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    Serbia's Novak Djokovic raises his arms as he celebrates his win over Switzerland's Roger Federer in their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)


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    Venus Williams of the U.S. reacts during a press conference after she withdrew from her third round match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic injured at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)


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    In this Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, photo provided by the State Emergency Service and made available Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011, a levee is in place around a power substation in an attempt to hold back water from the swollen Loddon River at Kerang, Australia. Up to 1,500 homes in Kerang, in the north of Victoria state, could be affected if the Lodden River rises any further. (AP Photo/SES, Rodney Dekker)


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    Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful at the end of the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Benedict told pilgrims that he was praying for people in Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka who are suffering because of "devastating" flooding. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)


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    A police diver watches a car wreck outside the town of Grantham in South East Queensland, Australia, on Wednesday. The small town was hit by flash flooding causing mass destruction. (Associated Press)


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    An entire shopping mall is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia. (Associated Press)


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    An entire suburb is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what may be Brisbane's worst flooding in 100 years. (AP Photo)


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    A vehicle is swept away in floodwaters in South East Queensland, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters flowed onto the streets in Australia's northeastern state of Queensland since drenching rains that began in November sent swollen rivers spilling over their banks, inundating an area larger than France and Germany combined. (AP Photo)


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    A house is surrounded by flood water near Grafton, in Australia's New South Wales state, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city, Brisbane, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Wolter Peeters, Pool)


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