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Hurricane body count less than expected

Alarming predictions of as many as 10,000 dead in New Orleans may have been greatly exaggerated, with authorities saying that the first street-by-street sweep of the swamped city revealed far fewer corpses than feared.

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First body sweep eases 'dire' fears 10,000 died

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Fewer bodies than expected found in New Orleans

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Mayor hits out at Bush over delay in relief operation

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

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Bush to visit communities devastated by hurricane

Water keeps rising in New Orleans

Army engineers trying to plug New Orleans’ breached levees struggled to move giant sandbags and concrete barriers into place, and the governor said today the situation was growing more desperate and there was no choice but to abandon the flooded city.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2005

Looters ransack New Orleans after hurricane

Officials watched helplessly as looters around the city ransacked stores for food, clothing, appliances and guns.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2005