New Orleans turning tide on Katrina floodwaters
6th Sep 2005, 14:58 GMT
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans was slowly turning back the floodwaters on Tuesday as engineers fixed a major break in the protective levees ruptured by Hurricane Katrina, a calamity the mayor says may have killed 10,000.
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