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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu won ugly against Tokitenku to preserve his unbeaten record at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday. Asashoryu landed an early blow to Tokitenku's (1-3) face and after putting the second-ranked maegashira on the back foot and bumping him over the straw ridge, the "Bully from Ulan Bator" showed his mean streak by following through with an...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) It wasn't sexy but yokozuna Asashoryu stayed on course in his bid for consecutive titles with a bread-and-butter win over Takekaze on the third day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. The feisty yokozuna from Ulan Bator was pulled slightly off-balance by Takekaze after the faceoff and almost went tumbling before recovering quickly to charge the winless No. 1 maegashira over...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"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...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
With spending on luxury goods down across the developed world in the economic crisis, luxury brands are increasingly looking far beyond the chic avenues of New York, London or Paris for revenue. The new names on the lips of luxury professionals are far less familiar -- Almaty, Shenzhen, Ulan Bator -- respectively, the commercial capital of Kazakhstan, a major Chinese provincial centre and the capital...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — Mongolia's ruling party says Prime Minister Bayar Sanjaa has asked to resign for health reasons. A party chief said Monday that Bayar Sanjaa's request must still be approved by the speaker of the landlocked Asian nation's parliament.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Mongolia's ruling party says Prime Minister Bayar Sanjaa has asked to resign for health reasons.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
How could Mongolian nomadic herders find a new living in capital city Ulaanbaatar? Ariungerel, citizen journalist of Nomad Green, interviewed Ms. Baytskhandai and told us her story of how she manages to change lives of poor and disabled people and be environmental-friendly by teaching them agricultural skills.
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Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
- Russian Navy Eats Humble Pie to Accelerate Modernization and Expansion: Buys French-Built Amphibious Assault Ship, Negotiates Production of More Such Vessels - Russian Military Analyst Assesses Above Purchase, Speculates Moscow Possibly Preparing to Reinvade Ukraine, Georgia, and Baltics - Eastern European “Cyber-Gangs” Target Small, Medium-Sized US Businesses, Electronically Rob and...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Russia plans to buy an advanced warship from France this year, a top general said on Wednesday, in what would be the country's first major foreign military purchase and a blow to domestic arms producers.
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Russia is never going to change its decision to support the independence of the two breakaway Georgian republics, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This was stated by the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, during his state visit to the capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, exactly a year after the Kremlin recognized the independence of the two new states. "I am not sorry for...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Russia will never reverse its decision to recognize the independence from Georgia of the rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, the first anniversary of the decision.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Russia's top general said on Wednesday the military would search the Arctic Sea merchant ship for a possible secret cargo when it returns to Russia from a maritime odyssey that has made headlines around the world.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
TORONTO/ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project appears to clear its final big hurdle after Mongolia's parliament passed four amendments key to its development on Tuesday, driving Ivanhoe's shares up 24 percent.
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habser | 09/08/2008
As you know, the term “Transsyberia” stands for the intercontinental rally from Moscow to the Mongolian Capital of Ulan Bator about 7,200 kilometres (4,460 miles) away. There are many fans of this competition and in order to satisfy their needs, Porsche will unveil the new Cayenne S Transsyberia for road and off-road use at the Paris Motor Show (4 – 19 October 2008). The new vehicle features the high-performance