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she practiced endlessly, and at the e age of eleven she won ne ugandan junior championship.film clip] >> check mate. >> this year's gold medalist, phiona mutesi. reporter: the young champion travelled the world. at 14, she represented uganda at the chess olympiad in siberia. ms. mutesi: it was a new life. it was all strange. i didn't know how to use flushing toilets, nothing. i didn't know how to sleep in bed by myself. i didn't know how to use a shower. so, everything. it was our coach who used to teach us everything. yeah, it was now beyond the chess board and life skills. reporter: robert katende also organizes chess seminars for the children of katwe. he wants them all to have the opportunity to extend their horizons. donations to his som chess academy benefit the children. katende has so far paid for 80 children to go to school. with her prize money, phiona bought a house in the country with a garden, where her mother grows fruit and vegetables. >> i am so proud of my daughter. we used to live on the street. sometimes we had nothingng to t for days on enend. but now i h
she practiced endlessly, and at the e age of eleven she won ne ugandan junior championship.film clip] >> check mate. >> this year's gold medalist, phiona mutesi. reporter: the young champion travelled the world. at 14, she represented uganda at the chess olympiad in siberia. ms. mutesi: it was a new life. it was all strange. i didn't know how to use flushing toilets, nothing. i didn't know how to sleep in bed by myself. i didn't know how to use a shower. so, everything. it was our...
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and tensions are rising between the newcomers and ugandans from nearby communities.arrived at invepi shortly after a skirmish broke out between refugees and locals. this young refugee was bloodied and eventually taken away by ambulance. >> we'll take good care of him. >> reporter: u aye maung is field director the u.n. high commission for refugees at invepi. is that a concern for you, the tensions between the local communities and the refugees? >> we have seen some tensions arise between people. the concerns are valid. there are protection issues. we have a large number of children, women and single boys, young girls. they need protection. they need space, safe space so they can be able to go to school, they can able to do their basic rights in the settlement area. >> reporter: such hostility is relatively new in a country whose official policy has been to integrate refugees it looks like any other african village and that's the point. uganda has an open door policy toward refugees, and they're placed in settlements, not camps. an acknowledgement that they'll stay fo
and tensions are rising between the newcomers and ugandans from nearby communities.arrived at invepi shortly after a skirmish broke out between refugees and locals. this young refugee was bloodied and eventually taken away by ambulance. >> we'll take good care of him. >> reporter: u aye maung is field director the u.n. high commission for refugees at invepi. is that a concern for you, the tensions between the local communities and the refugees? >> we have seen some tensions...
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when they landed at the airport, all the israeli commandos were wearing ugandan military uniforms.ame kind of mercedes that a ugandan general would drive. >> the hijackers didn't know what was going on, and, by the time they figured it out, it was too late for them. >> it took just 52 minutes from the time the first plane landed until it took off with the hostages. that was three minutes less than the rehearsal the night before. >> the rescue seemed pretty much like a modern miracle. for relatives who for days on end were unsure whether they would ever see their loved ones again, it was a time for joy and jubilation. >> what made you think that israel could pull off an operation like this? >> the alternative. >> the entebbe rescue was one of the few bits of good news we had regarding counterterrorism. it was followed a year later by the daring rescue of german passengers that had been aboard a hijacked lufthansa aircraft. >> it was over in minutes. a blinding flash, a deafening explosion and gunfire. >> the plane's passengers and crew were freed in a lightning predawn rescue raid b
when they landed at the airport, all the israeli commandos were wearing ugandan military uniforms.ame kind of mercedes that a ugandan general would drive. >> the hijackers didn't know what was going on, and, by the time they figured it out, it was too late for them. >> it took just 52 minutes from the time the first plane landed until it took off with the hostages. that was three minutes less than the rehearsal the night before. >> the rescue seemed pretty much like a modern...
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. - there's an old ugandan proverb that says, "one who sees something good, must tell of it."- i've got five words that will help you ace your next test. make the grade is coming up. don't go away. - [luke] closed captioning is brought to you by.isrought t.
. - there's an old ugandan proverb that says, "one who sees something good, must tell of it."- i've got five words that will help you ace your next test. make the grade is coming up. don't go away. - [luke] closed captioning is brought to you by.isrought t.