About two dozen hurricane evacuees living on a cruise ship south of New Orleans were taking the federal government to court Monday in a bid to keep the ship docked and the government paying for it.Their lawsuit claims the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to provide alternative housing and had shown no evidence it would by Wednesday, FEMA’s deadline for releasing the cruise ships it had rented.“FEMA has bungled its assignment,” the lawsuit alleges. “FEMA acted incompetently before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina struck, and failed to heed warnings and take preventive actions that could have saved lived and alleviated suffering.”... http://www.msnbc.msn.com censor News |
Editor - 08:53:00 02-27-06 |
Microsoft unveils Vista editions |
| Microsoft is planning six versions of the next incarnation of its Windows operating system. Three versions of the software, called Vista, will be for home users, two will be for businesses and one will be for e.. full News |
Editor - 08:50:00 02-27-06 |
National Guard hurting, governors say |
| Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other em.. full News |
Editor - 08:47:00 02-27-06 |
Deadly bird flu spreads to Niger |
| Niger has become the third African country to have confirmed cases of the deadly strain of bird flu, experts say. Test results have confirmed several cases of the H5N1 virus, said the World Organisation for Ani.. full News |
Editor - 08:43:00 02-27-06 |
Bad luck continues to stalk Zambia's white farmers, hounded from Zimbabwe |
| When disaster visited them in Zimbabwe it had a name, Robert Mugabe. Now disaster has followed white farmers into exile in Zambia but this time there is no villain, just bad luck.Hounded from Zimbabwe, things w.. full News |
Editor - 08:39:00 02-27-06 |
British court hears Dubai port deal case |
| Lawyers for British shipping company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. told Britain's High Court on Monday that a U.S. company's legal challenge to P&O's takeover by Dubai Ports World was "woefully t.. full News |
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