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A woman pays a young girl for a ride on her float at San Roque village, in Laguna province, 40 kms. (25 miles) south of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A new typhoon gathered strength Thursday off the Philippines while nearly 700,000 people still sought help in badly stretched relief centers from massive flooding caused by Ketsana, one of the region’s most destructive storms in years. (AP) |