SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Khujand Debt-hit Tajiks turn to suicide  Aug 28, 2009 KHUJAND, Tajikistan - Economic hardship resulting from the global financial crisis is to blame for a spate of suicides in the northern Tajikistan region of Soghd, victims' relatives and experts say. A mother of three who lives in the provincial capital of Khujand said her car-dealer husband committed suicide after some of his clients failed to pay him ... A mother of two from the Bobojon Gafurovskiy district not far from Khujand lost her husband of 11 years. (Asia Times Online) In Central Asia, Corruption Undermining Education System  Aug 21, 2009 Last month, for example, several professors in the region -- including the head of the Ashgabat University of World Languages, a department head in Tajikistan s Khujand Medical College, and two university professors in Bishkek and Osh -- were fired in connection with bribery. Prosecutors in the three countries in question have opened criminal cases against the professors, who now face corruption charges. (EurasiaNet.org) Tajikistan risks 'social unrest'  Feb 14, 2009 Some 70% of the population is now said to live in abject poverty in the countryside, with hunger spreading to the cities, particularly Khujand, once one of the most prosperous parts of the country. Review aid. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific) Back to World Cities News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009