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Astronomer to speak to club about witnessing solar eclipse (The Daily News)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:44:08 GMT
A Southwest Washington astronomer, who witnessed the solar eclipse earlier this year in Mongolia, will be the featured program speaker at the next Friends of Galileo meeting. Sean League, owner of Sean’s Astronomy Shop in Battle Ground, Wash., will present slides and a lecture on his July trip to view the eclipse.

Gift to Kim Jong Il from Head of Mongolian Delegation (Korean Central News Agency)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:01:14 GMT
Pyongyang, November 18 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the head of the delegation of the Defence Ministry of Mongolia on a visit to the DPRK.

Kim Il Chol Meets Mongolian Delegation (Korean Central News Agency)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:01:01 GMT
Pyongyang, November 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces of the DPRK, met and had a friendly talk with the delegation of the Defence Ministry of Mongolia headed by State Secretary Mikhlai Borbaatar today.

Sumo-Happy hunter Asashoryu plots New Year ring return (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:57:01 GMT
Volatile grand champion Asashoryu will not return to the ring until the New Year despite being fit enough to hunt and cook wild animals in the Mongolian mountains.

Foreign Delegations Here (Korean Central News Agency)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:01:20 GMT
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- A government delegation of the Dominican Republic headed by Minister of government Jose Miguel Mejia, a delegation of the Defence Ministry of Mongolia headed by State Secretary Mikhlai Borbaatar and a Mongolian friendship delegation led by President of the Federation of Peace and Friendship Organizations of Mongolia D. Tsakhilgaan arrived here on Monday.

Mongolian paleontologist speaks in Bozeman (KBZK Bozeman)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:32:19 GMT
A Mongolian post doctorate researcher who recently moved to Bozeman has founded the only local dinosaur research institute in Mongolia.

Art from China, Mongolia and the Himalaya on View at Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis (Art Daily)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:25:38 GMT
AMSTERDAM.- To celebrate the 90-year jubilee of the Society of Friends of Asian Art (abbr. VVAK), the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam hosts a series of exhibitions ‘Asia, from the heart’, with art objects from the private collections of members of the VVAK.

Hakuho tied for lead at Kyushu Grand Sumo (Sports Illustrated)
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:31:09 GMT
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) -- Grand champion Hakuho of Mongolia toppled Kisenosato on Sunday to move into a tie for the lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

Mizoram polls: volatile play of religion and identity (NDTV)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:55:57 GMT
As many as a dozen tribes live in the Mizoram hills, their histories of origin being diverse. One can trace ancient waves of migration from Mongolia, China, even Myanmar in them. Mizos are constituted of tribes like Hmars, Paites, Mara and Pwais.

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