Archive - Sep 14, 2005

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The Senate blocked a bid to open an independent investigation into the post 9-11 government response to Hurricane Katrina. Failing to receive 2/3 of the necessary votes, the alternative option to create a bi-partison congressional panel, prevailed. Meanwhile, the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing to open the door on a government inquiry to look into the effectiveness of the post 9-11 emergency response plans. After 9-11, the government consolidated response management and spent billions of dollars on national disaster response plans.

A Jakarta Court sentenced another Australian embassy bomber, Ahmad Hasan, to death. It is the second such sentencing in 2 days. From Jakarta, Meggy Margiyono has more.