The United States has returned a stolen, 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia.
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'Freed' dissident's fate still unknown
Tuesday 14 December 2010
An activist who campaigned for Inner Mongolia's independence from China appears to have been released from prison after a 15-year term but is probably still being detained elsewhere, according to a relative.
Mongolia's spy chief: invited to Number 10, detained in Wandsworth
Friday 05 November 2010
Echoes of Pinochet as country's top intelligence officer is arrested during official visit to Britain over alleged kidnap
The First Emperor's Terracotta Army recruited outside China
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Acrobats from Burma, workers from Central or West Asia, and a mausoleum design inspired by work in the Middle East – the Mausoleum of China’s First Emperor was a cosmopolitan place says Dr. Duan Qingbo, the man in charge of excavating it.
Album: Hanggai, He Who Travel Far (World Connection)
Sunday 24 October 2010
Some of the songs sound Kazakh, others Kyrgyz, and there's a lovely lullaby on this new album from these stars of the Mongolian grasslands.
Parents descend on Beijing to hunt for China's stolen children
Wednesday 06 October 2010
Desperate families claim trafficking gangs are selling baby boys for up to £4,000
Small Talk: Aim wants its rules relaxed to allow easier investment
Monday 04 October 2010
It may have come in for a few knocks and bruises over the past two or three years – some deserved, others not – but the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) is a major asset to the UK economy, according to research published last week.
Lie back and think of Genghis: Conn Iggulden reveals the inspirations behind his historical fiction
Sunday 29 August 2010
The best thing about writing historical fiction is that the story has already been told. All Conn Iggulden – the bestselling author of 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' – has to do is imagine the gory details...
Andy Kershaw returns to Radio 3
Monday 23 August 2010
Broadcaster Andy Kershaw is to return to BBC Radio 3 after three years off-air as a result of personal problems, it was announced today.
Briton dies in Iran during charity car rally
Thursday 12 August 2010
A young British man was killed and another injured while driving across Iran during a charity car rally to Mongolia.
Mongolia rally drives off from Goodwood to Ulan Bator
Sunday 25 July 2010
Competitors set off from the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester on a 10,000-mile journey to Mongolia.
Errors & Omissions: Sometimes it's better to get straight to the point
Saturday 19 June 2010
The "drop intro" is an ancient journalistic device, and none the worse for that. Dropping the main news point down to the second or third paragraph roots the story in daily life and leads the reader on with the feeling of a mystery unfolding.
Mongolia set to list vast mineral assets in London
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Mongolia, home to potentially some of the world's largest mineral deposits, is set to float some of its state-owned mining assets after receiving proposals from a number of bourses, including the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
My Life In Travel: David Mitchell, novelist
Saturday 08 May 2010
'Places don't seduce you, but moments do'
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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