UNESCO condemns murders of journalists in Mexico and Brazil

29 July 2011 – The United Nations refugee agency has provided 250 family-sized tents to house about 2,000 people left homeless in south-western Kyrgyzstan after last week’s deadly earthquake on the country’s border with Uzbekistan. The lightweight tents have been distributed to people living in the provinces of Batken and Osh, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today. At least 13 people were reportedly killed in Uzbekistan and 15 others were seriously injured as a resu .... [More]