Person: Governor Haley Barbour

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Republicans resurgent in gubernatorial races

Republicans captured Democratic governorships in at least 10 states, including some prime presidential battlegrounds, and hoped for even more gains.

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Bush skips convention as hurricane blows in

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Hurricane heading for New Orleans

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Ageing McCain’s big decision:Who will be his second in command?

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Stars stage concert for hurricane victims

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Mississippi’s survivors angry at lack of aid

Counting the cost of Katrina

HELICOPTERS plucked frantic survivors from rooftops yesterday and officials said hundreds of people may have died in Hurricane Katrina’s attack on the US Gulf Coast, which sent a wall of water into Mississippi and flooded New Orleans.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2005

In The Eye Of The Storm

Rick Wilking, New Orleans

Tue, 30 Aug, 2005

Millions flee wrath of Hurricane Ivan

Hurricane Ivan claimed its first lives in the United States today, hours before the eye of the massive storm came ashore.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2004

New Orleans faces fury of Ivan the Terrible

More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge the below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years.

Wed, 15 Sep, 2004