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Number of View: 226 By Michael Kohn BBC Travel – Feb 28, 2012 A trip to the historic lands of Judea and Samaria – the modern-day West Bank – is like walking through pages of the Bible. This small chunk of land in the highlands of the Levant is where Jesus started his ministry, where Abraham staked h ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 497By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, October 17, 2011 (Reuters) – Inside a stove showroom deep in the suburbs of this sprawling smoke-filled city, Mam Ivermint, 80, is shopping for a new coal-fired stove — her unlikely contribution to the cause of cleaner air. The cast-iron stove she selects is lo ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 360By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, October 7, 2011 (AFP)— Mongolia has abandoned a bid to renegotiate a huge deal to develop a vast copper and gold deposit and agreed to stand by its 2009 agreement with Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto, a joint statement said. The government of the resource-rich country last w ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 367By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, Sept 23, 2011 (AFP) – Mongolia wants to renegotiate a huge deal signed in 2009 with resource giants Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines to develop its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold deposit in a bid to get a bigger cut of proceedings. The government faces mounting public pressur ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 622ULAN BATOR, Sept 22, 2011 (AFP) – More than 2000 fighters are engaged in an epic battle in Mongolia as they try to snatch the world record for the largest Mongolian wrestling contest from China. Wrestlers are young as 14 and as old as 80 have descended on the capital Ulan Bator from all over the va ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 331By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, Sept 17, 2011 (AFP) – Mongolia’s National Security Council (NSC) has rejected a tentative deal struck with global mining firms to develop a hugely sought-after coal deposit, a presidential spokeswoman said Saturday. The government announced in July that Chinese ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 513ULAN BATOR, Sept 9, 2011 (AFP) — Mongolia’s state-owned mining firm Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT) could list in Hong Kong, London and Ulan Bator early next year, executives with knowledge of the matter said Friday. The company controls the huge Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit in southern Mongolia ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 675By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, July 6 (Reuters) – Forced to sell his animals and flee his dried-up lands, former herder Sainbuyangiin Tsagaan-Ovgon is now hoping mining profits will let him return to his native Gobi. The 72-year old, who admits he knows nothing about stocks, will soon receive 536 ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 524By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, July 6, 2011 (AFP) – The destruction of Mongolia’s grasslands to access a wealth of mineral riches has sparked an anti-mining movement led by a nomadic herder who says force can be used to bring polluting firms to heel. Tsetsegee Munkhbayar is the head of the F ... Continue Reading
Number of View: 1040By Michael Kohn ULAN BATOR, May 15, 2011 (AFP) In the 13th century, Mongol Kublai Khan and his harem sported silk gowns, fur cloaks and jewel-encrusted headgear — the legendary pleasure palace in Xanadu. Today, latter day khans are again stepping out in some of the world’s finest luxury f ... Continue Reading
