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A Pakistan army helicopter searches for survivors of a plane crash at the crash site in Islamabad, Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid rain Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people on board crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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Pakistani rescue workers examine the site of a plane crash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official said all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo)