TAJIKISTAN/UZBEKISTAN: This week, Uzbek authorities closed the Navruzobod border crossing in order to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Navruzobod links Tashkent and the Tajik city of Khujand and is Uzbekistan’s main western border crossing. The Uzbek government has also closed border crossings to Kyrgyzstan. There have been no registered cases of SARS in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

It’s official, the nation Tajikistan has been forsaken by God. The locusts are gone, but:

TAJIKISTAN: On Tuesday, heavy flooding destroyed more than 170 homes in several Tajik villages. There were no casualties. The most serious flooding occurred in the Yavansky district, where the rains have damaged roads. The floods have also destroyed at least 2,500 acres of grain crops.

It’s official, the nation Tajikistan has been forsaken by God. The locusts are gone, but:

TAJIKISTAN: On Tuesday, heavy flooding destroyed more than 170 homes in several Tajik villages. There were no casualties. The most serious flooding occurred in the Yavansky district, where the rains have damaged roads. The floods have also destroyed at least 2,500 acres of grain crops.

It’s official, the nation Tajikistan has been forsaken by God. The locusts are gone, but:

TAJIKISTAN: On Tuesday, heavy flooding destroyed more than 170 homes in several Tajik villages. There were no casualties. The most serious flooding occurred in the Yavansky district, where the rains have damaged roads. The floods have also destroyed at least 2,500 acres of grain crops.