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Dam breaks in Tajikistan, killing 24
Posted: Wednesday, August 07, 2002
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) -- A dam holding water in a lake in the Pamir Mountains of eastern Tajikistan broke Wednesday, flooding a village and killing at least 24 people, emergency officials said.
The dam collapsed as a result of a mudslide near the village of Dasht in the Roshkalinsky region about 185 miles east of the Tajik capital Dushanbe, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.