Mongolian
women have so far won six medals at the Asian Freestyle Wrestling
Championship in Jakarta, but the men are yet to open their account.
The tournament has drawn athletes from 17 countries, including, besides
Mongolia, South Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Singapore, Japan

A special meeting of the
Government on Friday discussed the visits to the USA and China respectively of
President Ts.Elbegdorj and Prime Minister S.Batbold. The media were not given
any details of what was discussed as the issues were secret. It is believed

The World Bank approved on Thursday in Washington an
investment credit of USD11.0 million as additional financing for the
Sustainable Livelihoods Project II (SLP II) in Mongolia. This will increase the
impact of SLPII by further scaling up institutional mechanisms that reduce
vulnerability and

An international meeting on the economic
value of nature and the ecosystem was held in the Civil Chamber on Thursday and
Friday. Participants from the USA described their experience of conservation
and the costs of running environmental recovery programs.  They and Mongolia

Ecopreneur-2011, an international
contest, ended on Thursday after choosing eight winners from 20 competing
teams, both Mongolian and foreign. The contest was jointly organized by the Mongolian
National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the International Union of Ecopreneurs
and TIC Americans.

 Among the winners

Minister for Defense L.Bold has
used his constituency allowance to establish greenhouses in Ulziit block of
Khan-Uul district, to provide vegetables to households and also to increase family
income. MNT400 million has so far been spent on 20 greenhouses spread over 15
hectares, digging

In pursuance of its policy to
improve the management of state owned companies and to take them to
international standard before being offered for privatization, the State
Property Committee (SPC) has decided to entrust Seabury LLC of the USA to run
MIAT. A tender

The Court of Appeals today
dismissed the case against the Government and upheld the decision of the Court
of Sukhbaatar district that it has not been responsible for any specific act
leading to damage to the nature and the environment. The United Movements

In a conversation with our
reporter, MP B.Bat-Erdene has blamed Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
D.Zorigt for not seriously trying to implement the law banning mineral
exploration and exploitation in river and forest basins. He said the Government
should have studied the license

Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Trade G.Zandanshatar today ends a weeklong visit to Europe during which he took
part in the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of Foreign Ministers in
Budapest, in the World Economic Forum of Europe and Central Asia in Vienna, and
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