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  • Disaster chief relieved of role

    Michael Brown: disaster relief credentials somewhat flimsy The US : Michael Brown, the head of the Bush administration's disaster relief effort, was yesterday relieved of his role co-ordinating the response to Hurricane Katrina, after allegations that he had embroidered his professional record and had no emergency management experience. p

  • 10 million face food crisis in southern Africa

    AFRICA : Southern Africa is facing a food crisis within six months that will affect 10 million people unless wealthy nations help to avert the impending disaster, according to aid agencies in the region. p

  • Israeli military posts in Gaza are removed

    MIDDLE EAST : Israel destroyed the last of its military installations in the Gaza Strip yesterday, but the complete withdrawal of the army from the area and the handover of the territory to the Palestinians was delayed because of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's indecision over what to do with some two dozen synagogues in the strip. p
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  • Agency bosses criticised as Bush cronies

    In the days since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) director Michael D Brown, who was relieved of his role co-ordinating the response, has come under attack, with critics charging that his lack of prior experience in dealing with natural disasters contributed to his agency's poor performance. p

  • Jazz quarter now echoing with strangers

    Cynthia Cornwall, whose St Bernard Parish home was destroyed, safe in the French Quarter of New Orleans yesterday. Photograph: AP Some residents are seeing the survival of a statue in the city's French quarter as a sign that the spirit of the old district will endure, writes Denis Staunton in New Orleans p
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  • Major vaccination plan launched

    BRITAIN : British chancellor Gordon Brown and his European partners predict their new multibillion-pound international finance scheme will save the lives of 10 million children in developing countries over the next two decades. p

  • Chirac leaves hospital but has to rest

    FRANCE : President Jacques Chirac left the Val de Grâce military hospital yesterday one week after he was taken there for what doctors described as a "minor vascular incident that led to a slight vision disorder". p

  • Mubarak wins 88% of Egyptian votes

    EGYPT : Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak was officially pronounced the winner of the country's first contested presidential election last night, gaining a fifth six-year term. p

  • Faria verdict: Dismissal claim fails

    BRITAIN : Faria Alam, the Football Association secretary who had affairs with England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and the association's former chief executive, Mark Palios, yesterday lost her claim for sexual discrimination. p

  • UN to question Syrian generals in Damascus over Lebanese murder

    SYRIA / LEBANON : UN investigators are expected to travel to Damascus on Monday to interview senior Syrian security officials in a new stage of their enquiry into the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri. p

  • Whalers could decide Norway's election if deadlock persists

    NORWAY: Norway's tiny communist and pro-whaling parties could hold the balance of power after Norway's September 12th election with the government and the left-wing opposition deadlocked, an opinion poll showed yesterday. p

  • Belarusian dissidents await the cash

    LITHUANIA / BELARUS : A university banned in Minsk is vainly trying to open in Lithuania, reports Dan McLaughlin in Vilnius p

  • Territory barking mad as Disney comes to town

    Letter from Hong Kong : There was no sign of Goofy among the hundreds of wild dogs running around Hong Kong Disneyland just weeks before its big opening day on September 12th. p
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