Minister of Food,
Agriculture and Light Industry T.Badamjunai led the Mongolian team at the 30th
session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) and at
the Regional Agricultural Ministerial Meeting. Both meetings were held from
September 27 to October 1

Asashoryu, the 68th Yokozuna or Grand Champion of sumo,
bade formal farewell to the ring on Sunday at a ceremony organized by The
Japanese Sumo Association in Tokyo. Among those present to watch   his topknot cut in a ritual to officially
end his

The Deputy Chief of the Mining and Heavy Industrial
Policy Board of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Ch.Tsogtbaatar,
talks to our journalist.
Is the law to regulate artisanal gold mining
ready?
The issue remains open as a ban on such mining will mean

Information has come that B.Khurts, Chief of
Administration at the National Security Council, who was  arrested in London on September 17 has so far
been presented in court three times — on September 17, 23, and 30. His next
appearance will be on

The Fall session of Parliament opened on Friday after a
lengthy summer recess. Speaker D. Demberel told MPs the session sits at a time
when the Mongolian economy “is picking up again”, with annual economic growth having
reached 7.4 percent. “Government revenue is

The following is the transcript of an interview Prime Minister S. Batbold gave to Charlie Rose, as released by Bloomberg TV.

What do you expect Mongolia”s growth
rate to be over the next five years?
Despite losses in agriculture—we had a very

Japan,
the world’s biggest importer of rare earths, plans to buy more of the minerals
from Mongolia to reduce dependence on China, the Asahi newspaper has reported.
Prime Ministers Naoto Kan and S. Batbold agreed yesterday in Tokyo to begin an
effort to locate

Prime
Minister told a meeting of some 300 Mongolians in Vancouver on September 30
that he expected them, particularly students, to play an important role in the
development of Mongolia by using the skills and insights they acquire during
stay in an industrially developed

An
important item on the agenda of Prime Minister S.Batbold’s week-long visit to Canada
was a visit to the Canada-Mongolia Investors” Forum on September 30 in Toronto.
Representatives of many of the biggest companies of the country, particularly mining
giants like Riо Tinto, Centerra

Governors, administration officials,
and elected citizens” representatives from all provinces last week attended a three-day
training at the National Center of Law on prevention of corruption and
establishment of justice. The training was co-organized by the Anti-Corruption
Authority and the UNDP.

The course included