Sunday, October 02, 2005
US launches assault in west Iraq
US launches assault in west Iraq. Some 1,000 US soldiers have embarked on an assault on al-Qaeda-linked militants in western Iraq, the US military says.
New Orleans's Black Colleges Hit Hard .Concern is growing among black educators about the future of New Orleans's three historic African American universities, which were hit much harder by Katrina -- and have fewer resources with which to recover -- than the city's other major colleges. .
Katrina Contributes To Drop in Spending .Consumer spending plunged in August at the steepest monthly rate since the 2001 terrorist attacks as Hurricane Katrina slashed incomes, fanned inflation and caused $170 billion in losses from property damage, the Commerce Department reported yesterday in its first tally of the storm's economic effects. .
New Orleans's Black Colleges Hit Hard .Concern is growing among black educators about the future of New Orleans's three historic African American universities, which were hit much harder by Katrina -- and have fewer resources with which to recover -- than the city's other major colleges. .
Katrina Contributes To Drop in Spending .Consumer spending plunged in August at the steepest monthly rate since the 2001 terrorist attacks as Hurricane Katrina slashed incomes, fanned inflation and caused $170 billion in losses from property damage, the Commerce Department reported yesterday in its first tally of the storm's economic effects. .
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