131 Britons missing after Katrina hits U.S.

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From the BBC news today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4214122.stm

'Over 100 Britons' missing in US

A total of 131 Britons are unaccounted for after Hurricane Katrina hit the US, the government has said.Many of those would most likely be safe, but efforts were underway to try to locate them, Foreign Office minister Lord Triesman said.

Following criticism of help given to UK survivors by British officials, he said everything possible was being done.

The first Britons rescued from New Orleans have arrived back in the UK, with more expected on Monday.

They were among thousands finally being evacuated from the city, after days in appalling conditions in rescue centres....

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