UNITED STATES - NAACP: Gov't fails New Orleans one year after 'Katrina'
NEW ORLEANS (AP): Members of Congress toured the city yesterday and President George W. Bush was headed for the region to see the state of recovery efforts one year after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
LEBANON: Annan calls for release of kidnapped soldiers
BEIRUT, (Reuters): U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Lebanese ministers yesterday that he wanted the two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah sparked a 34-day war with Israel to be handed to the Red Cross, a government source said.
SUDAN: UN peacekeeping forces proposal rejected again
KHARTOUM, (Reuters): Sudan ignored U.S. pressure to accept U.N. troops in Darfur, sidelining Washington's top diplomat on Africa yesterday ahead of a critical U.N. Security Council debate on quelling violence in Sudan's western region.
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