Mon Nov 16, 3:17 AM ET

In this Nov. 15, 2009 photo released by Habitat for Humanity International, former U.S. President and Nobel Peace laureate Jimmy Carter, left, and chairman of the board of Habitat for Humanity Thailand, Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, raise up a banner during the opening ceremony of the 26th annual Habitat for Humanity Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project at a hotel in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Ex President Carter showed to an estimated 2,000 volunteers from all over the world a special image of a Habitat logo painted for the occasion by an elephant at a local tourist site. (AP Photo/Habitat for Humanity, Gregg Pachkowski)

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