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A Filipino resident swims in polluted waters as he tries to salvage items from their house after two empty barges rammed into shanties on stilts at a poor community in Manila, Philippines on Monday July 30, 2012. A tropical storm roughed up seas and dumped torrents of monsoon rains in central and the northern Philippines, leaving at least three people dead and causing barges to smash into dozens of shanties along Manila Bay, officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Gold medalists Cao Yuan, right, and Zhang Yanquan from China compete during the Men's Synchronized 10-metre platform diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Chinese gymnast Feng Zhe performs on the parallel bars during the Artistic Gymnastic men's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)This multiple exposure photo shows Switzerland's Tiffany Geroudet facing Poland's Magdalena Piekarska during a women's individual epee fencing round of 32 match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Danielle Dube of Canada sails on Laser Radial Women's dinghy during the race 1 at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout, right, prepares for his at-bat as a thermometer nears 120 degrees before the start of the baseball game against the Texas Rangers Monday, July 30, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)The statue of Admiral Lord Nelson is decorated with a hat, and an Olympic torch, designed by Sylvia Fletcher of Locke & Co., the company famed for making Nelson's original bicorn hat, as part of an art event in central London's Trafalgar square, during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012. The "Hatwalk" event, brings together 21 emerging and established designers to showcase British millinery in some of London's most iconic statues. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)An Indian passenger sits as others sleep inside the compartment of a stationary train following the power outage that struck in the early hours of Monday, July 30, 2012 at a train station in New Delhi, India. A major power outage has struck northern India, plunging cities into darkness and stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Britain's Corinna Lawrence participates in a women's individual epee fencing round of 64 against Chile's Caterin Bravo Aranguiz at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Canada's Kim Smith reacts to a score during the second half of a preliminary women's basketball game against Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Annie Moniqui of Canada competes during the women's 58-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak returns a shot from New Zealand's Marina Erakovic during her first round tennis match at the 2012 Summer Olympics Monday, July 30, 2012 in at the All England Club in Wimbledon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan RemiorzUmpire Tony Randozzo begins to get back up after being knocked down in a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning of a baseball game Monday, July 30, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)A man carrying snakes around his head parades during carnival of flowers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)In this five frame multiple exposure, Andrew Hoy, of Australia, rides Rutherglen as he competes in the equestrian eventing cross-country stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)In this multiple exposure photo, Annie Moniqui of Canada competes during the women's 58-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)