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Mongolia: Conference on Biodiversity and ecology of Mountain Altai region
September 22 - September 26
Scientific/Academic
National University of Gorno-Altai, Gorno-Altai Republic, Russia and Khovd university are organizing conference “Biodiversity and ecology of Mountain Altai region and adjacent territory: past, current and future”. contact Dr. Tsedev Khayankhyarvaa at tsedevhn@chinggis.com
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Mongolia - Total Solar Eclipse
Fri August 01
Scientific/Academic, Scientific/Academic
The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. A
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Latest news
Heavy security in Mongolia after riots
Jul 03, 2008 - ap.google.com - Rifle-toting soldiers patrolled the streets and armored vehicles guarded intersections in Mongolia's capital Wednesday, the start of a four-day state of emergency triggered by riots over alleged election fraud in which at least five people died.
Election Riots Kill 5 In Mongolia
Jul 02, 2008 - moscowtimes.ru - A riot in Mongolia's capital over alleged election fraud has killed five people, dampening hopes for a period of stable government to develop the mining sector and tackle inflation.
Mongolian president declares state of emergency
Jul 02, 2008 - afp.google.com - Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared Tuesday a four-day state of emergency as protestors went on the rampage in the capital claiming that weekend elections were rigged.
Taste of Mongolia Comes to Hebden Bridge
Jun 30, 2008 - hebdenbridge.co.uk - Traditional horse head fiddling and folk song singing by Mongolian nationals are among the highlights of a Mongolian cultural evening to be hosted by hotelier and entrepreneur Simon Moyle at his Moyles boutique hotel in Hebden Bridge next Tuesday, July 1.
Malaysia PM denies his deputy's wife was involved in sensational killing of Mongolian woman
Jun 25, 2008 - www.iht.com -Malaysia's prime minister denied Tuesday that his deputy's wife was involved in the sensational killing of a young Mongolian woman, and said that action will be taken against the prominent blogger who made the allegation.
Exclusive: Immigrant tells of horrific racist attack in a Glasgow park
Jun 24, 2008 - RACIST teenage thugs brutally attacked two immigrants like a pack of wolves. ...The thugs hit the Mongolian man in the face with a half brick, leaving him with a broken jaw.
Intrepid fundraiser on trip of a lifetime
Jun 24, 2008 - A WHITEFIELD man will have the adventure of a lifetime as he drives his ‘old banger’ 10,000 miles from London to Mongolia... The epic trip is part of the official Mongolian Charity Rally, organised by an organisation called Go Help
On Movies: Conquering the epic life of Genghis Khan
Jun 24, 2008 - philly.com - Those stories - the early years of the man born with the name Temudgin in 1162 - are the stuff of Mongol, Bodrov's big, dazzling historical epic. Shot in inner Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and tracking the childhood and young adulthood of the infamous conqueror, the film represents a chunk of the Russian director's life.
Texas Wesleyan training Mongolian judicial officials
Jun 24, 2008 - fwbusinesspress.com - Texas Wesleyan University law professors will spend the next two weeks teaching a program for Mongolian judges and lawyers on how Texas’ legal system works.
First Reverse Vasectomy Ever Performed On A Horse!
Jun 19, 2008 - The Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo just disclosed that surgery was performed late last year on a horse to reverse a vasectomy originally performed in 1999. This was the first reverse vasectomy ever performed on a horse. It was not just any horse: it was the National Zoo's endangered Przewalski horse, one of a few hundred wild horses alive today.
Genghis puts Russia on cinema map
Jun 19, 2008 - news.bbc.co.uk - Director Andrei Borisov has come to the Cannes Film Festival with an ambitious epic based on Genghis Khan, the Mongol warrior who built a vast 13th Century empire.
Mercy Corps buys bank to help poor with loans
Jun 16, 2008 - oregonlive.com - In 2001, Mercy Corps co-founded XacBank, a commercial bank in Mongolia that extends financial services to yak herders and others across one of the world's most sparsely populated countries. Microfinance institutions started by Mercy Corps in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have disbursed $240 million in loans during 10 years to businesses and communities.
This Mongolian Life
Jun 14, 2008 - slate.com - Genghis Khan is the ideal subject for either an epic poem or a summer action franchise. Now he has both: The Secret History of the Mongols, an anonymous poem composed shortly after Khan's death in 1227, and Sergei Bodrov's Mongol (Picturehouse Films), a Russian-Kazakh co-production
The Future of Mining in Mongolia: Protecting and Managing Biodiversity
Jun 13, 2008 - mongolianriverresources.mn - Mongolia, like many developing countries in the world, is currently experiencing a significant expansion in mining development. Mongolia still retains some of the most extensive natural ecosystems in Asia, with expansive areas of natural habitat supporting traditional...
Forge a Unity of Purpose, Then Conquer the World
Jun 06, 2008 - nytimes.com - “Mongol” — or, as I prefer to think of it, “Genghis Khan: The Early Years” — is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.
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USAID's Last Mile Initiative

The goal of the Mongolia LMI Project is to install low cost community-centric telecommunication services – primarily voice - in four soum centers
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Last Mile Initiative - Communications Program
eco minded website manager needed
Mongolian Artists Nominated for Asian Art Pri
River Monitoring Interns for Asia Foundation,
Mongolia needs U$100 Million to launch its ow
How do you map Ulaan Baatar?
Berkeley’s “Statement” Measures: Reflections
REPORT FROM MONGOLIA on Human Rights
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ARTIST: Sergei Bodrov
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In 1996, the Russian director won international acclaim with his drama Kavkazsky Plennik/Prisoner of...
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Our picks
Mongolia Marks 25 Years Since Space Flight
An Artist Examines the Space Around Him
Nov 23, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - THE almost-30 works of M.Tuvshinbayar shown at Xanadu Art Gallery are all called Space Seen, with a serial number next the words. Since artists are not expected to just “see” things, as you and I do, I guess these are meant to be creative visions.
First Mongolian female in U.S to show art
May 20, 2007 - denver.yourhub.com - The legacy of the mighty Genghis Khan has been reborn in Denver Colorado as one Mongolian 16-year-old has conquered her mark in U.S history.
Singing with the larynx
Oct 20, 2006 - gauntlet.ucalgary.ca - Anyone who wants to get into the field of Tuvan throat singing, though, would need some bizzare wonder-twin power to make themselves a human didgeridoo, or maybe some other musical instrument that's hard to pronounce. Even the Mongolian-derived word for throat-singing, khöömeior khoomii, is a throat-full.
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