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Tense New Orleans Recalls Katrina as Gustav Nears

by: Tom Leonard, The Telegraph UK

Grafitti by the elusive artist Banksy adorns an abandoned home in New Orleans, Louisiana. Friday, August 28, marks the third anniversary since Hurricane Katrina. Events marking the anniversary and memorializing those who died were held across the city. (Photo: Getty Images)

New Orleans marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in a mood of uneasiness as Tropical Storm Gustav rolled closer across the Caribbean, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. Forecasters predicted that Gustav, which left at least 67 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, would intensify with winds of up to 130 mph after it pounded Jamaica today and headed toward Cuba. The US National Weather Service said it could become a major hurricane before reaching »

Alaska Governor Palin Faces Probe Over Firing

by: McClatchy Newspapers

Washington - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, picked Friday to be Senator John McCain's running mate in his pursuit of the presidency, has a reputation as a reformer in a state where the Republican party is under siege by prosecutors in a long-running corruption probe.

Palin shocked fellow Republicans in March when she quickly endorsed Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in his primary bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Don Young, who has been Alaska's lone member of the U.S. House for three decades. »

Kashmir: Hate in a Heaven

by: J. Sri Raman, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Many Indians have said many things about Kashmir and the intractable problem it poses. Until the other day, however, none had said that the nation had to let go of the region as a liability. Within about a week, two prominent commentators have said it, drawing the same startling conclusion from very different premises.

That provides a measure of the change in the India-administered State of Jammu and Kashmir, especially over the past two months. »