New Orleans will force evacuators

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Mayor Ray Nagin instructed all public safety officers “to compel the evacuation of all persons ... regardless of whether such persons are on private property or do not desire to leave,” according to a written statement from his office. The order did not apply to people in Algiers on the West Bank side of Orleans Parish. Many residents have refused to leave New Orleans despite a mandatory evacuation and warnings from government officials that staying in the flooded city represents a health risk. In Washington, White House and congressional sources said Tuesday that the Bush administration plans to ask Congress for $30 billion to $50 billion to aid in the next phase of the recovery effort. The request — which would add to the $10.5 billion already approved — will be made as early as Wednesday, they said. The standing water in New Orleans, left behind after Hurricane Katrina blasted through the region more than a week ago, is contaminated with E. coli bacteria, a highly placed official in the New Orleans mayor’s office told CNN on Tuesday. “It’s absolutely unhealthy to be anywhere near the water,” said the official, who declined to be identified CNN.com said.

Rehnquist’s death throws court into uncertainty

According to foxnews.com, the death of William H. Rehnquist presents President Bush with both opportunities and burdens. The chance to make two appointments to the bench and name a chief justice is extraordinary, but Bush must make his choices carefully in order to avoid strong political resistance and fill out the court expeditiously. “The whole dynamic on the court is going to be different as new justices come on board,” said Joseph Hoffman, a former Rehnquist clerk and Indiana University law school professor. “We have been having a very stable period on the court for quite a few years now.” Hearings for Judge John G. Roberts, Bush’spick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, were scheduled to begin on Tuesday.But with state mourning to begin for Rehnquist on Tuesday, followed by his funeral on Wednesday,the Senate Judiciary Committee was likely to delay the hearings. Bush on Sunday promised to name a successor to Rehnquist shortly.

“Gillagan’s Island” stardies at 70

Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show “Gilligan’s Island,” made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 70. According to msn.com, Denver died Friday at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina of complications from treatment he was receiving for cancer.

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Denver had also undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year.TVcritics hooted at “Gilligan’s Island” as gag-ridden corn. Audiences adored its far-out comedy. Writer-creator Sherwood Schwartz insisted that the show had social meaning along with the laughs: “I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications.”

Al-Qaeda possibly linked to London bombings

American and British investigators say a new video featuring a July 7 London subway bomber and Qaeda chief deputy Ayman alZawahiri is authentic. These counterterror officials, who asked not to be named because of the sensitive subject matter, say the tape, aired last Thursday by Al-Jazeera, appears to affirm a link between Al Qaeda and the July 7 attacks—but it doesn’tprove Zawahiri or Qaeda head Osama bin Laden ordered them. In the video, which the officials think was assembled from two separately shot tapes, suicide bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan says he is a“soldier” intent on “protecting and avenging my Muslim brothers and sisters.” He asks Allah to “raise me amongst those I love,” agroup that includes bin Laden, Zawahiri and Abu Mussab alZarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of the Iraqi insurgency. Khan does not say that the Iraq war was a motivation for the attacks. But Zawahiri does praise them as a “slap in the face” to Tony Blair’s British government for its alleged collaboration with Washington in oppressing Muslims in countries including Iraq, according to msnbc.com.