He's also directed emergency workers to begin airlifting Katrina's survivors to other states, saying shelters in Texas are near capacity.

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Meanwhile, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized the United States for airlifting some 2, 000 Georgian troops from Iraq after they were recalled home.

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The Rwandans went straight for the capital, Kinshasa, airlifting hundreds of troops across the continent, but they were repelled by the intervention of Zimbabwean and Angolan troops flown in to rescue Mr Kabila.

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