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# Hurricane Katrina

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# ten years later
PHOTOS: These then-and-now images show Hurricane Katrina's devastation
It all happened 10 years ago, this week.
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Aug 31st 2015, 6:05 AM
# katrina10
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 10 years ago, today: Here's how it happened
Retrace every step of the Storm of the Century.
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Aug 29th 2015, 10:50 PM
# 999
Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery expert to talk to Irish fire officers
The AGM for Ireland’s Chief Fire Officers will discuss the latest technology, staffing, and responding to 999 calls.
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May 7th 2014, 7:20 AM
# pitt stop
Groupon is offering Irish users the chance to meet Brad Pitt for €18k
Forget your €10 iPhone speakers. This is extreme Groupon-ing.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 11:01 AM
# Isaac
Isaac downgraded to tropical storm as curfew remains
A curfew has been ordered in New Orleans as tropical storm Isaac continues.
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Aug 29th 2012, 9:10 PM
# Hurricane Isaac
Isaac makes second landfall as New Orleans faces 80mph winds
Hurricane Isaac came shore at 12:45am Irish time – and again this morning – on the seventh anniversary of Katrina.
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Aug 29th 2012, 9:55 AM
# Isaac
Hurricane Isaac strengthens while approaching US coast
President Obama has called on residents in the storm’s projected path to heed the warnings, saying: “Now’s not the time to tempt fate.”
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Aug 28th 2012, 8:53 PM
# New Orleans
Police officers convicted of shooting unarmed people post-Katrina
The shootings, in which two people were killed, happened days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The police were accused of covering up the incident.
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Aug 5th 2011, 6:35 PM
# Katrina
Five cops on trial over killings after Hurricane Katrina
The New Orleans police officers shot two people dead in the flooded city, then tried to cover up their actions, a court was told yesterday.
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Jun 28th 2011, 8:55 AM
# Hurricane Katrina
Obama laments “man-made catastrophe” of Hurricane Katrina
President tells New Orleans that the legacy of Katrina must be one “of action” but stops short of admonishing BP.
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Aug 30th 2010, 9:36 AM
# Katrina
Cops allowed to shoot post-Katrina looters, says report
Joint investigative project says police were allowed to shot thieves in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
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Aug 25th 2010, 3:28 PM
# BP Oil Spill
Brad Pitt says he backs death penalty for BP execs
The actor says he’s never supported capital punishment – but would make an exception for the oil executives.
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Aug 23rd 2010, 4:49 PM