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Latest tagged entries for 'KATRINA'
NYT: 'Almost an epidemic of depression' in New Orleans
Monday, 26 June 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
New Orleans is afflicted with "what appears to be almost an epidemic of depression," according to an article slated for the front page of Wednesday's New York Times, RAW STORY has found.
'If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?'
Wednesday, 29 March 2006 3:59 P GMT-05
'The Guardian' on the Peace March in the Gulf (Mobile, AL - New Orleans, LA, March 2006).
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Katrina Donation Earmarked for Bush Firm
Monday, 27 March 2006 2:12 P GMT-05
Former first lady Barbara Bush gave an undisclosed amount of money for Katrina relief earmarking it for her son Neil's software company.
At least 2 more Katrina victims found
Monday, 20 March 2006 10:30 A GMT-05
2, possibly 3 more Katrina victims found in New Orleans
Sheriff Prosecuted for Diverting FEMA Truck to Aid Katrina Victims
Friday, 3 March 2006 7:23 P GMT-05
Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee prosecuted for comandeering FEMA trucks with water and ice that were idling as FEMA would not release them to the victims of Katrina.
FEMA critic's shirt gets him tangled up in ticket
Friday, 3 March 2006 3:44 P GMT-05
A Katrina survivor is ticketed by Homeland Security officials for giving out an anti-FEMA T-shirt.
Fifty Dollars and a Dream
Thursday, 2 March 2006 10:59 A GMT-05
The Common Ground Collective: how it began.
Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina
Thursday, 2 March 2006 6:27 A GMT-05
Bush Administration officials caught on tape discussing the 'non-existent' Katrina scenario.
March in Washington, DC to stop evictions of those displaced by Katrina
Friday, 24 February 2006 10:14 P GMT-05
On March 28, 2006 there will be a march in Washington, DC to stop evictions of those displaced by Katrina who are currently in FEMA-funded hotels.
Katrina report calls for urgent changes
Thursday, 23 February 2006 2:09 P GMT-05
The White House Katrina report - no one is to blame, just poor coordination... Sounds like a rerun of the past-911 time.
Biloxi, Miss. Suspiciously Evicts Katrina Relief Center
Monday, 20 February 2006 2:48 P GMT-05
Another possible case of authorities suppressing the relief in the Gulf in order to help along the business interests.
Legislators demand overhaul of FEMA
Monday, 20 February 2006 1:08 P GMT-05
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat, and Representative Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican, want FEMA overhauled after its disastrous performance in the wake of Katrina.
37 million poor hidden in the land of plenty
Monday, 20 February 2006 11:09 A GMT-05
Americans have always believed that hard work will bring rewards, but vast numbers now cannot meet their bills even with two or three jobs.
Katrina educates world on need for owning guns
Sunday, 19 February 2006 3:38 P GMT-05
Katrina showed the world why a time can come when anyone may need a gun to protect themselves as the law enforcement may be nowhere to be found.
New Orleans Locals Think Katrina's Toll Is Still Rising
Sunday, 19 February 2006 9:10 A GMT-05
Surge in Deaths Blamed On Storm-Related Stress
Doctor says FEMA ordered him to stop treating hurricane victims
Friday, 16 September 2005 7:50 P GMT-05
Doctor ordered to stop his work and let the patient die only because FEMA feared a lawsuit, or so they claimed.
National security vs big oil
Thursday, 8 September 2005 4:43 P GMT-05
Large oil companies deliberately drove down the number of refineries to increase their profits making the fuel supply infrastructure vulnerable.
A bit of News From New Orleans
Monday, 5 September 2005 8:39 P GMT-05
Here is an excellent blog from the epicenter of the events:http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/And here is a very interesting comment to one of the entries there:
Bush panics and sends in the marines
Monday, 5 September 2005 5:37 P GMT-05
ARRIVING in New Orleans last Sunday, I have spent a week reporting the unfolding misery and ruined lives in the aftermath of the hurricane.
But nothing, in the plethora of grim tales of disaster, compares with a terrible incident recounted to me a
Chertoff: Katrina scenario did not exist
Monday, 5 September 2005 2:08 P GMT-05
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argued Saturday that government planners did not predict such a disaster ever could occur.
MoveOn.org ogranises emergency housing for victims of Katrina
Thursday, 1 September 2005 7:46 P GMT-05
Link to a website helping those who lost their homes to Katrina to find housing.
New Orleans in Anarchy With Fights, Rapes
Thursday, 1 September 2005 6:08 P GMT-05
Four days after Hurricane Katrina roared in with a devastating blow that inflicted potentially thousands of deaths, the frustration and anger mounted, despite the promise of 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting, plans for a $10 billion
Ouch! $6 gas near Atlanta
Thursday, 1 September 2005 2:54 P GMT-05
Georgia governor outlaws gouging as stations jack up price, lines form
Free-for-all as looters lose scruples and grab what they can
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 7:09 P GMT-05
One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store.
"No," he shouted, "that's everybody's store. To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportuni
Katrina may cost insurers record $25 billion
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 6:33 A GMT-05
Hurricane Katrina may be the most expensive hurricane ever to hit the United States, costing insurers as much as $25 billion, a storm modeler said on Monday.
Shares of many insurers and reinsurers, which provide insurance for insurers, fell, altho
