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The first-year English students at Khishig-Undur School are motivated and smart but they lack one thing we often take for granted: books. So Books for Asia delivered what was needed, and helped Mongolia's next generation prepare for the future.


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"The Story of the Weeping Camel" is one of the most beautiful documentaries of the nomadic people of Mongolia. Now, that filmmaker has come out with "The Two Horses of Genghis Khan."


The film takes you into the wild landscape of inner and outer Mongolia, as a young woman seeks to fulfill  a promise to her grandmother.


(Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Ulan Bator's central Sukhbatar Square Thursday to demand the resignation of Mongolia's health minister for failing to curtail the spread of the H1N1 strain of influenza.


The first demonstration in the heart of the capital since post-election riots in July 2008 ended peacefully, but protesters warned of further unrest if th

Very little information accompanied a photo of what is claimed is an object that fell from the sky near the Mongolian capital, according to a report filed February 23 with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness database.

The report states that two objects fell near the Mongolian capital on February 19.


Digging for buried treasure in the Gobi Desert sounds like the opening scene of an Indiana Jones film. For Austrian-born Michael Eisenriegler, it was a real-life adventure.


The 40-year-old amateur archaeologist was in the Gobi over the weekend, helping to unearth Buddhist relics that had been buried for more than seven decades in a remote part of Mongolia.


Less than an hour of

Eastbourne rider Jeannine Williamson has completed her fourth overseas charity ride to raise money for the Brooke Hospital for Animals.

She was one of 27 riders from around the UK who followed in the hoof prints of Genghis Khan on the charity's 200km trek and camping trip across the vast plains and remote valleys of the Khangai Mountains in Mongolia.

Garbage dump

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UB's Ulaanchuluut dumpsite is to be closed, forcing waste pickers who make a living from selling recyclable materials off the site.
In July, the Mount Union College student will leave for the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia, where she will study its sedimentary history and collect paleontologic data.
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