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19 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

Mongolia to Raise Up to $1.2 Billion in First Dollar Debt Sale

Mongolia plans to sell as much as $1.2 billion of bonds overseas later this year, its first sale of dollar-denominated debt, to fund infrastructure supporting its mining industry, Finance Minister Sangajav Bayartsogt said.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

BusinessWeek

Mongolia Considers Selling Stakes of Copper, Coal, Gold Assets

Mongolia, the Asian nation with some of the world's largest untapped mineral resources, is considering setting up separate companies owning the country's gold, copper and coal reserves and using investment banks to sell shares to global investors, the prime minister said.

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Sun Feb 07, 2010

Guardian Unlimited

Sumo grand champion to quit after alleged assault outside nightclub

Sumo grand champion Asashoryu today announced his retirement, weeks after he allegedly assaulted a man outside a nightclub in the latest scandal to hit the troubled sport.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

Kyodo News

Sumo: Mongolian newspapers blast Japanese sumo over Asa's retirement

People in Ulan Bator on Feb. 5, 2010, read newspapers' front-page stories reporting former... Several Mongolian newspapers on Friday featured articles on their front pages, reporting that a conspiracy was behind former grand champion Asashoryu's decision to quit sumo over his alleged assault of a man in downtown Tokyo.

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Thu Feb 04, 2010

Hospitality Net

Rezidor announces the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia

The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, announces a new hotel in a new country: The Radisson Blu Hotel, Ulaanbaatar with 175 guest rooms is scheduled to open in Q1 2011.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

National Post

'Terrified to return'

Gankhuyag Bumuutseren, a Mongolian citizen recruited to spy on Chinese dissidents, rests in the basement of St.

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Tue Feb 02, 2010

United Nations

Extreme cold triggers livestock disaster in Mongolia - " UN

A herder milks yaks in Must, Khovd Province, Mongolia 2 February 2010 &#150 More than 20,000 families are at the risk of going hungry, as temperatures reaching as low as -50 degrees centrigrade have killed nearly two million head of livestock in Mongolia, the United Nations agriculture agency reported today.

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ITAR-TASS

RZD train with humanitarian aid arrives in Mongolia

A special train of Russian Railways with humanitarian aid for Mongolia's residents who suffered as a result of frosts arrived in Ulan Bator.

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Mon Feb 01, 2010

PR-inside.com

Recently released market study: Mongolia Mining Report Q1 2010

Mongolia is rich in metals such as gold and copper, and minerals such as coal and fluorspar .

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Korea Herald

Foreign liquor firms expand market share

Multinational whisky and beer companies are expanding their share of the local liquor market, as local liquor manufacturers are consumed by an ambition to take domestic products abroad.

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Sat Jan 30, 2010

China View

Mongolia hit by extreme cold weather

A Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2010 shows a yurt covered by snow in a county of Dundgovi Province, Mongolia.

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Fri Jan 29, 2010

Science News

Skeleton of Western man found in ancient Mongolian tomb

Excavations several years ago at an ancient cemetery in Mongolia uncovered a man's skeleton, including this skull, that has yielded genetic evidence of Indo-Europeans reaching eastern Asia at least 2,000 years ago.

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

Penticton Herald

Severe snowstorms, freezing temperatures may force Mongolian herders into cities

Blizzards and freezing temperatures that have killed more than a million livestock in Mongolia could force thousands of herders to migrate to shantytowns near the capital of Ulan Bator, an international aid group said Thursday.

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Tue Jan 26, 2010

Trend Hunter Magazine

DIY Mongolian Boots - Lao Hats' How-To Instructions for the Ulaanbaatar Military Boot

Heather Daveno and a friend found a pair of boots in a military antiques shop in Seattle and recognized them as traditional Mongolian footwear.

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Mon Jan 25, 2010

SignOnSanDiego.com

UN warns Mongolia's severe weather threatens lives

Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:29 a.m. ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - The United Nations warned Monday that extreme winter weather that has killed more than 1 million livestock in Mongolia is likely to harm the country's food supply and worsen poverty.

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Sat Jan 23, 2010

The Telegraph

The show must go on

A young Mongolian girl, dressed in a short white dress, climbs all the way to the top of a rope and swings her body to and fro.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

The Missoula Independent Online

Flash in the Pan

Eating local during the summer is easy. Anyone can go to the farmers' market, or choose a salad made with local greens off a restaurant menu.

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Tue Jan 19, 2010

BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8320 and 8700 Arrive in Mongolia

Mongolia is only about 3 million and Ulaanbaatar is around 1 million, so isn't going to have a big impact on RIM's sales, but nonetheless RIM and Alcatel-Lucent have launched the BlackBerry solution in Mongolia.

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Mon Jan 18, 2010

KXAM-TV Austin

Extreme cold, snow kills 4 in China

Rescue workers evacuated thousands of rural residents from parts of northwestern China after extreme cold and blizzard conditions killed four people and left half a million snowed under, meteorologists said Monday.

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CCTV

Ethnic melody lingers on

The daughter of a Mongolian singing star, has stepped out of her family's shadow and released her own self-titled album.

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