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WATCH: New Orleans floods as Gulf coast braces for torrential rain

Floodwaters have swamped streets in New Orleans' French Quarter and prompted a tornado warning in the area amid concerns that even worse weather is on the way to Louisiana and other states along the Gulf of Mexico.

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New Orleans avoids worst of Hurricane Isaac

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Katrina policeman 'stamped on dying, mentally disabled man'

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Residents return, but New Orleans 'still vulnerable'

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Report: Kilmer replaces De Niro in film

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Gandolfini shines at New Orleans carnival parade

U2 and Green Day video appears online

The controversial video for U2's collaboration with Green Day has surfaced online.

Fri, 03 Nov, 2006

Leary fights for forgotten firemen

Funnyman Denis Leary is getting serious about the plight of New Orleans’ firefighters, who are too proud to ask for charity following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Sun, 04 Jun, 2006

Mayor aims to reopen Big Easy

NEW ORLEANS' mayor has the authority to let residents return to his hurricane-damaged city, but the Coast Guard official in charge of the federal disaster response said yesterday that all the information from health and environmental experts recommends against it.

Mon, 19 Sep, 2005

Mayor threatens to evacuate hurricane ‘holdouts’ with force

TO the estimated 10,000 residents still holed up in this ruined city, the mayor had a blunt new warning: get out now or risk being taken out by force.

Thu, 08 Sep, 2005

New Orleans' residents don't rule out Mardi Gras

Probably the last thing a city inundated with water and filled with human misery needs is a parade, much less a Mardi Gras.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2005

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

New Orleans' mayor spits fury at White House

Before New Orleans was swamped by flood waters and anarchy the world had never heard of Ray Nagin, a small time official on the giant stage of American politics.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005

Storm unleashes fury on US Gulf Coast

Adam Nossiter, New Orleans

Tue, 30 Aug, 2005

Colourful NASA chief faces his toughest test

HOUSTON has a Brian O’Connell and a Sean O’Keefe. It even has a Michael Collins, once known as “the loneliest man in space” for staying in orbit during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2003