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A crane lifts debris from a pedestrian bridge that collapsed Tuesday outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Top Indian officials dismissed international anger over the pedestrian bridge collapse and the revelation that sports officials arrived to find filth in the athlete's village, news reports said Tuesday. The statements come as some athletes announced they would not attend the Commonwealth Games, and international sports officials warned their countries may be forced to withdraw amid a frenzy of last-minute preparations. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Locals look at the expanse of flood water that encircles the Commonwealth Games Village, background, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Top Indian officials dismissed international anger over the pedestrian bridge collapse and the revelation that sports officials arrived to find filth in the athlete's village, news reports said Tuesday. The statements come as some athletes announced they would not attend the Commonwealth Games, and international sports officials warned their countries may be forced to withdraw amid a frenzy of last-minute preparations. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Indian laborers walk on the roof of the weightlifting venue near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, following an incident with the interior ceiling in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge." Indian officials insisted that facilities would be ready and immaculate for the Oct. 3 games opening despite wide-ranging concerns about unfinished buildings construction collapses and an outbreak of dengue fever. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Workers clear the debris from a pedestrian bridge that collapsed Tuesday oSept. 21, 2010 outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Top Indian officials dismissed international anger over the pedestrian bridge collapse and the revelation that sports officials arrived to find filth in the athlete's village, news reports said Tuesday. The statements come as some athletes announced they would not attend the Commonwealth Games, and international sports officials warned their countries may be forced to withdraw amid a frenzy of last-minute preparations. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Workers dig soil for the construction of a drain outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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FILE- In this Sunday, April 25, 2010 file photo, people attend the inauguration of the newly-constructed wrestling stadium at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, one of the venues for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, where part of a drop ceiling collapsed Wednesday Sept 22 2010, the day after a pedestrian footbridge failed injuring 27 workers . (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, file)

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Workers clear the debris from a pedestrian bridge that collapsed Tuesday outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Top Indian officials dismissed international anger over the pedestrian bridge collapse and the revelation that sports officials arrived to find filth in the athlete's village, news reports said Tuesday. The statements come as some athletes announced they would not attend the Commonwealth Games, and international sports officials warned their countries may be forced to withdraw amid a frenzy of last-minute preparations. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Indian laborers are seen through the damaged window of a bulldozer at the scene where a bridge collapsed Tuesday, near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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An Indian laborer is seen through debris near the area where a bridge collapsed Tuesday, outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games,in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge." Indian officials insisted that facilities would be ready and immaculate for the Oct. 3 games opening despite wide-ranging concerns about unfinished buildings construction collapses and an outbreak of dengue fever. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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A shanty encampment for Indian laborers and their families is seen just outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge." Indian officials insisted that facilities would be ready and immaculate for the Oct. 3 games opening despite wide-ranging concerns about unfinished buildings construction collapses and an outbreak of dengue fever. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Indian laborers carry bricks near the scene where a bridge collapsed Tuesday, outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge." Indian officials insisted that facilities would be ready and immaculate for the Oct. 3 games opening despite wide-ranging concerns about unfinished buildings construction collapses and an outbreak of dengue fever. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Indian laborers work outside Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games,in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge". (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)