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comment by Elmar:
Regardless of every ones standing, it is clearly a win for democracy when a fairly run open election shows its results and their is a peaceful transition in the presidency.
Presidential election candidates: Democratic Party Ts.Elbegdorj and Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party N.Enkhbayar, clashed on final debate on May 21 that was televised nationwide. They discussed a poverty, mineral resources, judicial reform, social justice, and how to fight against corruption.
Public opinion polls through media have consistently given a lead to Elbegdorj, who is hoping t
News.mn has a transcript of the presidential election (See the website for the full transcript):

The two presidential candidates answered 18 questions, two more than initially decided, at their much-awaited television debate yesterday. The debate started at 9 pm and continued for one hour and 30 minutes. Both wore a dark suit and red tie, Elbegdorj’s with white stripes, while Enkhbayar’s had w
"I hope there won't be riots this time," said Garda, a 75-year-old retiree who like many Mongolians just uses one name, and who had decided to vote for Enkhbayar.
"He did a great job in the past four years and he needs time to finish what he started," he said.
But for Tseren, a 32-year-old businesswoman, unrest was a strong possibility.
"I think we should have riots if Enkhbayar wins because h
She visited Mongolia in 2008 to get a sense of the felt yurt in its native land.

"Seventy percent of Mongols still live in yurts. When you get out of Ulan Bator" — the nation's capital — Arnold said, "It's a whole other world."

That's where Arnold got a first-hand look at the process she'd seen 20 years earlier in the National Geographic photograph: a Mongol herdsman on horseback making fel
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