Issues when compiling OpenMPI 1.6 and Intel 2013 XE on CentOS 5

I encountered this same error when compiling on CentOS 5.3 and using OpenMPI 1.6 and Intel 2013 XE

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opal_wrapper.c:(............): undefined reference to `__intel_sse2_strdup'
opal_wrapper.c:(............): undefined reference to `__intel_sse2_strncmp'
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opal_wrapper.o:opal_wrapper.c:(.......): more undefined references to 
`__intel_sse2_strncmp' follow
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There is one interesting forum discussion from Intel (Problem with Openmpi+c++ compiler)
that helps to explain how someone solve it. Basically, it could be due to mixed mis-match libraries and binaries especially if you have multiple version of intel compilers. Do look at your $PATH and $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Even with correct editing of the $PATH and $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, I was not able to get aaway from the error. But when I use CentOS 6 with OpenMPI 1.6 and Intel XE 2013, was I able spare from this errror.