Khaan Quest 2010, this year’s annual international
peacekeeping training exercise, was held in the Tavan Tolgoi training area on
8-20 August.  Organized jointly by the US
Pacific Military Command and the Peacekeeping Foundation of UN Mongolia, the
aim of the training was to improve

The US army has built a bath house at a
cost of USD105,000 in Songinokhairhan district of Ulaanbaatar. At a recent
ceremony, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Wallace Gregson handed over the
key of the bath house, and also 10 Ford jeeps to the

N.Molor, Director of the National Tourism Center, has commented
that proper tourism has failed to develop in Mongolia. Visitors feel respect
for local culture and traditions only if these are competently and carefully
explained to them.  Molor feels most
tourist guides in Mongolia are

President Ts.Elbegdorj has received an invitation from
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic
Forum, to become a member of the Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate
Change,”given your thought and leadership in this field”.

The Central Bank reports that money supply (broad money
or M2) at the end of July was 0.6 percent more than at the end of June and 41.2
percent more than in July, 2009. Outstanding loans at the end of July rose

Former state secretary at
the Ministry of Trade and Industry D.Surenkhor has been sentenced to seven
years in jail by the Sukhbaatar district court for abusing his power and
misappropriating MNT91.3 million from the State. However, the amnesty law will
apply in his case

A competition to write
historical plays has been announced to commemorate the 2,220th
anniversary of the Hunnu Empire, the 100th anniversary of the
national revolution for freedom, the 90th anniversary of the
people’s revolution and the 80th anniversary of the Drama Theatre,.
The competition aims

Gymnast G.Erdenebold’s total
score of 15.662 in the vault won Mongolia its second gold medal at the Youth
Olympics in Singapore on August 22.  He
finished 5th in the men”s rings with 13.976 points. He got the right to
participate in the Singapore games

A Japanese-Mongolian
research project called “Script” to study nomadic culture and civilization has
found birch-bark manuscripts in the Khar Bukh ruin in Bulgan province and also
a stone sculpture with inscriptions in the ancient Khyatan script in Dornogobi
province. Both items will be restored.

Ulaanbaatar Mayor
G.Munkhbayar met on Monday with Tom Morgan, founder of the Mongol Rally and
representative of the British Investment Office in Ulaanbaatar. This year some
1,000 racers from 44 countries are participating in the Mongol Rally that began
three weeks ago and will