U.S. President George W. Bush speaks with federal, state and local officials at the Louisiana Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, 03 September 2008, where he was briefed in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Gustav was a Category 2 storm when it made landfall Monday, in Cocodrie, Louisiana. At the request of Gov. Bobby Jindal, center, President Bush Tuesday issued a Major Disaster Declaration for 34 of the state's parishes. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden listens at right.

Photograph: Eric Draper

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a General Assembly meeting on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, as Srgan Kerim (centre), President of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, and Muhammad Shaaban, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management, listen.

Photograph: Devra Berkowitz

Greenpeace activists construct a stone wall against destructive fishery in a Marine Reserve off the 5,000 square kilometre, Sylt Outer Reef, North Sea.

Photograph: Bente Stachowske

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during the distribution of Certificate of award during the launching of Libmanan Biogen 10MW power plant at Barangay Bahay Multi-purpose Open Court on 04 September 2008.

Photograph: Charlie Olila

REMAINS OF 17 DEAD FOUND AT DR CONGO

PLANE CRASH SITE, UN SAYS

New York -- The United Nations has confirmed that the remains of the 17 passengers on board an aid flight that went down in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday have been located in the vicinity of the crash site.