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New sports palace opened

The 5,045-seat sports palace in
Yarmag, built by the Government of China at a cost of 111 million yuan, was
opened on Thursday at a ceremony attended by, among others, Prime Minister
S.Batbold, Minister of Health S.Lambaa, Minister of Finance S.Bayartsogt, the
Chairman of

Ex-UK ambassador takes temporary charge

Mrs Thorda Abbot-Watt, who had served as the British Ambassador in
Mongolia between 2008 and 2009, has taken temporary charge of the embassy
affairs, following the recall to Britain of her successor, William Dickson.

B.Khurts’s wife gets British visa

The British Embassy on Thursday issued a visa to the wife
of B.Khurts, Chief of Administration at the National Security Council,  who has been in  prison in Britain since his arrest on
September 17 for his alleged role in abducting a Mongolian

Photographs on the handicapped on show in Government House

An exhibition of photographs of
facets of the life of handicapped citizens was opened on Friday in Government
House to mark Handicapped Citizens’ Rights Day, observed internationally on
December 3 since 1981. Mongolia has 113,000 people with handicaps, and most of
the 39,000 children

400 households in ger districts

Mayor G.Munkhbayar has asked Huan Chan Cho, director of the
International Financial Corporation (IFC) for China and Mongolia to build 400
apartments for households preseently living in the ger districts. The IFC is
part of the World Bank and supports the private sector.

Mongolia ITF-2010 opens

The three-day Mongolia ITF-2010 began at Misheel Expo center on Thursday. The sixth international
tourism exhibition has been jointly organized by the Ministry of Nature,
Environment and Tourism and the National Center of Tourism. Environment and
tourism organizations of 21 aimags and business

Millennium Challenge Found donates 16 GPS

The Millennium Challenge Found (MCF) yesterday handed over altogether 16
GPS equipment worth MNT1billion to the Ministry of Road, Transportation,
Building and Urban Planning. Of these, 6 are permanent stations able to
determine locations from satellites, 4 of which would be installed in
Ulaanbaatar,

MPP not responsible for failures of MPRP

The real reason why the MPRP changed its name is that
it does not want to answer any angry questions before the 2012 election on why
the MPRP promise to give every citizen MNT1.5 million has not been kept. Many
citizens still retain

President wants no vodka at state ceremonies

The President’s Office, and the Administration Office of the National
Security Council yesterday organized an open debate on in the Civil Hall on
“Use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs”, a topic suggested by the President
himself. Representatives of the Central Intelligence Service, the

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