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September 05, 2005
Blair Apologizes to Britons Caught Up in Katrina
British Prime Minister Tony Blair "apologized today to Britons caught up in Hurricane Katrina who have complained at being "abandoned" by the Foreign Office," reports The Guardian and other publications.
"However," The Guardian reported, " the prime minister also defended British diplomats, insisting that some had been working "round the clock" and had only managed to enter New Orleans itself overnight."
"Mr Blair spoke after the first British survivors began arriving home yesterday with horror stories about the New Orleans Superdome stadium, the city's main emergency shelter," the paper said. Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at September 5, 2005 08:25 AM
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