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World pledges aid to US
UN appeals for help, Bush welcomes aid offers
From a French offer of ships, aircraft and supplies to a 25,000-dollar donation by tsunami-pounded Sri Lanka, the world returned the favour to the United States yesterday by offering emergency aid toa
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Global press stunned at hurricane-humbled US
The world's press reacted with disbelief yesterday to mayhem overrunning the hurricane disaster zone in the United States, describing the chaos as reminiscent of a Third World crisis and as a humiliating
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Katrina losses may top $100b
The economic loss from Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding is likely to top 100 billion dollars, the consulting firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) said yesterday.
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Sectarian tension boils in Iraq
One man was killed and four wounded in a drive-by shooting on two Sunni mosques as tension escalated between Iraqi Sunni and Shia communities in the aftermath of a deadly stampede that killed nearly 1,000
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Video fuels debate on UK role in Iraq
An al-Qaeda video claiming credit for the deadly London bombings upset people close to the victims and fuelled the row over whether Britain's military role in Iraq had increased the risk of terror.
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