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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tapped Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Donald Powell Tuesday to head the federal government's effort to rebuild areas of the Gulf Coast devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

Following a report from Pakistan on the efforts to deliver aid to earthquake survivors, U.N. Undersecretary General Jan Egeland, who is in charge of U.N. relief efforts in Pakistan, provides an assessment of the recovery.