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Kyrgyz villages experience food shortages

JAN. 21 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Villages in southern Kyrgyzstan are experiencing food shortages after Uzbekistan shut checkpoints running through its enclave of Sokh following rioting on Jan. 5/6, media reported. The checkpoints guard the only road linking villages in Kyrgyzstan’s impoverished Batken province to the rest of the country.

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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)