Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Katrina recovery slowed
NEWS
Houses hold up Katrina recovery
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An ambitious effort to bulldoze more than 9,000 rotting houses still
standing
after Hurricane Katrina has slowed sharply this year, prolonging the
city's
attempts to rebuild blighted neighborhoods, city and federal records
show.
Landslides kill 31 in Pakistan
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Heavy rains triggered landslides that buried three homes in Pakistan's
portion
of Kashmir, leaving 31 people dead, officials said Wednesday.
Indonesian police kill suspected terrorist
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Anti-terror police shot dead a suspected member of the al-Qaeda-linked
Jemaah
Islamiyah network and wounded three others in a raid in central
Indonesia, a
news report and security officials said Wednesday.