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A man consoles a woman grieving for her loss as rescue workers search for victims after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk among disaster relief tents set up at the No.3 Middle School in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province. Heavy rains Wednesday lashed the remote section of northwestern China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang He)

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A Chinese soldier rests on his shovel during an effort to dig out victims a mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Rescue workers and residents search for victims after a mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A rescue worker yawns as he stands with a colleague amongst the remains of a collapsed building after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A Chinese man uses his shirt to cover from the stench as others carry a corpse across the rock and debris left by Sunday's mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A Chinese man grieves over his loss while being comforted by others after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo)

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Chinese rescue workers prepare to search for survivors after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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In this photo taken on Aug. 9, 2010, a Chinese man uses a hammer to knock his damaged house down in the mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo)

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Chinese residents grieve after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese soldiers attempt to pry open the concrete wall of a building that collapsed after Sunday's mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese soldiers use a life detecting device to search for survivors in a building that partially collapsed after Sunday's mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A rooster is tied to the body of a victim killed after Sunday's mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese residents grieve amongst the rocks and debris after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A Chinese man rests near a damaged building as rescue workers search a neighboring building after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese rescue workers and residents dig in the mud for victims of Sunday's mud slide that swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Explosives are set off to clear away debris stemming the flow of a river after a mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese rescue workers carry wooden boards to create a passable route through soft mud after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Rescue workers and residents search for victims after a mud slide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Soldiers carry a rescued woman on a stretcher after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Zhouqu county in northwestern China's Gansu province on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery. (AP Photo)