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Tajikistan weathers energy, food shortages through winter

Perspectives

March 12, 2009
Tajikistan weathers energy, food shortages through winter

Hundreds of people in Tajikistan died in the cold or went hungry last winter due to electricity shortages and crop devastation. A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes from Tajikistan to describe the conditions that the country's people still endure.

China faces worst drought in 50 years; wheat crops suffer

Blogwatch

February 10, 2009
China faces worst drought in 50 years; wheat crops suffer

China has declared a drought emergency and plans to provide nearly $13 billion in relief money, primarily to aid suffering wheat-growing regions. More than 4 million people face water shortages in the worst drought in 50 years.

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