RWANDA . . . NOW ON THE U.S. FRONT BURNER

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President Clinton ordered a massive "round-the-clock" military airlift to begin in Rwanda, where the refugee disaster is claiming a life a minute. After private aid experts had charged the White House with failing to understand the magnitude of the crisis, Clinton said the U.S. would build an "airlift hub" in neighboring Uganda for the 24-hour-a-day shipment of supplies to the region. He also called on the United Nations to send "a full contingent" of peacekeepers to provide security for civilians who want to return to their homeland. "The flow of refugees across Rwanda's borders has now created what could be the world's worst humanitarian crisis in a generation," Clinton told reporters.