Mongolia News Archives

Inside a small office in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, Banzaragchaa Altan-Od fields calls from ship captains and ports around the globe -- an unusual job for someone in a landlocked nation.

Via The International News , a Pakistani news source: Mongolia warns of swine flu epidemic as first dies .

Mongolian Deputy Primer Minister Miyeegombo Enkhbold received Tuesday a delegation from Hohhot city in north China's Inner Mongolia region, which is here to celebrate Ulan Bator's 370th anniversary on Oct.

Mongolia's ruling party has nominated the current foreign minister and one of the country's wealthiest men to be the new prime minister of the impoverished but resource-rich nation.

Toronto-listed SouthGobi Energy Resources yesterday announced that China Investment Corporation has agreed to provide a $500 million loan to finance the expansion of the company's mining and exploration operations in the south of Mongolia.

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 28. -- The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party's Leading Council on Wednesday nominated Sukhbaataryn Batbold, the current foreign minister of Mongolia, as the new prime minister.

With one major mining deal in the bag, and more expected to follow, Mongolia is about to enter a phase of astronomic growth.

As far back as she knew -- five generations or more -- Khurtsaa's family had lived in Mongolia's central Khentii Province, raising sheep, goats and horses.

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A retired veterinarian who now calls Canmore home has headed far a field to Mongolia, to assist aspiring veterinarians in that country as a veterinary instructor.

The drive from the waterfall to the hot springs was certainly an interesting experience.

Louis Vuitton just opened a store in Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. It's one of the first luxury fashion stores in the region, and Vuitton thinks it will be well trafficked because it's centrally located and many inhabitants pass through the area.

Sukhbaatar Square in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia, is so central that many of its million-plus inhabitants are bound to traverse it on a regular basis.

Hickenlooper: Genghis Khan Exhibit 'Incredible' Share + Oct 15, 2009 10:50 am US/Mountain Hickenlooper: Genghis Khan Exhibit 'Incredible' Genghis Khan was known as the world's greatest conqueror, and the founder of the Mongol empire.

Dawn Duran was anticipating her daughter's starting kindergarten this fall at the new campus of the Montessori Regional Charter School.

You can adopt a highway, adopt a brick, even adopt an animal at the zoo if you're willing to fork over a few bucks for its food.

AI Mongolia letter writing action urging to abolish death penalty in China, Iran and South Korea.

An annual festival dating to the 13th century is considered the Mogolian "Olympics." The event features the "manly sports" a ' horse racing, wrestling and archery.

Mongolia-Qatar joint military field exercises dubbed "Perfect decision" began near Ulan Bator on Tuesday.

China is willing to work with the Mongolian side to push forward bilateral relations on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, a high-ranking Chinese official said in Ulan Bator on Monday.

"Sometimes in our industry there is a tendency to follow your ego and sometimes open stores where you don't have the market, or stores too big for your potential -- we never do that," Carcelle said.

'Hospitality is at the core of the nomadic way of life' Photo: AFP 'Our ger could deal effortlessly with rain of biblical intensity' 'Our ger could deal effortlessly with rain of biblical intensity' Photo: AFP I have been to all sorts of remote places over the years but nowhere has prompted as much reaction as my most recent destination.

Mongolia has made great strides towards providing universal education for its children, a United Nations independent expert said toy, praising the Asian nation for emphasizing the need for young people from both rural and urban areas to complete their educations.

Crisanta Duran with a friend. Much of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 associate counsel Crisanta Duran's time is being taken up these days with the continuing contractual stalemate between grocery workers and the two largest grocery chains in the area, Safeway and King Soopers.

So it's official: Ivanhoe and development partner Rio Tinto really do have government approval to develop the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.

Almost half of Mongolia is desert a ' and increasing. Switzerland, Mongolia's first non-socialist trading partner, is trying to stop this and save struggling herdsmen.

Mongolia was set to sign a long-awaited four-billion-dollar deal with Canada's Ivanhoe Mines and Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Tuesday to develop one of the world's richest copper deposits.

We get a little classic Ellen-Reiji teamwork as they make short work of Neun and Funf.

If you're a luxury traveler who's seeking extreme adventure, consider holding the dates of February 12-26, 2010 to visit the Winter Festivals of Mongolia .

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