Australian assistance to Mongolia

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRSSTEPHEN SMITH Australia will provide $1 million in assistance to Mongolia following the adverse humanitarian situation caused by severe weather conditions. Extreme winter temperatures have affected the country since the end of December 2009 and follow a recent drought. Together these extremes have caused the deaths of more...
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Weather drives Mongolian herders to cities

ULAN BATUR, Mongolia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Mongolia's extreme cold and snow have killed more than 1 million livestock and forced herders to leave homes for shanties near Ulan Batur, an aid group said.The weather threatens the livelihoods of thousands of people, Xinhua reported Saturday."Every morning five to 10 animals are dying," said Javzmaa Batbold,...
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Mongolia hit by extreme cold weather

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia is currently experiencing an extreme cold weather and heavy snow mainly in the southern province of Dundgobi, which has caused much trouble for the life of herders, said a local official.Dundgobi is encountering a natural disaster called "dzud", which consists of a summer drought, followed by heavy snow and...
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Mongolia Monday- New Mongolian Grammar Book

I got an email yesterday from one Munkhbayar Barmunkh, with a link to the Amazon page which offered the above book- a new, as of Sept. 2009, Mongolian grammar textbook. Mongolian Grammar Textbook (by Khatantuul Baatarsukh) is intended for English speakers who...
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Sumo champ Asashoryu in drinking assault claims; governments calls for investigation

TOKYO — Allegations that sumo grand champion Asashoryu assaulted a man during a late-night drinking session have prompted Japan's sports minister to call for an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association."The association is responsible for Japan's national sport," Sports Minister Tatsuo Kawabata said Friday. "This must be dealt with appropriately....
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Skeleton of Western man found in ancient Mongolian tomb

DNA from 2,000-year-old skeleton may put Indo-Europeans in East Asia By Bruce Bower Dead men can indeed tell tales, but they speak in a whispered double helix.Consider an older gentleman whose skeleton lay in one of more than 200 tombs recently excavated at a 2,000-year-old cemetery in western Mongolia, near China’s northern border. DNA extracted from...
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Severe snowstorms, freezing temperatures may force Mongolian herders into cities

By Chi-Chi Zhang (CP) BEIJING — 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.Extreme winter weather that began in December has continued to trouble the poor landlocked...
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China to send humanitarian aid to Mongolia

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- China has decided to send relief supplies to Mongolia to help it tide over the difficulties caused by the unprecedented snowfalls, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday in a statement on the website. This batch of supplies, including rice, food, portable power generators and quilts, will arrive in Mongolia's capital Ulan...
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Alcatel-Lucent wins Mongolian 3G deal

Telecoms equipment company Alcatel-Lucent has won a contract from Mongolian mobile operator Mobicom to deploy a 3G wireless broadband network. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the deal signed through its Chinese subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, the company will provide Mobicom with its advanced converged radio access network...
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Khan Signs Memorandum of Understanding With MonAtom LLC

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 01/25/10 -- Khan Resources Inc. (TSX: KRI) ("Khan") announced today that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with MonAtom LLC ("MonAtom"), the Mongolian state-owned uranium development company. The MOU establishes the principal elements of a joint venture transaction which would finalize the ownership...
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Khan strikes peace in Mongolia

Andrew Willis Robert Friedland isn’t the only Canadian mining executive doing deals in Mongolia, as junior uranium play Khan Resources cut a deal Monday with the state-owned mining developer MonAtom LLC. TSX-listed Khan (KRI-T0.780.1014.71%), the target of a hostile takeover bid, struck a joint venture with MonAtom that settle ownership issues on a...
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Joint Statement on the Expansion of Educational Exchanges between the United States and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia

Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DCJanuary 25, 2010On January 25, 2010, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale and the Minister of Education, Culture and Science for Mongolia Yondon Otgonbayar met in Washington D.C., during the Minister’s visit to the United States. The two leaders noted that January 27...
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United Nations warns extreme cold, heavy snow in Mongolia threatens lives

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.Nineteen of Mongolia's 21 provinces have been hit by heavy winter snow and temperatures that have plunged below minus 40 degrees (minus 40 degrees...
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S. KOREA, MONGOLIA SIGN DEAL ON MINE RECLAMATION, ENVIRONMENT

SEOUL, Jan 25, 2010South Korea's Mine Reclamation Corp. (MIRECO) signed an environmental protection and clean-up deal with Mongolia on Monday that could fuel bilateral business tie-ups, the state-run firm said. The memorandum of understanding involves Mongolia's Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy and a consortium of South Korean construction...
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UN joins effort to help impoverished Mongolian herders hard hit by severe winter

Concerns grow over extremely severe winter weather conditions and expected humanitarian impactMongolia is currently threatened by a “Dzud”, which isa multiple natural disaster consisting of a summer drought producing small stockpiling of fodder, followed by very heavy winter snow and lower than normal temperatures. Heavy and continuous snowfall and...
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Severe cold freezes livestock to death in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR (Xinhua) -- More than 910,000 livestock nationwide had frozen to death by Tuesday as a severe cold wave continued ravaging 19 of Mongolia's 21 provinces, the state emergency commission said Thursday.Around 90 percent of the country's territory is covered with snow, due to strong blizzards. Livestock in the worst-hit western area were running...
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Red Hill Energy to appeal to international and institutional investors

Red Hill Energy Inc. and Prophecy Resource Corp. Announce Business Combination, Consolidating Quality Advanced Projects to Appeal to International and Institutional Investors Red Hill also announces non-brokered private placementJanuary 21, 2010: 12:22 PM ETRed Hill Energy Ltd. (Red Hill) (TSX VENTURE: RH) and Prophecy Resource Corp., (Prophecy) (TSX...
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Meritus Minerals to acquire Troy Mongolian Alt Resources

Meritus Minerals, Ltd., a Canada-based mineral resource company, has entered into an agreement with Troy Resources NL to acquire all of the shares in Troy Mongolian Alt Resources (TMAR). Troy Resources is an Australia-based company engaged in mining, exploration and production of gold and other base metals. TMAR is a Mongolia-based gold mining company....
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Canoel Announces Proposed Private Placement and Provides Update on Its Mongolian Acquisition

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 20, 2010) – THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAW.Canoel International Energy Ltd. ("Canoel" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CIL) is pleased to announce...
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Ivanhoe Mines Marks Five Years on New York Stock Exchange by Ringing Opening Bell to Launch Trading Today

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX: IVN)(NYSE: IVN)(NASDAQ: IVN) marked five successful years of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today when Executive Chairman Robert Friedland rang the opening bell in a traditional ceremony signalling the start of daily trading. Mr. Friedland was joined on the bell podium by guests and executives who included Sangajav...
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President Elbegdorj interview to the Time Magazine

It looks like President Elbegdorj gave interview to Time Magazine of the USA. Special issue of the Magazine dedicated for Mongolia is to appear soon.President re-affirmed his belief that Mongolia is best example of Democracy in Central Asia and said " As a democratic anchor of the East, Mongolia is to lead the course toward consolidation of democracy,...
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Voyager acquires Gold property in Mongolia

TORONTO (Commodity Online): Voyager Resources (ASX: VOR) has said it is all set to acquire 100% of the Argalant Gold-Copper Project in Mongolia for US$50,000 and 2 million VOR shares.Argalant is located within a similar geological setting to the nearby Golden Hills Gold-Copper Project that hosts a combined resource of 1.1 million ounces of gold, 7.4...
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Extreme Cold Affects Millions in Northwest China

BEIJING (AP) -- Closed roads and delayed flights left thousands of travelers stranded Tuesday following blizzards and extreme cold that killed four people and affected 1.6 million others in northwestern China, a government spokesman said.Snowstorms delayed 122 flights in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang region, on Monday, leaving more than 4,000 passengers...
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Alcatel Lucent: Unitel, Alcatel-Lucent and RIM launch the BlackBerry Solution in Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Paris, and Waterloo, Ontario -- Unitel Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the commercial launch of the BlackBerry solution in Mongolia. Unitel's customers will now be able to enjoy the productivity...
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Mongolia appeals to world community for help to overcome most severe winter

Mongolia is hit by severe winter and danger of "Zud" disaster which hit Mongolia in 2000 is imminent. Today, in press conference attended by foreign diplomatic corps in Ulaanbaatar and representatives of international organizations including World Bank, UN and ADB, Zandanshatar Gombojav, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade called for assistance from...
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Steppe on up to Mongolia

EIGHT hundred years on, Mongolia is discovering the reverse of what it was like when the legendary Genghis Khan's hordes descended on, and plundered, most of central Asia.This time around, the hordes are descending on Mongolia, with the world's mining community looking to take advantage of the tiny state's mostly untapped mineral wealth - not to mention...
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Friedland kills rumour he aims to sell his stake in Ivanhoe Mines

Robert Friedland has rejected rumours that he wants to sell his 23% stake in Mongolian miner Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Friedland, right, was shopping his shares, which are valued at about $1.7-billion.There was expected to be interest from many buyers, including state-owned Asian firms and sovereign wealth...
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UN hails Mongolia's death penalty moratorium

GENEVA — UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday hailed a move by Mongolia's president to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, saying that it sets a "leadership example in Asia."President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on Thursday told lawmakers that all death sentences -- carried out by gunshot -- would be commuted to 30-year prison terms, as he...
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Khan Resources Inc.: Lifting of Mongolian Mining License Suspension

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jan 14, 2010 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Khan Resources Inc. (TSX: KRI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) ("Khan") is pleased to announce that it was informed by the legal counsel in Mongolia representing the joint venture company Central Asia Uranium Corporation Limited ("CAUC"), that a settlement has been reached with the Mineral...
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ADRA Fights Tobacco Use in Mongolia

13 Jan 2010 17:26:00 GMT Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International Nadia McGillWebsite: http://www.adra.orgSILVER SPRING, Md.--In Mongolia, where more than half of the city-dwelling adult population smokes tobacco, an increase in its use is having a devastating effect on the individual health of its residents, reports the...
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