An Iranian Tondar missile is launched during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. Iran test-fired short-range missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan

Residents wait for evacuation from floods brought about by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A German woman wearing a traditional Black Forest costume casts her ballot during the country’s general election (Bundestagswahl) at the polling station in Gutach, in the southern German Black Forest region September 27, 2009.    REUTERS/Miro Kuzmanovic

Siddiqullah,12, carries a basket of potatoes to nearby vegetable and fruit vendors in Karachi September 27, 2009.  REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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