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Mongolia: press conference in ministry of foreign affairs PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
Reporting from within the ministry.....There is a press conference going in ministry of foreign affairs. Min monkh orgil and minister oyun. The details of the state of emergency. Border forces were used in controlling the situation yesterday. All political parties were called upon to refrain illegal activities and look for political solutions. Monkh orgil is now explaining the sequence of events. 5 people have been killed. Also the opera and government house have been attacked. The main police office was attacked to find fire arms. All arms were relocated. Xac bank was attacked. 5 cars destroyed. 200-300 people were violent. The police and armed forces were 1800 in number. 108 of them were injured,. Total 718 people arrested. 221 injured, 31 hospitalized. This is the 1st state of emergency in the country. Also in dornod and bulgan protests were staged. Foreigners urged to use caution and take the new regulations
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During the Stalinist purges of the 1930's almost every monastery in Mongolia was destroyed. In 1979 an atlas was published in Ulaanbaatar by Mr. Rinchen with an overview of more than 900 religious sites that used to exist in Mongolia. However a lot the information listed seems to be not accurate. A research has been initiated to get a better idea of all the buddhist buildings that once stood in Mongolia.