Show Th Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 24 1996 — Pages IWo r d f&l N a ti on) I inton to Uganda package m KAMPALA Uganda (AP) — Visiting A primary school with diitfloor classrooms President ’ President PimIM canon's kip to Mb’ Clinton was announcing $120 million in' aid for Ugandan choobtoday to train more teachers and get African children hooked op to the Internet The United States already vide $10 million a year to trip Satire SMeals Swaioal BRlMMlvBby MyAflMricBn —t IbuA M lwB HRmrej! pPBMOMm JlfolbaMM n prosup- port this booming Central African nation’s efforts to s improve the literacy rate and pri-meducation the Nd 1 priority omesident Yrwoi Museveni Mport t dopOBBR wi oonoBmn SOAdallMbLMbiiM ind Qinoddt began guaranteeing free primary education for up to four children I OSo uBlAIHcs Mi Nation Mandats in a family something Hillary Rodham Clinton praised when she visited last yesr in a preview of the president's historic six nation tour of Africa Klsowen Rimary School needed on a hillside that looks out o tin Going on AmarieaS) now over coffee and banana fields is of a compound that includes es for teachers and an Anglican church Some Classrooms are being renovated and other stand visaing RoUbm Wand prison ha apart 18 yon as a poWcal prison and Jolwnnaabug whom CSnkmwU Wi Caps SwISMandotaparihstd VlaSIng e 12-d-ay safari Ghanaian Piuatdant Jerry Rowings whispers to President canton shortly after Accra Ghana on Monday tie fast day o( Clinton's trip to Africa Sw shipping poM lor alaws to Sis nomic trade education democra- tamhta a tourin dsaSnallos V K fooflcn a I Uganda’s school population doubled last year to 43 million after Museveni’s government 4 I School children dad in bright pink school uniforms scampered around the grounds as drummers pounded meny percussion where Clinton was sneaking j Before visiting the school 20 miles outside Kampala Clinton met with Museveni at the State House Lodge to dycuss ways to ii Fifteen Peace Corps volunteers are training teachers now only 14 for 760 students Part ofthie $120 million would go toward more teacher training Central African stability is the focus of a conference of regional cy and human rights in Africa during the first vint by an American president in 20 yean the stabilize neighboring nations leaders that convenes here Wednesday Among those who will attend is President Laurent Kabila of Congo White House said “We’ve got a broad bilateral including Rwanda and Burundi where recent civil wars and continuing insurgencies have killed hundreds of thousands of people in foe past few years agenda to pursue" spokesman Mike McCrary said “There are regional security issues that define Central Africa and the Great Lakes region that have been a source of so much despair and so much heartache” The discussion over African security was at the core of Clinton’s agenda of promoting eco Clinton and Museveni also talked about economic revitalization expansion of civil liberties within Uganda and human rights particularly in the concerns northern region where fictional fighting continues to rage Hillary lashes outat female circumcision ByTbnSuBvhp Assorlirtotl s Press Writer ACCRA Ghana (AP) — Moved by discussions she heard during her last trip to Africa' Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out Monday at the traditional practice of female genital mutilation calling the custom “sometimes deadly but always inhumane” Mrs CUmon in Ghana on the first day of a 12-d- ay unddesfend what the law means and why it shodUlte'eaforedd in every village” she told representatives of dozens of women’s groups ' at sh Accra day-ca- te center f a - female genital mutilation also known as femakdrcumcisaon involves cutting part of a girl’s vagina or clitoris’ It is commonly practiced in7many countries throughout Africa and the Middle East Air FOrco One AP pholo In touched down Insurgencies in the north and west of the country have forced Museveni to spend 20 percent of the $1 billion annual budget tm the military Museveni seized power in 1986 after a five-yeguerrilla struggle He has become one of ar Africa’s most influential — though authoritarian — leaders earning praise for creating a model of African economic and political stability 1040A to Z been concerned with the health problems that can go along with die practice she became I increasingly interested in the issue after prominent Eritrean women talked about the custom and its effects during her visit to No one knows the tax code better than the professionals at H&R Block Africa last March Our experienced preparers can help you pay less or get more back Our rates are reasonable we stand behind our work Sound like someone you can use? Mrs Clinton made her comments after being welcomed to the 31st December Woinen’s Movement Day Care Center — presidential journey across Africa praised tills West African country for outlawdom Iborf to protect a girl's honor cleanliness and ing Accompanied by Ghana’s first laity Nana “I want to congratulate this nation for your r virginity but criticized as an abusivecustom Konadu Agyeman Rawlings Mrs Clinton with traditional dances and leSdtmtfaiprtfM'ttoty'bypassing allawieuilnpftbiMdW1 to -- i fruroftii'taiA onw tins but hrci ing practice utrypewparec MtMCHtUontintd long imalmifl ont minds tks tiipfi 547 N Main 752-16- sothrtindiviAUfif lQNi 51 iionuoJ : te9MSpa MYTH — a ij sLnmBNniniBwpBBiMMyBniinnraBpBnny - mm — ' ByAnhMcTonttars 8criggeHowari2!2i£l22Di!22— 2 t —s i - 2 m — WASHINGTON — If s Rus-sia’i version of “March Madness" and like clockwork it again Roaring back’ 'from about of illness Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent' his ! 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