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...tide of Rwandan refugees in and outside of the country has risen to 4 million, and U.N. officials are reporting some cases of bubonic plague in addition to the epidemic of cholera. President Clinton, who has drawn criticism from relief officials for not acting quickly enough on the Rwandan crisis, will put up an additional $41.4 million for humanitarian aid there, raising the U.S. contribution to almost $200 million. He also said he would spearhead an international program to stem the cholera epidemic...
...this year against the deutsche mark, to 1.59 DM last week. Those drops have contributed to a continuing erosion of stock and bond prices. The Dow Jones industrial average was 3647 Friday, down 8% from its Jan. 31 high, while the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds had risen to 7.6%, higher than when Clinton was inaugurated...
...worry about the dollar slide is that it will fan U.S. inflation by raising the price of imported goods and the American- made products that compete against them. But the U.S. imports more from Canada and Mexico than from Germany and Japan, and the American currency has actually risen against the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso. A further rise in interest rates might hurt the U.S. economy, by making consumer purchases and business investments more costly to finance, much more than it would help by restraining import inflation...
...province alone 2 million workers lost their jobs. Millions of others are being exploited by China's new private entrepreneurs -- overworked, physically abused and paid less than the minimum wage. Working conditions are frequently unsafe; the number of workers killed or injured in mine disasters and industrial accidents has risen dramatically. Illegal use of child labor is rampant...
...Patients with sickle-cell anemia are living longer because of more aggressive treatment. Their life expectancy has risen from a median age of 14 in 1973 to 42 for men and 48 for women. Scientists have identified several risk factors, which may lead to new and better treatments...