Clinton’s rocky year ends with a string of victories
President Clinton reflects on a tumultuous year marked by controversy and compromise yet ending with key wins. He cites domestic gains such as family leave and motor voter acts, a scaled back national service bill, and NAFTA support, while facing foreign policy setbacks in Haiti Somalia and North Korea.
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Worldwatch says population and tech strain world food supply
The 11th annual State of the World report cites slowed grain output per person since 1984, rising fish prices, 20 year low rice stocks, and 5 million acres of land degraded since 1945. It warns that famines loom without radical breakthroughs and shifts in planning.
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Clinton visits Belarus for tribute in Minsk stop
President Clinton spent six hours in Minsk honoring victims of Stalinist purges and German occupation. He met with Stanislav Shushkevich and Zenon Poznyak while urging reform over communism, and announced another 25 million dollars to help Belarus dismantle remaining Soviet nuclear missiles.
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