Person: Eddie Compass

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Corpses collected as crew clean up debris

Forensic workers and body-sniffing dogs searched New Orleans in earnest for corpses as crews cleared away mounds of rubbish and debris left behind by residents fleeing Hurricane Katrina.

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Police use force to evacuate New Orleans stragglers

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Last chance for hurricane stragglers to go quietly

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Rescuers battle to move last residents

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Police step up efforts to clear last survivors from New Orleans

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Mayor threatens to evacuate hurricane ‘holdouts’ with force

New Orleans' police chief defends out-of-ammo force

New Orleans’ police chief fiercely defended his officers following claims that they deserted in droves, leaving the city to rapists and looters in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2005

"There have been rapes, there has been gang warfare because they have all the different street gangs in there"

AS New Orleans disintegrated in lawlessness and mayhem, a horrifying picture emerged of the squalor, rape and gunfire battles in the stadium over the past four days.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2005

New Orleans: Death, menace, fear, rape - anarchy

New Orleans descended into anarchy as corpses lay abandoned in the streets, fights and fires broke out, police officers turned in their badges and the governor declared war on looters who have made the city a menacing landscape of disorder and fear.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005

Teen shot dead in ‘gang feud’

A FEUD between teenagers apparently spilled over into a packed high school gym as assailants armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a handgun opened fire, killing one youth and wounding three others.

Wed, 16 Apr, 2003

School feud ends with murder in the gym

A feud between teenagers spilled over into a packed high school gym as assailants armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a handgun opened fire, killing one youth and wounding three others.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2003

Teenagers gunned down in packed school gym

One teenage boy was killed and four girls were wounded in New Orleans yesterday when gunmen armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a handgun opened fire in a packed school gymnasium.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2003