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...Many residents said that Hurricane Katrina changed any goodwill Nagin had won for efforts to kill corruption in the city. Nagin was conspicuously absent from the public eye right when New Orleanians needed reassurance after the storm...
...public would be outlawed, as would any other acts considered pornoaksi, an ill-defined term coined by conservative lawmakers to mean "pornographic acts." The bill also says that "all elements of society are obliged to report" such acts, sparking concern that the law could be abused. "The bill would kill 80% of the art in Bali," says Cok Sawitri, a Balinese poet and activist who is against the proposed law. "People will be afraid to do what has long been a normal part of their lives...
RELEASED. JILL CARROLL, 28, U.S. journalist abducted in January by Iraqi gunmen who threatened to kill her if their demand?that all female detainees in Iraq be released?was not met; after 82 days and protests from leaders worldwide; on a Baghdad street. After her release Carroll said: "I am happy to be free and want to be with my family...
...didn’t want to finish the trip because I knew the coyotes would see me, and they had a reason to kill me,” he said...
...Next year, the federal government and 13 states will conduct a two-week exercise focusing on how to cope with a New Madrid zone earthquake. They'll have a lot to plan for. Two government studies conducted in the wake of Katrina predicted that a 7.7 quake could kill up to 4,200 Memphis residents and injure another 70,000; destroy or damage 200,000 homes in the city of 1 million people; render one third of all hospital beds useless the day after the quake; and cause about $70 billion in damages. "My previous director used...