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Katrina rhetoric fails to calm storm

By Andrew Ward

Published: August 22 2006 18:33 | Last updated: August 22 2006 18:33

Visitors to the New Orleans Gift and Jewelry Show this week could have been forgiven for thinking that life in the Big Easy is back to normal.

Hundreds of people descended on the city’s Ernest N. Morial convention centre to hunt for bargains among stalls selling everything from loose diamonds and Rolex watches to crystal glassware and designer perfume, with a Starbucks coffee kiosk on hand to stave off thirst.

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