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In this time-lapse movie, Mongolian nomads build an entire yurt in one hour
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Here, videographer Dan Grossman filmed Shagdarsuren Herelchuluun's family punching out a multiperson ger (or yurt) outside of northern Mongolia's Lake Hovsgol. The whole process took give or take 67 minutes, but here's the instant house's construction ...

O.BAIGAL shines at state theatre
UB Post
O. Baigal began learning the violin at the age of six and is already hailed as Mongolia's finest new musical talent. She graduated from the Music and Dance College of Mongolia in 2002 and went on to study violin at the Mongolian University of Arts and ...

Tavan Tolgoi IPO Goes Cold
UB Post
By D.Munkhchimeg For the first time in its history, Mongolia is going to launch a multi-billion dollar initial public offering (IPO) of a country`s strategic coal deposit. In November, the Government made the decision to list Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi on ...

cool mongolian rivers video
Kayak & Canoe News
Take a couple minutes and check out this video of whitewater kayaking and rafting highlights from Mongolia. If you dig it, share it with all your river buddies. If you think you know someone who might be interested in this, send it their way.

China Daily
The Lunar New Year: Enter the Dragon
Pakistan Daily Times
The Lunar New Year is celebrated in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Tibet, as well is in countries such as Singapore that have large Chinese populations. Christopher Livaccari of the Asia Society explains to Yahoo!
Rain, snow to persist in south ChinaPeople's Daily Online

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Asia's Hunger for Iron Ore Boosts Rio Tinto
Barron's
For years, Oyu Tolgoi, the world's largest copper-gold-silver mine development project in Mongolia has been a bone of contention between mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland and the giant global miner Rio Tinto Group. The Mongolian project is 66% owned ...

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PhysOrg.com
Nitrogen Fertiliser 'Could Prevent Locust Swarms'
AllAfrica.com
The Chinese-US team studied the locusts at the Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Field observations found that locusts were less likely to survive in fields that were fertilised with ...
Overgrazed grasslands tied to locust outbreaksPhysOrg.com
Slideshow: Low-Quality Plants Power Locust OutbreakScience AAAS
Why locust swarms seem to hit those who are already suffering the mostio9
AFP
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Medill Reports: Chicago
Genetic link between Native Americans and Asians strengthened
Medill Reports: Chicago
Native Americans are genetically linked to the people of the Altai Republic, a part of Siberia that straddles the borders of Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan. by Gloria Oh Anthropologists believe Asians migrated to North America thousands of years ago ...
Native Americans May Have Trekked From SiberiaU.S. News & World Report
Following genetic footprints out of AfricaPhysOrg.com
Native Americans traced to Siberian mountainsTG Daily
Examiner.com -Press TV -The Press Association
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Sydney Morning Herald
Rio may push for Oyu Tolgoi shake-up
Montreal Gazette
Global miner Rio Tinto may push to shake up the ownership structure of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia now that it has taken control of Canada's Ivanhoe Mines, which owns two-thirds of the massive copper and gold project, according to a filing with the ...
Mongolian prize finally in Rio Tinto's graspSydney Morning Herald
Ivanhoe deputy chairman expects board to maintain majority of independentsCanadianBusiness.com
Rio Tinto may push for Oyu Tolgoi shakeup, Ivanhoe saysCalgary Herald
Reuters Canada -Wall Street Journal
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Christian Science Monitor
Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia
Christian Science Monitor
Though nuclear power still has a strong foothold in Asia, anti-nuclear sentiment and protest are growing from Mongolia to South Korea to Taiwan and even - in modest ways - in China. By Winifred Bird, Correspondent / January 27, 2012 Protesters holding ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Rio Tinto may push for Oyu Tolgoi shakeup, Ivanhoe says
Calgary Herald
Global miner Rio Tinto may push to shake up the ownership structure at Mongolia's massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine now that it has taken control of Canada's Ivanhoe Mines, which owns two-thirds of Oyu Tolgoi, Ivanhoe said in a US filing.
Mongolian prize finally in Rio Tinto's graspM.A.D
BASE METALS HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The DayWall Street Journal
Rio may push for Oyu Tolgoi stake, Ivanhoe saysReuters Africa
BusinessWeek
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BASE METALS HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day
Wall Street Journal
... PLC (RIO) expects to replace some directors and management at Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN) after grabbing majority control of the Canadian mining company, and may seek direct ownership in the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia.

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Globe and Mail
Ivanhoe deputy chairman expects board to maintain majority of independents
CanadianBusiness.com
By Craig Wong, The Canadian Press | January 27, 2012 Workers walk through the antrance of Ivanhoe Mines' Oyu Tolgoi mine site in Khanbogd village, Umnugobi province, Mongolia in this Nov. 7, 2009 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ganbat Namjilsangarav ...
Rio Tinto may push for Oyu Tolgoi shakeup, Ivanhoe saysCalgary Herald
Mongolian prize finally in Rio Tinto's graspM.A.D
Rio Tinto may push for Oyu Tolgoi stakeMontreal Gazette
Wall Street Journal
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TG Daily
Native Americans traced to Siberian mountains
TG Daily
A University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists says Native Americans started mograting away from the Altai region - which lies at the intersection of what is today Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan - roughly 20-25000 years ago.
Native Americans actually came from a tiny mountain region in Siberia, DNA ...Daily Mail
Native Americans May Have Trekked From SiberiaU.S. News & World Report
Following genetic footprints out of AfricaPhysOrg.com

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Rio gets control of Mongolian prize
M.A.D
Rio's long-held desire to control the lucrative Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia came to fruition early yesterday when a private purchase of 15.1 million Ivanhoe shares lifted Rio from 49 per cent to 51 per cent ownership of the company.

Proactive Investors UK
Petro Matad's co-chairman Toll retires from board
Proactive Investors UK
Co-chairman Gordon Toll is retiring from the board of Mongolia focused Petro Matad (LON:MATD), it emerged. Toll has retired immediately to focus on personal matters and other business interests in the mining industry, the oil firm said in a statement ...
PETRO MATAD LIMITED : 27th January 12 Directorate Change View PDF file4-traders (press release)

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The Mongolian Sandwich
Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report
Mongolia has two neighbours, China and Russia. Both of these countries are huge and have dominated Mongolia for several centuries, despite Mongolia being a sovereign republic. Mongolia is rich in natural resources such as copper, coal, gold and other ...
Time-Lapse Video of Traditional Mongolian Yurt Tent Set UpField and Stream (blog)

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The Age
Rio Tinto Eyes Oyu Tolgoi Control
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Robb M. Stewart Rio Tinto expects to replace some directors and management at Ivanhoe Mines after grabbing majority control of the Canadian mining company, and may seek direct ownership in the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia.
Mongolian prize finally in Rio Tinto's graspM.A.D
Rio may push for Oyu Tolgoi stake, Ivanhoe saysReuters Africa
Rio Tinto eyes shakeup at IvanhoeMarketWatch
Copper Investing News -National Post
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The Age
Rio may push for Oyu Tolgoi stake, Ivanhoe says
Reuters Africa
MELBOURNE Jan 27 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto may push for a change in ownership of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, which is two-thirds owned by Canada's Ivanhoe Mines, the Canadian miner said in a US filing.
Rio gets control of Mongolian prizeSydney Morning Herald
Rio Tinto Gains Majority Stake in Ivanhoe MinesAzomining
Rio Tinto takes majority stake in IvanhoeNational Post
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly -Bloomberg
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The future of renewable energy in Mongolia
M.A.D
The future potential for renewable energy in Mongolia is recognized in its fifteen year renewable energy program. Under this ambitious scheme, the Government has set out plans for renewable energy to reach between 20-25% of total energy production by ...

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