Event: Hurricane Katrina disaster

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'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' the best film in years

The much-anticipated – and award/nomination festooned – film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story finally arrives in a cinema near you … and absolutely nothing about it will disappoint.

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Green Day's New Orleans song

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US govt 'rejected hurricane report mentioning global warming'

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Stone confirms album aspirations

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Colombia Three must not hurt Irish-US relations, says envoy

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Colombia Three must not cloud relations, says US envoy

Brosnan hits out at Bush

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan has slammed US President George W Bush for the way he has handled the Hurricane Katrina disaster in America's deep south.

Mon, 05 Sep, 2005

Questions raised about US preparedness for storm

Days after Hurricane Katrina inundated much of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, massive aid is arriving, yet with people still clinging to dry areas hoping for rescue, questions have arisen about the level of preparedness and response.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005