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USA Today, 05.01.09 07:06 UTC

Time, nature threaten La. island and Native American tribe

ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. — There was a time, people here remember, when groves of Cypress trees stretched to the horizon and the underbrush shook with mink and muskrat.

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USA Today, 02.01.09 18:30 UTC

Gulf officials discuss hurricane evacuation problems

POPLARVILLE, Miss (AP) — Mississippi officials want to improve emergency traffic flow from Louisiana in Pearl River County and Poplarville, where evacuation traffic from Hurricane Gustav created congestion and confusion.

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Times Online World News, 29.12.08 21:01 UTC

Life after Fidel Castro's revolution: a long fall from red dawn to black market

The Cuban press was having a lot of fun at capitalism's expense. The lead story in the eight-page Granma - named after the yacht that brought the young Fidel back to Cuba to begin his revolution in ...

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Economist, 11.12.08 18:18 UTC

New Orleans - Out at last

A final blow for William Jefferson’s sleaze machine

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USA Today, 08.12.08 15:02 UTC

Dems pick up House seat in central Ohio

Mary Jo Kilroy, a Franklin County commissioner who came within 1,062 votes of unseating incumbent Republican Deborah Pryce two years ago, will be representing Ohio's 15th Congressional District. On ...

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CNN Top Stories, 08.12.08 03:04 UTC

First Vietnamese-American elected to House

(CNN) -- The Louisiana man who Saturday became the first Vietnamese-American elected to the House says he hopes his win will push more young people to become politically active.

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BBC World News, 07.12.08 12:30 UTC

Vietnam-born lawyer wins US poll

Voters in the US state of Louisiana have elected the first Vietnamese-American member of Congress.

New Orleans Ho Chi Minh City Louisiana United States Anh Joseph Cao William Jefferson +5 more

CNN Top Stories, 07.12.08 04:30 UTC

Beleaguered congressman trails in La. vote

(CNN) -- Nine-term Democratic Rep. William Jefferson, who has been battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years, trailed Republican challenger Anh "Joseph" Cao in early returns in one of two hurricane-delayed congressional races in Louisiana.

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