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New Orleans ordered evacuated ahead of Gustav

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the city's more than 239,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday in the face of powerful Hurricane Gustav, which he called "the mother of all storms." <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/topNews?a=RuNYnh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/topNews?i=RuNYnh" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=Z8ZlxK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=Z8ZlxK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=tdwmBk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=tdwmBk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=0yK8zk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=0yK8zk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/379328053" height="1" width="1"/>