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A local man in Cauayan in the northeastern Philippines prepares Monday to cut and remove trees downed by Super Typhoon Megi, which cut off power, phone and Internet service and was accompanied by huge waves and near-zero visibility. (Associated Press)
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American Richard Heck, 79, and his Filipino wife, Socorro, display some of his awards during an interview with the Associated Press at their residence at Manila's Quezon city in the Philippines shortly after the Royal Academy of Sciences announced in Sweden he won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, also Korean War veteran, salutes during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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Nurses attend to a newborn baby found inside the lavatory of an airplane Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at Manila's international airport, Philippines. Ground crew cleaning the just landed Gulf Air from Bahrain found the baby inside one of the airplane's lavatory. (AP Photo)
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Relatives of the eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed in the tourist bus hostage crisis, kiss the ground near the bullet-riddled tourist bus during a Buddhist ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese authorities demanded answers from the Philippines on Tuesday after a 12-hour hostage drama in the heart of Manila ended with eight Hong Kong tourists and their Filipino hostage-taker dead following a day of botched negotiations. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A Buddhist monk sprinkles holy water at the bullet-riddled tourist bus during a ceremony to mourn the eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed in the hostage crisis Tuesday Aug.24, 2010 at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese authorities demanded answers from the Philippines on Tuesday after a 12-hour hostage drama in the heart of Manila ended with eight Hong Kong tourists and their Filipino hostage-taker dead following a day of botched negotiations. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Police and SWAT members rush a tourist bus to rescue hostages on Monday in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, an ex-policeman armed with an automatic rifle, seized the bus and demanded reinstatement. (Associated Press)
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Hostages peer from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010, in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters display placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to call on the Philippine Government to "publicly support" a United Nations commission of inquiry into purported crimes against humanity in Burma. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, the United States said it will support the commission. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Filipino Elvis Presley impersonators pose prior to a performance Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, in Manila to pay tribute to the King of Rock 'n Roll on his 33rd death anniversary. About 30 impersonators took part in the singing contest. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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President Benigno Aquino III, left, former President Fidel Ramos, 2nd left, and former President Joseph Estrada, second right, join as Charice Pempengco sings the national anthem during the inauguration ceremony Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Philippines workers try to arrange a tarpaulin Wednesday from a billboard that collapsed on top of a house south of Manila due to strong winds from Typhoon Conson. (Associated Press)
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Residents push a stalled passenger "jeepney" Wednesday just hours after a typhoon blew through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year, called Conson, had barreled toward the country's east coast Tuesday, prompting flight and ferry cancellations, school closures and warnings of floods and landslides. (Associated Press)
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Residents wade through a flooded street in Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed Manila and nearby areas. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents wade through a flooded street in Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed the Manila area and other provinces. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents fix their shanties along a coastal road after typhoon Conson hit Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents fix their shanties along a coastal road after typhoon Conson hit Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents push a stalled passenger jeepney in Las Pinas, Philippines, hours after typhoon Conson lashed Manila and other provinces on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents of Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, wade through a flooded street after typhoon Conson hit the country on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Residents wade through a flooded street at Las Pinas, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines. The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year has toppled trees and power lines, causing widespread blackouts, canceling flights, classes and suspending work in some government offices. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
