Mongolian
companies who want to participate in the exploration of the Tavantolgoi coal
deposit have formed a consortium called Mongol-999. The name was chosen as the
organizers though they would have around 1,000 members, but almost 1,600
companies have so far expressed their interest

After
returning from Russia
President Ts.Elbegdorj on Monday accepted the resignation of M.Altankhuyag as
Prosecutor General and asked his present Deputy, B.Tserenbaltav, to take charge
until a new appointment is made.

The
new National Advisory Committee of the Democratic Party discussed on Friday the
election law drafted and presented by Defense Minister L.Bold. Earlier, D.Erdenebat,
the party Secretary General, suggested the assignment of NAC members to the
eight policy councils of the party. These are

President
Ts.Elbegdorj was among the world leaders invited to watch Sunday’s parade in Moscow on the 65th
anniversary of victory in World War II. After the parade he joined them in
laying flowers at the Monument for the Anonymous Soldier in Alexandrovskii Park.
Minister

Newlyweds
who applied for their allowance in December 2009, before it was canceled with
effect from January 1, 2010, will receive their dues if Parliament approves the
revised budget. It has already gone through a first reading, receiving general
support, and the relevant standing

A review in
The National Post has given the film “Babies” 2.5 stars, calling it “these are
babies from a baby”s-eye point of view”.

The film uses no subtitles for its
three non-English-speaking families, but what would such a flourish add?
Parental strictures sound pretty

Babies, the documentary of four countries and four babies, opened in the USA
last week. The film shows the different ways various cultures coddle their
kids, from First World (San Francisco and Tokyo) to Third World (Mongolia
and Namibia).

Its maker Thomas Balmes is

Women in
Mongolia fare better as women than they do as mothers, while children are worse
off than both, according to the 11th annual Save The Children index, which
ranks the best and worst places to be a mother, looks at the well-being

The Grammy Awards winning band Ozomatli will
visit Mongolia next month to
give a concert as cultural ambassadors of the United States. The band is
dedicated to addressing social justice issues, a hallmark of Ozomatli”s work
ever since it formed in 1995 as part

Mongolia is among the new sources Kuwait is studying for imports of sheep to make
up for shortage of the cattle imports from Australia, the country”s long-time
main exporter of this meat. A team from the Arab
Gulf country is due to visit