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Katrina wrecks US Gulf Coast, dozens killed
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-30 10:05:00

Oil prices had rocketed over a new high of 70 dollars a barrel, but prices later dropped to 67.20 dollars in New York after the US government said it could release strategic crude reserves.

(Xinhua/AFP photo)

White House spokesman Scott McClellan told media that US President George W. Bush approved the major disaster declarations aboard Air Force One en route to Arizona, paving the way for the use of federal money to help respond to the hurricane.

(Xinhua/AFP photo)
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