January 9th, 2009
Daniel writes about the return of Haj pilgrims to the airport of Dushanbe, capital city of Tajikistan, noting that hundreds of police officers lined the airport's arrival terminal perimeter, taming an anxious crowd.
KZBlog writes about his experience visiting a skiing resort near Almaty, the former capital city of Kazakhstan, and concludes that there is a lot of great tourism potential, but no investment and the people with the energy and desire to improve things.
January 8th, 2009
Adam informs the readers that an 18-year-old student from Kazakhstan had been stabbed to death in south-west Moscow.
January 5th, 2009
Michael Hancock informs the readers that Uzbekistan has shut off the gas to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan isn’t sending electricity to this country, leaving it without electricity.
Joshua Foust reports that a Canadian soldier in one of the ISAF embedded training teams in Helmand, is under arrest in Afghanistan for murder.