Labor Hero and Honored Athlete
Kh.Tsagaanbaatar was yesterday named Ambassador Athlete of Oyutolgoi LLC at a
ceremony in Monnis Tower. He is a member of the national judo team and won the
bronze medal at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.

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The Lemons Band will perform in
Shanghai between August 18 and 20. The A-Sound Band will be joining them, as a
surprise to its fans.

Lemons will soon issue their new
DVD and members of the band are searching for a catchy title.

The head of the Livestock Policy
Implementation Board of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry,
P.Gankhuyag, has told Uls Turiin Toim that hay preparation is following Government
directives. The Ministry has forwarded these guidelines to all the aimags. They
have also been

The Archeology Institute of the Science
Academy and the National Historical Museum have jointly organized a display of
Khunnu era items at Government House where the 10th International
Mongolists Conference is being held.

A carpet and textiles from 2000
years ago are the prize

Four of the 8 Mongolian boxers at
the Asian Cup of Boxing, under way in Incheon, South Korea from August 3 to 13,
are still in te hunt of medals. B.Tuvshinbat (69 kg) and D.Otgondalai (56 kg)
will be aiming at silver medals,

The Auto Road Office reports that
50% of the planned road building and repair work in the capital has been done.
There are 46 individual projects and they should all be finished by October 30.

Officials of the repairing
companies say their progress has

The Ulaanbaatar Prosecutors’
Office has said there is no scope for additional investigation in the case of
D.Batbayar, Sh.Chudanjii and Kh.Purevsuren, the Chief of State Treasury Board
of the Ministry of Finance, charged with embezzlement of Zoos Bank funds, leading
it to bankruptcy. The

President Ts.Elbegdorj this
morning inaugurated the 10th International Mongolists Conference at
the Great Hall of Government House. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
G.Zandanshatar also gave a speech welcoming delegates.

Some 300 scholars from 25
countries are taking part and the conference will hear

The Director of the National Law Institute,
D.Batjargal, and two research workers there, G.Oyunbold and B.Odongerel, have
been taking part at the 16th International Criminology Congress in
Kobe, Japan between August 5 and 9. About 1,000 delegates from 60 countries are
attending the assembly.

A Parliamentary delegation headed
by the Secretary General of the Parliament Office, Ts.Sharavdorj, recently
visited the Buryatia Republic of Russia. They held talks with parliamentary
officials in Ulaan-Ude and both sides stressed the need to maintain close ties,
given their proximity to each other.