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Judo-Ex-wrestler gives Mongolia its first gold
Aug 14, 2008 - sports.yahoo.com - Mongolian wrestler-turned-judoka Tuvshinbayar Naidan upset a string of more fancied opponents to win the men’s 100kg title on Thursday and give the windswept central Asian nation its first Olympic gold medal.
Mongolia, China take judo golds Japan melts down
Aug 14, 2008 - sports.yahoo.com - Mongolia won its first-ever Olympic gold with a victory in judo and China collected its second on the mats after two Japanese contenders crashed with first-round losses Thursday.
Shooting silver gives Mongolia first Games medal
Aug 14, 2008 - radioaustralia.net.au - Mongolia has claimed silver in the women's 25-metre pistol shoot, whipping that country's journalists into rapture on day 5 of the Beijing Olympics.
Chinese Chen sets Olympic record to win women's 25-meter pistol gold
Aug 13, 2008 - xinhuanet.com - Despite gun failure, Mongolian Gundegmaa Otryad seized the silver with 792.2 points, followed by Munkhbayar Dorjsuren of Germany who got the bronze with 789.2 points.
Mongolian takes leads in women's 25m pistol
Aug 13, 2008 - guardian.co.uk - Mongolia's Gundegmaa Otryad qualified for the women's 25m pistol event on Wednesday taking a massive 3-point lead into the finals.
Complete skeleton of young Tyrannosaurus relative unearthed in China
Aug 11, 2008 - courier-journal.com - Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced.
Government to Sell Large Percentage of Endangered Falcons to Arabia
Aug 07, 2008 - ubpost - A CONTRACT between the Ministry of Environment and the Emir of Saudi Arabia, Faisal Bin Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, means about 240 saker falcons will be caught and taken from 12 aimags around Mongolia. If estimates are correct, this could mean as many as 25-50 percent of the nation’s entire saker population are to be exported to the Middle East in the next week.
Bone fragments collected from mortuary
Jul 30, 2008 - theborneopost.com - The bone fragments of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu were collected from the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital mortuary yesterday by the honorary consul of Mongolia in Malaysia, Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Al Habshi and Oyu Vasha, the second secretary to the Embassy of Mongolia in Thailand.
Oriental export carries a torch for electronica
Jul 30, 2008 - yorkshirepost.co.uk - She's one of China's bestselling artists, but can
Sa Dingding make a name for herself in the West? Sarah Freeman talks to the singer/songwriter.
Sa Dingding stands out with her blend of cross-cultural influences
Jul 30, 2008 - metro.co.uk - Sa Dingding is not your average pop star. The 25-year-old singer, producer and designer spent many of her childhood summers living with her grandma as a nomad in Mongolia, walking the country's grasslands. She moved to Beijing when she was six, but believes these formative years still have a profound influence on her music.
Uzma close to finalising talks on drilling contract
Jul 30, 2008 - thestar.com.my - Oil and gas services provider Uzma Bhd hopes to conclude talks with a Mongolia-based company on an exploration and drilling contract by year-end, said managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Kamarul Redzuan Muhamed.
In Mongolia, competition worth singing about
Jul 29, 2008 - cnn - Standing slightly more than 4 feet tall, 9-year-old Tuguldur proudly stated the greatest challenge he faced in a horse race across the Mongolian plains in the country's annual Naadam Festival was serenading his horse.
Profiting from the dark side of the moon
Jul 29, 2008 - cnn - For a few suspenseful minutes on Aug. 1, complete darkness will engulf the midday sun in northern Canada, Russia, Mongolia and China. It's the next complete solar eclipse, and there's one small business owner who really, really wants to take you there.
Scientists recover skeleton of young dinosaur
Jul 26, 2008 - saultstar.com - A nature museum says Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a young dinosaur that likely died 70 million years ago.
A Child Jockey’s Rise on the Steppes of Mongolia
Jul 10, 2008 - The boy rode the stallion in a trot around the camp, cooling it down after a lengthy ride across the steppe. He was humming his favorite Mongolian hip-hop songs, by groups like Tartar, Flash and Guy 666.
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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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