UNITED STATES - Cashing in on 'Katrina'
NEW ORLEANS (AP): "This isthe last pretty thing you're going to see until we get to the lake front," tour guide Rose Scott tells passengers gazing at the live oaks of City Park. They're a bit more than an hour into a van tour of the destruction of Hurricane Katrina....
PAKISTAN - 'Don't sue over Woolmer affair'
KARACHI (Reuters): Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said yesterday his players should not take legal action over the way they were treated after the death of their coach Bob Woolmer. Jamaican police said earlier that Woolmer, 58, had died of natural...
ISRAEL - Consider international force for Gaza - Olmert
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday the deployment of an international force along the Gaza-Egypt border should be seriously considered to counter Hamas's influence in the coastal strip. "If the Gaza Strip ultimately falls...
COLOMBIA - Rebels want safe haven for prisoner swap
BOGOTA (Reuters): Colombian rebels will not move to free hostages including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt until the government demilitarises an area for negotiating a prisoner swap, a top guerrilla leader said.
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