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Desperate measures to clear holdouts in storm wrecked New Orleans
Police and soldiers conduct house to house evacuations in New Orleans to remove holdouts amid flood water disease risk. Mayor Nagin warns force may be used. tests show sewage bacteria levels dangerously high while many residents resist evacuation.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Patrick McCarty
Garden
Anthony Charbonnet
C. Ray Nagin
Julie Gerberding
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Guard
Eddie Compass
Compass
Jeff Winn