Mongolia Monitor (β) » 2008 » September

29/09/2008

China astronauts return to Earth triumphant (CNN) [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 23:57

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth Sunday, completing a three-day mission that included China's first-ever spacewalk.
Complete story: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/09/28/china.space.astronauts.return/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Comments (0)

Groundbreaking Chinese astronauts return as heroes [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 23:57

Parachuting safely back to the Earth, China’s returning Shenzhou VII space capsule and its three-man crew of adventuring taikonauts (astronauts) added yet another page to the book of space-faring history this Sunday when they touched down around dusk on the steppes of northern Inner Mongolia.
Complete story: http://digg.com/world_news/Groundbreaking_Chinese_astronauts_return_as_heroes

Comments (0)

China’s spacewalk astronauts return as heroes (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 23:22

Three Chinese astronauts landed safely back on earth on Sunday after a 68-hour voyage and space walk that showcased the country's technological mastery and were hailed as a major victory by its leaders.
Complete story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080929/sc_nm/us_china_space_33

Comments (0)

China’s leaders eat pure food as babies die [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News, blogs — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:57

Michael Sheridan, Far East Correspondent , The Times Online, UK, September 28, 2008- CHINA’S children may be dying from tainted milk but the country’s leaders are dining on pure organic ingredients. Like the emperors of old, the new communist elite enjoy the finest produce from all over China, sourced by a high-security government department. The revelation has provoked anger among the public and embarrassment for the leadership as it battles a food scandal that has further damaged the count
Complete story: http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/chinas-leaders-eat-pure-food-as-babies-die/

Comments (0)

22 arrested for making melamine-tainted milk in China - RTT News [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

(RTTNews) - In the latest development in connection with the tainted milk scandal in China, police have arrested 22 persons accused of being involved in a ...
Complete story: http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=724857&SMap=1

Comments (0)

Alaska Leadership Team Prepares Pebble Project for Permitting - Canada NewsWire (press release) [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

... of the largest mineral development projects in the world - including the Red Dog zinc mine in Alaska and the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia. ...
Complete story: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2008/29/c9053.html

Comments (0)

Access to technology for people with disabilities focus of UN Asia … - UN News Centre [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

The four-day training, which began in Incheon, Republic of Korea, brings together policymakers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, ...
Complete story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28341&Cr=&Cr1=

Comments (0)

Fire hits Egypt’s National Theatre - The National [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

... (C) and Jing Haipeng salute outside the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou VII after it landed in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region September 28, 2008. ...
Complete story: http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080928/FOREIGN/443597918/1017/NEWS

Comments (0)

After a Successful Spacewalk, Chinese Astronauts Return Home - Discover Magazine [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

... re-entry vehicle burst through the Earth’s atmosphere to make a landing under clear skies in the grasslands of China’s northern Inner Mongolia region. ...
Complete story: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/29/after-a-successful-spacewalk-chinese-astronauts-return-home/

Comments (0)

Report: 22 detained in China tainted milk scandal - GMA news.tv [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

BEIJING - Police raided dairy farms and milk purchasing stations in northern China, detaining 22 people accused of involvement in a network that produced, ...
Complete story: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123793/Report-22-detained-in-China-tainted-milk-scandal

Comments (0)

China astronauts return to Earth triumphant - UN Observer [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

The Shenzhou-7 re-entry capsule parachuted to a landing on the Inner Mongolia steppe at about 5:39 pm (0939 GMT) on Sunday. A live television broadcast ...
Complete story: http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=5193&blz=1

Comments (0)

Beijing celebrates “hero” astronauts and lunar exploration programme - AsiaNews.it [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

The mission, including the landing at 5:37 pm local time on the grasslands of China's northern Inner Mongolia region, was a “perfect success,” marking the ...
Complete story: http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13339&size=A

Comments (0)

Leighton Asia awarded contract in Mongolia - Construction and Maintenance News [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:46

Leighton Asia has secured a mining contract for the Ukhaakhudag coal mine project in Mongolia. This contract for the mine start-up and box cut for the ...
Complete story: http://home.nestor.minsk.by/build/news/2008/09/2905.html

Comments (0)

(in Chinese) The Shandong University at present already set up 7 Kong Zi institute - New China net in the overseas [09/29/08]

Filed under: Chinese, Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:45

Already set up 7 Kong Zi in the overseas before the institute New China net - 7 hours... the Dutch Leiden University's Hague Kong Zi institute, Australian Adelaide the university Kong Zi institute, the South Korean state-run loyal Southern University studies the Kong Zi institute, the South Korean thing university Kong Zi institute, the Mongolian national university Kong Zi institute, the French cloth row tower Nepal big area Kong Zi institute. ...
Complete story: http://translate.google.com/translate?&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sd.xinhuanet.com/news/2008-09/29/content_14536645.htm

Comments (0)

(in Russian) On the 5th exhibition of the scientific and technical achievements of China, Russia and Mongolia are concluded 68 agreements on the collaboration - Sinhua’s agency [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News, Russian — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:45

Huch -Xoto, on 29 September /Sin'khua/ - on that shutting on 28 September in the city Manchuria /avtonomnyy region internal Mongolia/to the 5th exhibition of scientific and technical achievements and to the fair of the new and high technologies of China, Russia and Mongolia was concluded on the whole of 68 agreements on the collaboration for the sum contractual total of 1,51 billion yuan /okolo 220,5 million dollars OF THE USA/. as she became known on 29 September corr. of the agency Sinhua after exhibition, the content of the mentioned agreements concerns collaboration in such branches...
Complete story: http://translate.google.com/translate?&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.russian.xinhuanet.com/russian/2008-09/29/content_730963.htm

Comments (0)

(in Russian) China in space - To strana..Ru [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News, Russian — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:45

Crew of Chinese spacecraft "Shen'chzhou-"&.tsuot; the consisting of three officers OF VVS it returned to Monday to Peking from the autonomous region internal Mongolia, transfers ITAR- TASS. In Sunday Of chzhay Of chzhigan, Lyu Bomin and Tszin Of khaypen satisfactorily returned to the earth, after staying in space of three days. According to the communications entering, the Chinese cosmonauts, who already became on the native land national heroes, feel themselves well, however, as this occurs in similar situations, special rehabilitative course will be required by them. ...
Complete story: http://translate.google.com/translate?&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.strana.ru/doc.html?id=111889&cid=1

Comments (0)

Restricted Access (Mining Journal) [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 22:28

The content that you have attempted to view is accessible by subscribed users only. SOUTHGOBI Energy Resources Ltd has started deliveries of thermal coal from its flagship Ovoot Tolgoi mine, in southern Mongolia, to customers in China.
Complete story: http://www.mining-journal.com/Subscribers/Journal_Article.aspx?archived=false&articleid=22507&sectionid=30

Comments (0)

VelaClock App 1.0 For iPhone And iPod Touch [09/29/08]

Filed under: Mongolia, News, blogs — Mongolia Monitor - English News @ 21:00

Looking for a clock that does it all on your iPod Touch or iPhone. VelaClock app 1.0 could be the one stop shop you're looking for. Keep track of the time in several time zones, the sunrise and sunset, country flags, moon phases and more.What's new in this version: Added a second lower detail panel; a quick swipe of the finger will move between the two panels. The new panel displays Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and three kinds of twilight (civil, nautical, astronomical)
Complete story: http://www.morninpaper.com/2008/09/velaclock-app-10-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

Comments (0)