Uzbeks return to shattered homes

Uzbek refugees displaced by ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan started trickling back to their wrecked homes today in the southern city of Osh, desperate for food and water that aid agencies have had trouble delivering to the thousands camped out on the border.

Kyrgyzstan’s weak military has been gradually regaining control of Osh, the epicentre of the violence that left hundreds dead and forced more than 100,000 Uzbeks from their homes at the hands of Kyrgyz mobs.