Parliament finally passed on Thursday the draft law on agriculture goods
and raw material exchange, with approval from 37 of the 41 members present. The
law comes into effect on January 1, 2012. Before that, the Government would
prepare rules and regulations and

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Under the amended law, mothers
with six or more children are now awarded Honored Mother Medal I, and those
with four or five children Honored Mother Medal II. Former MP B.Munkhtuya, who
initiated the draft law, greeted all honored mothers on May 31,

Ulaanbaatar Railway has canceled
18 trains to Bor-Undur, Zuunbayan, Shariin Gol and Nalaikh, and reduced the number
of wagons in other passenger and freight trains. This will save 60 tons of
diesel daily.

Three former Anod Bank officials
are back in jail just a day after being released on bail. The Chief of the
Representatives Managing Council, N.Enkhtur, and two of its members, N.Davaa
and E.Gur-Aranz, were released on bail on May 31, but the Ulaanbaatar
Prosecutors’

Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy
Head of National Council for Children M.Enkhbold visited the Children’s Park on
Children’s Day. He handed over free entry tickets to the park to 750 underprivileged
children. Enkhbold congratulated the team that has been renovating facilities
in the park

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed by reports of the continuing detention of Ulaanbaatar Times editor-in-chief Chuluunbaatar Dolgor, who has been in custody since his arrest on March 24. Chuluunbaatar, 51, was arrested on charges of “illegal privatisation

B.Gangaamaa, the first Mongolian
woman to climb Mt. Everest on May 21, arrives in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday. The
Government Implementing Agency, the Physical Culture and Sports Office, will
meet her in Chinggis Khaan Airport and a bus for journalists will go to the
airport

Norwegian conductor Terie
Mikkelson arrived in Mongolia on May 29 on an invitation from the World Bank to
prepare for a musical performance in support of more greenery and clean air in
Ulaanbaatar. It will be held at The State Philharmonic on June

The Center for Help to Citizens
in Human Rights, the National Center against Violence, and the Women’s
Foundation organized an open discussion on Monday in the Civil Chamber of the
President on protecting minors from sexual abuse. Representatives of the
Ministries of Health and