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Thursday, 20 July 2006
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Thursday, 20 July 2006
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Reuters - A violent cold front packing
near-hurricane force winds left more than 440,000 customers in
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Thursday, 20 July 2006
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music players are among hundreds of thousands of dollars' in
wasteful purchases by Homeland Security Department employees
following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to a report
released on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006
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AP - Three days after Hurricane Katrina, the nursing director at Memorial Medical Center huddled with other officials outside the emergency room, surrounded by 10 feet of putrid floodwater. |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006
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AP - Despite horrific medical conditions including triple-digit temperatures, no electricity and useless lifesaving equipment, ethicists and even some doctors caught in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath say there's no way to justify killing a sick or dying patient. |
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006
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Saturday, 15 July 2006
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architects on Friday urged New Orleans to think green,
selecting a series of environmentally friendly housing projects
they hope to build in the hurricane-hit city.
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Saturday, 15 July 2006
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AP - Mentally ill hurricane evacuees were often discriminated against during relief efforts last year, to the point of being banished from shelters or institutionalized against their will, a government report says. |
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Friday, 14 July 2006
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Friday, 14 July 2006
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wary of a post-hurricane ecological disaster claimed victory on
Thursday when the mayor agreed to quit using a dump on the edge
of a wildlife refuge to dispose of storm debris.
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Tuesday, 11 July 2006
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