UYANGA, Mongolia—Before he can fully tend to his dwindling herd, Demberel has to bury the dead cows, goats and sheep in earth barely thawed from Mongolia's worst winter in decades.
Fetid and fly-ridden, the carcasses lie stacked by the hundreds around a burial pit dug by Demberel and a dozen fellow herders. A truck brings dozens more carcasses. Others lie in piles or strewn in n
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded a two-day official visit to Mongolia, calling for a feasibility study on a China-Mongolia free trade area, and the adoption of trade and economic cooperation in the development of mineral and energy resources.
Wen, a former geologist, held talks with Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold to promote cooperation in mineral resources developmen
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