CLINTON VISIT.U.S. President Clinton Clinton. 1 Town (1990 pop. 12,767), Middlesex co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1663, set off from Killingworth and inc. 1838. The school that later became Yale opened here in 1702. was scheduled to visit Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. between March 8-11. Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. have met in Honduras to discuss an agenda for their summit with Clinton. The issue of aid to victims of Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic , which hit the region last October, will certainly be high on the list. More than 10,000 people were killed and the cost of reconstruction is estimated at US$4 billion. Other issues to be raised include the situation of illegal workers in the U.S., and free trade measures. |
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