Nine-year old T.Munkhzul, bronze medal winner at the
World Students’ Chess Championship in Krakow, won the Southeast Asian Chess
Championship in Indonesia for girls under 10 and became a master of the World
Chess Federation. The tournament featured 27 competitors.
T.Munkhzul also won

MP Ts.Shinebayar and N.Udval,
both leaders of the new group claiming to use the name MPRP today appealed through
advocate O.Baasankhuu to the State Supreme Court to re-examine the issue. The
Supreme Court earlier referred to the Constitutional Court a provision in the
law

The National
Foundation “Trust” NGO, a project of the first lady Kh.Bolormaa, has donated
treatment equipment worth MNT20 million to the National Cancer Center. The center
has 16 beds.

The 230 delegates from the capital and the countryside at
the 23rd regular meeting of the Confederation of Trade Unions between June 14
and 16 reelected S.Ganbaatar as President for a fresh 4-year term. There was no
other candidate.

The meeting reviewed CTU activities

Both the Chief of the
Anti Corruption Authority, Ch.Sangaragchaa, and the Deputy Chief,  D.Sunduisuren, submitted on June 17 through
their advocates appeals to the State Supreme Court against their conviction.
Their appeal against the original sentence was rejected by the Ulaanbaatar
Court.
Their advocates

Both the MPP and DP Groups
in Parliament today discuss a draft law on firearms that calls for some new
restrictions on gun ownership and some new inspection regulations.  Foreign citizens and stateless people will not
be allowed to own firearms, and the

President Ts.Elbegdorj’s official visit to the USA
generated great enthusiasm in media circles there. He was interviewed by CNN,
and Editor-at-large of TIME magazine Fareed Zakaria, while details of his
programs were reported by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the
Washington Times,

Several major agreements were signed during the official
visit of President Ts.Elbegdorj to the USA. They include the following.

A memorandum of cooperation on trade and economy was
signed by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade G.Zandanshatar and US Commerce
Secretary Gary Locke.

A memorandum

Mongolia plans
to sell its debut dollar-denominated bond “in the near future,” to finance
expansion of the mining industry and build roads and bridges, Bloomberg has
quoted President Ts. Elbegdorj as sying during his visit to the USA. The
Government is talking to investment

First Deputy Mayor
B.Baatarzorig and the Rector of University of Mongolia, S.Tumur-Ochir, signed a
memorandum of cooperation on Thursday to continue their cooperation, this time
in nature and ecology, IT and urban planning. The goal of the cooperation is to
provide academic inputs to