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Show ft Th Daily Herald i tared! Combat troop leaving Haiti s. PresBack in the TOKYO ident Reagan and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone called each other "Ron" and "Yasu." Then came the big chill. It's been a long time since a U.S. president and a Japanese prime minister have been on such chummy terms. Between trade tensions and political turmoil in Tokyo that g prime produced a string of ministers, leaders of the countries boasting the world's largest economies simply haven't had a chance to develop personal ties. That may be changing. As President Clinton arrived in drizzly, blustery weather today and prepared to sit down and talk with Prime Minister Rvutaro Hashimoto, prospects were better than they have been in years for a close, friendly chat. mid-1980- Haiti PORT-AU-PRINC- E. The last U.S. combat (AP) Haiti this week, endleave troops ing a mission that began 18 months ago when President Clinton sent 20,000 American soldiers to oust a bloody military regime. "In many respects, the mission has been a resounding success. We had a job to do. We came in and did it well." said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Peder C. Cox. who arrived 14 months ago as chief logistics officer. The last two U.S. cargo vessels sailed home Sunday. staff Thirty administrative members left in two chartered flights Monday. The remaining 150 members of the U.S. contin- short-servin- formidable opponent as Japan's principal negotiator during trade rows. The same attributes could help the two leaders cement the relationship they struck up then. The weather prevented the planned helicopter ride from Haneda Airport. But the Japanese were so eager to make a good impression that an expressway was closed off during Tokyo's dow ntown rush hour to speed Clinton's motorcade along. About the only impediment to recreating " the relationship is that Ryutaro, pronounced something like or "Ryu" for short, is something of a mouthful for Americans. For that matter. " doesn't exactly trip off the tongues of Japanese either. But no sweat. Each has a vested interest in a bit of camaraderie. They're not meeting for the first time as heads of government. Hashimoto made a trip to California in February quick Cox and the commander of Explanation of Hashimoto played a key role in smoothing the way for the Clinton visit by helping mold an accord on the return of a big chunk of U.S. military land to local landow ners on Okinawa. His advisers told Hashimoto he'd have a tough time getting Washington to agree to return a major military airport on Okinawa. But unlike predecessor Tomiichi Murayama. who entrusted foreign policy almost entirely "Ron-Yasu- "Bill-Ryu- to career bureaucrats, Hashimoto intervened personally. He met the U.S. ambassador. Walter Mon-dalfour times and offered Washington a concession by relaxing Japanese restrictions on military cooperation. The deal was done last Friday, just in time for the summit. e. 24-ho- session. for a Clinton also knows Hashimoto for a direct, style that made him a deaths demanded SAO PALLO. Brazil (AP) Forty people have died and sixty-eigothers have been hospitalized after using contaminated dialysis machines in one clinic in northeastern Brazil. "The death of all these people and the threat of death hovering over others is shocking and unsettling." the president of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops. Lucas Moreira Neves, said Monday. "The Health Ministry owes societv a full explanation of this scandal." The 40 people w ho died of toxic hepatitis caused by contaminated water were among 126 patients who underwent dialysis Feb. 10-1-6 at the Kidney Disease Institute in Caruaru. 1.650 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. ht Buddhists facing harsh controls BEIJING ( AP) Tibetan Buddhists now are enduring the worst wave of repression since martial law was imposed in the Tibetan capital in 1989. a human rights group has reported. Chinese authorities are imposing harsh controls to prevent Tibetan Buddhism from becoming a motivation for sentiment, the International Campaign for Tibet sas. the report was released Monday to coincide with debate on China's human rights record by the U.N. Human Rights Commission, now meeting in Geneva. j (J U.N. chief; Having declared that there already are enough Buddhist temples and monks and nuns to attend to the "daily religious needs of the people." the government has begun restricting Tibetans from joining monasteries and nunneries and prohibiting unregistered construction of temples. Tallest Ferris wheel in works LONDON (AP) London high Ferplans to build a 500-fothe world's wheel, ris tallest, to mark the millennium. The wheel on the south bank of the Rier Thames would be 186 feet taller than the British Parliament's famous Big Ben clock tower landmark on the other side of the river. The 1996 Guinness Book of Records says the largest diameter Ferris wheel currently operating is Japan's Cosmoclock 21 at Yokohama City, which is 344 12 feet high. "This will be a great landmark for London and an exciting tourist project." said Steven Mills, head of development with the English Tourist Board. The project was announced Monday. ot China imposos new modia rulos - BEIJING (AP) Foreign news agencies in China scrambled today to make sense of new to put their economic information services under strict regu-Jatio- gov-trnme- nt control. The rules released late Monday Were an elaboration of a government circular in January that put foreign providers of economic news under the supervision of the official Xinhua News Agency, which is authorized to charge a fee. However, foreign news agencies said today that the regulation still leaves many unan-- i we red questions. le fears for future of Burundi By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Wnter Ethnic UNITED NATIONS fighting in Burundi is escalating so much that the African country faces the "real danger" of explod-- ' ing into the same genocide that shattered neighboring the U.N. chief warned. ger of the situation in Burundi degenerating to the point where it might erupt into a genocidal conflict." Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Gha- li said Monday in a letter to the Security Council. Boutros-Gha- li has recommended the United Nations establish a standby force to intervene quickly in case of a major upsurge in ethnic violence. But none of the major powers appears interested in taking up his suggestion. In the letter. Boutas-Gha- li said serious differences had emerged in the country's coalition government between the country's Hutu AP Ptvrto Madonna and her escort Carlos Leon are shown during her birthday party at the Delano Hotel in Miami Meanwhile. Nigerian Foreign Liberia MONROVIA. Liberia's government denounced the international community's retreat from the beleaguered West African nation, even as looting and rebel violence dragged on. Sporadic gunfire was heard overnight, but it was not clear who was shooting at what. A government spokesman Monday criticized the United States' emergency evacuation, which has flown 408 Americans and 1.560 other foreigners to safety in neighboring Sierra Leone since civil order broke dow n last Tuesday. "We do not think that the crisis is deep enough to warrant the airlift of people." Reginald Goodridge said. A U.S. helicopter with 14 American Embassy workers flew out of Monrovia on Monday for the 64th mission of the eacuation. Ambassador William Milan remained behind with 18 security officers to guard the embassy com- pound and determine whether more flights are needed for foreigners stranded in Liberia. U.S. Navy amphibious ships are to reach Liberia's Atlantic coast later this week, delivering some 1.500 Marines to help secure the U.S. Embassy and its nearby residential compound. Some 20.000 Liberians have sought shelter and on August 17. Madonna, 37, is pregnant with her first child and Leon, 29, is the baby's father. Minister Tom Ikimi on Monday charged the United States with failing to provide enough financial or technical aid to peacekeeping forces in Liberia. Ikimi warned that the peacekeepers may be forced to pull out: "This will lead to the elimination of Liberia from the surface of earth." Most of the 10.000 peacekeepers are Nigerian; many have been accused of ignoring or even joining in widespread looting sprees. All the shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since government troops and rebels began fighting nine days ago. More than 60.000 have been left homeless by the violence, and most international agencies have pulled out. Young men w ielding guns and machetes still cruised the streets Monday looking for fresh looting opportunities and taking shots at people roaming the streets looking for food and w ater. Mon-rovia- A weekend cease-fir- e was shattered Monday afternoon by an intense firefight between Charles Taylor's rebel supporters from the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and those of Roosevelt Johnson's Ulimo-- J faction. Taylor, a government leader and member of the country 's ruling Council of State, has refused to negotiate with Johnson oxer releasing peacekeepers and Lebanese hostages Johnson is holding at his dow mown barracks. Tavlor has called on Johnson to surrender at the U.S. Embassy or six-ma- n the United Nations. A government warrant for Johnson's arrest on murder charges touched off the latest fighting in Liberia's nearly civil war. The war has killed an estimated 150.0(10 people and left half of the ar 2.6 country's million people homeless. Government officials, meanwhile, warned of a looming humanitarian crisis: Goodridge said the main generator that pumps treated drinking w ater into the city Ntibantun-- president, Sylvestre was running low on oil. At least seven people have already died in a cholera outbreak at the military barracks. Rebel leader Alhaji Kromah. Taylor's former nemesis who i now siding with him. sun eyed the barracks perimeter escorted by 60 . THATS Wm...K3ft A UMfTW PjTFJ Otters- - SatesoeoDle That Know & Understand N 5 maw. FROM fast, rm twin stRvict 10CAN TO ST. CtOfSL nsmim till 4KWWW4.fOWimftJl4-W- f v w-SH- TMt M DIAMOND JIM tandscape will like look before you buy o? ) y UCHTINC M 615 Norm 1200 , 1 t Own. IIUTIK Man MOP 01)22W11I LEFT HIS MARK Wil Feller "If you've got it, flaunt it," referred perfectly to the habits of "Diamond Jim" Brady. During his lifetime, his love for diamonds became an obsession. And as his wealth grew, so did his collection of the stones. In fact, he used them to impress potential clients in his career as a railroad salesman. While dealing with a client, Brady would steer the conversation to diamonds. 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He said the president favors; -negotiations w ith the Hutu rebels Free Consultation & Layout Landscape Demo Room: See what your "Gem Talk" 4 Rwanda, -- food in the compound. By NYENATl ALLISON ; "1 fear that there is a real dan- Liberia denounces international retreat Associated Press Writer m 3 i Madonna pregnant Call her LONDON (AP) The Maternal Girl: Madonna is four months pregnant with her first child. The singer, now in Budapest filming a movie version of the hit stage musical "Evita," is "deliriously happy." publicist Liz Rosenberg, speaking from the Hungarian capital, told Britain's GMTV. The baby's father. Carlos fitness Leon, a instructor, was also said to be pleased by the news. The London tabloid The Sun, w hich broke the story today, cited an unidentified source close to the singer as saying: "She has no plans to marry Carlos but he is totally supportive." "She has always wanted to have children," Ms. Rosenberg told GMTV in confirming the singer's pregnancy. "She has spoken about it quite frankly over the last year or so, but it was not something she w as particularly planning. She wanted to finish filming, but nature took its course." t makes clear listens closely to what tfte S.i also but he to sav. That's what he wants to sfcow,".f Himi-i,tpolitical Icctntterf Asakawa. i . ot Hasmmo) Est J who w nxe a biography On economic issues as well. Hatfuii; cCa-mo- n and Clinton will be sitting down fch interests. With an election coming up, Clinton is in no mood to butt heads over trade. This time around, he'd rather point to and leave it at that , past accomplishments of nil own tq election an has Hashimoto the to must by the sum He people face. go mer of 1997. when he's hoping his Libeifj Democratic Party will win back the Parlia1993. $ ; , g mentary majority it lost in Apart from getting Japan's tccnoff recovery on track, the prime minisfrl!coK.'l do nothing better to burnish his image tf I twins showing he's on buddy-budd- y : "3 the U.S. president. gent leave Wednesday morning. U.S. forces in Haiti. Col. Keith Huber. will be the last to leave, on a regular commercial flight Wednesday afternoon. jtj ifa mvM mate Memdhj strop! Dcntieiresfts By PETER LANDERS Associated Press Writer TUtday. April Next Seminar Thursday, April 18 6.00 p m. 375-522- v.' 't -- "f"--'i |
