2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 6, 2005 NEWS New Orleans dead could number 10,000 NEWS IN BRIEF METAIRIE, La. (AP) - One week after Hurricane Katrina dev- astated the region, miles-long lines of vehicles crawled into Jeffer- son Parish yesterday astresidents were allowed to return to salvage what was left of their homes. New Orleans's mayor warned that 10,000 people may have died. President Bush began his second trip. to the region since the storm hit, landing in Baton Rouge late in the morning to start another inspection tour and consultations with federal and local officials. "All levels of the government are doing the best they can," Bush said in Baton Rouge. "So long as any life is in danger, we've got work to do." Traffic began moving into the parish west of New Orleans at about 6 a.m. A curfew was set for 6 p.m., and residents were told they could stay until tomorrow. Among those returning was Diane Dempsey, a 59-year-old retired Army lieutenant colonel who AP Photo Volunteers pass under an overpass through flood waters on Interstate 10 In New Orleans while searching for survivors yesterday. stopped at the water's edge less than to do," she said, sobbing while a mile from the house where she standing amid boats beached on grew up and where her aunt lives. Veterans Highway. "A lot of these "I'm going to pay someone to people built these houses anticipat- get me back there, anything I have ing some flood water but nobody r Bookstores Michigan Book and Supply AA.8, Sports 3, University 12 Michigan Union Bookstore Arts 2, 7, 9, University 3, 9 News 9, 14,15, Sports 3 Shaman Drum Bookshop AA 5, University 12, News 10 Ulrich's AA4, News 17, Sports 6 C loth in g/A pp arel............................. 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The suburban parish, which has 460,000 residents, has been closed since a mandatory evacuation just before Katrina hit. Wide portions of Metairie and Kenner suffered heavy flooding, and authorities said thou- sands of homes were damaged. Some 400 to 500 police officers from New Orleans's 1,600 member force were unaccounted for, Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said. A week after the storm, a defini- tive death toll remained elusive. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned on NBC's "Today" that "it wouldn't be unreasonable to have 10,000" dead. Despite the grim estimate, he was more upbeat than in previous days, when he railed against the federal government and broke down sob- bing during a radio interview. "We're making great progress now, the momentum has picked up. I'm starting to see some critical tasks being completed," he told NBC. "The 17th Street canal is about or was about 84 percent closed in yesterday afternoon. We have more troops arriving, so we're starting to make the kind of progress that I kind of expected earlier." Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore told ABC's "Good MorningAmer- ica" that fewer than 10,000 people remained in the city, based on aerial reconnaissance. "This is not a city under siege," he added on NBC. "This city needs help from the big people in America and its technology to get back on its feet. We are focused on the future. We have to finish the search-and- rescue and provide food and water from an area from Mobile (Ala.) to the east side of New Orleans, up to I-20 in Mississippi. This is a pig-big piece of terrain. There are people there that need help. We will do the best we can to get it to them." On Sunday, as authorities strug- gled to keep order, gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors on a bridge, rescues of stranded residents continued and the flood waters began to recede, leaving the grisly task of collecting bodies. The Times-Picayune, Louisiana's largest newspaper, published an open letter to Bush that called for the firing of every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "We're angry, Mr. President, and we'll be angry long after our beloved city and surrounding par- ishes have been pumped dry," the editorial said. "Our people deserved rescuing. Many who could have been were not. That's to the govern- ment's shame." "Every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be fired, Director Michael Brown especially," the letter said. 'No expense should have been spared. No excuses should have been voiced." Violence boiled over in New Orleans when 14 contractors on their way to help plug the breach in the 17th Street Canal came under fire as they traveled across a bridge under police escort, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers. Police shot at eight peo- ple carrying guns, killing five or six, Riley said. None of the contrac- tors was injured, authorities said. Besides the lawlessness, civilian deaths and uncertainty about their families, New Orleans's police have had to deal with suicides in their ranks. Two officers took their lives, including the department spokes- man, Paul Accardo, who died Sat- urday, according to Riley. Both shot themselves in the head, he said. Reinforcements for police poured down the interstates toward New Orleans - long convoys of police cars, blue lights flashing, embla- zoned with emblems from scattered police, sheriff, and other jurisdic- tions, in and out of state. JOBS!!! Fall Term Apply now at the Law Library- non-Law students " Law Students MEDAN, Indonesia Indonesian jetliner crash kills 147 An Indonesian jetliner slammed into a crowded neighborhood moments after a shaky takeoff yesterday and burst into flames, killing 147 people, including dozens on the ground. At least 15 passengers survived, among them an 18-month-old boy, officials said. The Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 was heading to Jakarta in overcast weather when it plowed into a row of houses 500 yards from the airport and skid- ded onto a busy road in this city on northeast Sumatra island. Witnesses said some people were on fire as they fled the wreckage. Firefighters struggled to put out the blaze, which engulfed dozens of houses and at least 10 cars, in a midmorning rainstorm. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Afghan police fight suspected militants Thirteen suspected Taliban fighters have been killed in fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces in a southern province, and more than 40 other suspected militants were arrested, a senior Afghan official said yesterday. Some 200 Afghan police, supported by the U.S.-led coalition, fought the militants in the mountains of Ghorak district in Kandahar province on Sun- day night, said Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid. "We have the dead bodies," Khalid said, adding that assault rifles and some ammunition was confiscated from the fighters. He said 44 other sus- pects were arrested and that the Afghan and coalition forces had suffered no casualties. U.S. military spokesman Col. James Yonts yesterday confirmed that more than 40 suspected insurgents had been taken into custody, but gave no further details about the military operation in Kandahar, which he said was continuing. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Night blast in Gaza kills 4, injures at least 30 A mysterious blast after nightfall yesterday leveled a building in Gaza City, killing four people and wounding at least 30, residents and hospital officials said. The violent Islamic Hamas group blamed Israel, but the Israeli military said it was not involved. The explosion came hours after Palestinian security forces got their first look at demolished Jewish settlements in Gaza, touring the area ahead of Israel's formal handover in mid-September. The joint tour by Palestinian commanders and Israeli military officials marked the first time Palestinian authorities were allowed into the settlements. BAGHDAD Insurgents launch surprise attack in Iraq Insurgents launched a surprise attack on Baghdad's heavily guarded Interior Ministry building yesterday, killing two police officers and wounding several others, officials said. In southern Iraq, two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb. Insurgent casualties were unknown in the rare daylight assault, which began soon after sunrise and lasted about 15 minutes. Thunderous explosions could be heard in the center of Baghdad as insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons. At least four U.S. Apache and Black Hawk helicopters flew over the area in cen- tral Baghdad after the firefight. 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