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Bush Issues Emergency Declaration for Louisiana, Texas
President Bush today declared a state of emergency for Louisiana and Texas, as former tropical storm Gustav strengthened to become a hurricane and continued on a collision course with the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Preparing for Mass Exodus As Gustav Gathers Strength
CHALMETTE, La., Aug. 28 -- Determined to avoid the mistakes made when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials began preparations for massive evacuations if it becomes clear that Tropical Storm Gustav will sweep over the region with the same force as Katrina.
New Orleans Makes Plans As Gustav Moves Closer (Post, August 28, 2008; Page A14)
Tropical Storm Looms Over Haiti (Post, August 26, 2008; Page A10)
Tropical Storm Heads for Fla. Gulf Coast: Fay Soaks Keys After 5 Die in Caribbean (Post, August 19, 2008; Page A03)
Tijuana's AIDS Epidemic Is a Binational Threat (Post, August 1, 2008; Page A10)
Mexico's Drug Cartels Take Barbarous Turn: Targeting Bystanders: In Sinaloa, Carnage Brings Widespread Terror (Post, July 30, 2008; Page A09)
Russian Bombers Could Be Deployed to Cuba: Move Would Be Response to U.S. Missile Defense System, Newspaper Izvestia Says (Post, July 22, 2008; Page A10)
Sustaining the Medellin Miracle: Colombia Struggles to Hold On To Gains From Globalization (Post, July 11, 2008; Page A01)
Detainee Evidence Allegedly Destroyed (Post, June 9, 2008; Page A02)
Detainee to Face Military Tribunal (Post, June 4, 2008; Page A16)
Immigration Raid Jars a Small Town: Critics Say Employers Should Be Targeted (Post, May 18, 2008; Page A01)
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Factory had tension between union, immigrants (AP, August 27, 2008; 8:47 PM)
ICE: Nearly 600 detained in Mississippi plant raid (AP, August 27, 2008; 12:24 AM)
Honduras joins Venezuelan pact; Chavez promises oil (Reuters, August 25, 2008; 9:27 PM)
Humanitarian workers among dead in Guatemala crash (AP, August 25, 2008; 6:45 PM)
Ten killed in Guatemala small plane crash (Reuters, August 24, 2008; 6:18 PM)
