GULFPORT, United States (AFP) - Vice President
Dick Cheney was confronted by an irate heckler when he toured the US Gulf coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

A frind of mine at school told me that the Evening Whirl ran a scathing piece on the Hurricane Katrina debacle this week, but their web site is practically useless. Where is that paper sold? And I thought they just did crime stuff.

Bolivarian Revolution

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(1) organize a decisive break from the
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(2) mobilize the masses in their millions and
(3) chart the couse forward to a world without
imperialist war or capitalist exploitation

HSUS Pleads with Federal, State, Local Agencies to Help Rescue Thousands of Stranded Pets

Below is personal account of a woman who made her way to the Convention Center in New Orleand with thousands of other evacuees. I'm forwarding the story as was sent to me (apparently including some updates that were added as it traveled thru email. ), only with simple HTML formatting added.

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast Monday and over five days later, the country is rocked with flood relief plans, critisms of the President and the government's lack of disaster planning, and over a million Lousiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida residents are left homeless.

Coverage from IMCs [New Orleans IMC | Houston | Austin | US IMC]

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday instructed Israel Defense
Forces commanders in the West Bank to carry out thorough checks of
Israeli and Palestinian vehicles crossing through roadblocks.