Twit-man Bent forgiven as Spurs face the men from Outer Mongolia
Sports news (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The £10m Sunderland striker returns to his old club with his former manager insisting there are no hard feelings.
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Industrial Info Resources: Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi Copper and Gold Project: A Look Without the Rose-Coloured Glasses, an Industrial Info News Alert
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
PERTH, AUSTRALIA (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- At last it looks like the Mongolian government will finally approve the plans of Ivanhoe Mines Limited (NYSE: IVN) (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RTP) (London, England) to develop the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper/gold project. Or perhaps more correctly, Ivanhoe and Rio Tinto have finally...
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Mongolia eyes horse meat amid H1N1
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A delay in flu vaccines has prompted Mongolians turn to traditional flu remedies, such as eating horse meat.
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Great Wall of China
Demetrio's Travel Pages (Free subscription) | yesterday
月出 , originally uploaded by 做梦的多啦A梦 . The Great Wall of China (simplified Chinese: 长城; traditional Chinese: 長城; pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "long city/fortress") or (simplified Chinese: 万里长城; traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ...
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Mongolian culture and religion
Ella Georgia Jewellery Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Page rank 5 Mongolia is located at the heart of Asia landlocked between two giant countries Russia and China. A left over piece of land from its dynasty, ruling half of the world 800 years ago, Mongolia is 3 times bigger than the UK with only 2.8 million of a population. Its beautiful landscape varies depending in which [...]
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UN endorses the Goldstone Report
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
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High-Tech Companies Face Shortages as China Hoards Metals
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
You can thank our environmentalists and OSHA for the reason we cannot get the needed metals out of the earth. From Germany’s Der Spiegel : Germany is pinning its economic hopes on future-oriented industries such as solar panel manufacturing. But high-tech companies are facing shortages of essential metals as China, which dominates the world market in so-called rare earths, begins stockpiling...
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Mongolia to import H1N1 vaccine from China
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Vice Premier M. Enkhbold met with Yu Hongyao, China's ambassador to Mongolia, on Thursday, after the country decided to import H1N1 virus vaccines from China instead of those offered by the World Health Organization. The decision to use the Chinese vaccines was made by Mongolia's Ministry of Health after consultations between the working group and experts. Enkhbold gave Yu a note from the Mongolia's...
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WHO: Don’t Underestimate Pandemic Virus
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
# 3963 A full slate of stories tonight from CIDRAP News. First, reporting by Lisa Schnirring on today’s WHO ( World Health Organization ) press conference on the H1N1 pandemic. Followed by an article by Robert Roos on the controversy surrounding the retraction of a recent study on the efficacy of N95 respirators vs surgical masks. And finally, some news briefs. Follow the links for more details....
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surfing the webster
suzi9mm (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
besides working some, i slept through the day. Sebastian quickly visited and returned my hat which i forgot at his place last friday. that was pretty much it... i didnt even take any pics with my new cam today. just been sitting by the computer... looking through these 'home exchange' sites... building master plans and whatnot amazing ideas. i wonder how far that will fly... very impressive treehouse...
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A family's journey to find peace for their son, themselves
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"The Horse Boy" follows a couple's extraordinary journey across the plains of Mongolia in search of shamanic help for their 5-year-old autistic son, who is soothed by the proximity of horses.
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Mongolia: Shamanism is Making a Comeback
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
BY JOSHUA KUCERA When Degi, a 24-year-old web designer in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, hit a pedestrian in July 2008 with his Daewoo sedan, his luck took a turn for the worse. His company didn’t get a contract he was hoping for, and misfortune seemed to hover over his personal life. The family of the victim extorted money from him, threatening to sue and warning him that they had connections...
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Banyan: Having it both ways
The Economist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Despite protestations to the contrary, China needs NATO to fight in Afghanistan ONE day early this summer, when it was still possible to claim progress in Afghanistan, Robert Gates, America’s defence secretary, was at an Asian security gathering, reeling off the names of countries who had contributed to it. The list—Canada, Mongolia, Poland—went on and on, while the harrumphing of...
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Silver Dragon reports high grade silver-lead-zinc intersections at Mongolian project
Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Exploration in Mongolia's Erbahuo silver district is returning high grades in drill intersections.
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International mining forum to be held in Mongolia
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"Discover Mongolia-2009," the seventh international forum of mining investors, is set to open in Ulan Bator. Leading mining companies from Canada, France, Russia, China, South Korea, Japan and the United States were expected to participate in the Nov. 6-7 forum. The Tavan Tolgoi coking coal deposit, said to be the largest untapped coal field in the world, and uranium exploration were expected...