Security researchers uncover global cyberespionage effort | PCWorld

Security researchers uncover global cyberespionage effort | PCWorld: "One campaign uses spear phishing emails with content related to Tibet and Mongolia. These emails have .doc attachments that exploit a Microsoft Word vulnerability patched by Microsoft in April 2012.

Access logs gathered from this campaign's C&C servers revealed a total of 243 unique victim IP (Internet Protocol) addresses from 11 different countries. However, the researchers found only three victims that were still active at the time of their investigation, with IP addresses from Mongolia and Sudan."

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Mining Journal - US bank authorises US$500m loan for Oyu Tolgoi

Mining Journal - US bank authorises US$500m loan for Oyu Tolgoi: "The Export-Import Bank of the United States said its directors had authorised a US$500 million loan for development of Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia.

In March, Bloomberg said Rio had secured bank pledges amounting to at least US$3 billion of the US$4 billion project financing it required to fund Oyu Tolgoi, quoting three people familiar with the matter. "

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Three candidates to run for Mongolian president - WORLD - Globaltimes.cn

Three candidates to run for Mongolian president - WORLD - Globaltimes.cn: "Mongolia's electoral authorities identified Friday three candidates, including incumbent President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, for the presidential election on June 26.

Elbegdorj was nominated by the ruling Democratic Party and supported by two minor parties in the parliament -- the National Democratic Party and the Civil Will Green Party.

Local media has speculated that Elbegdorj, with rich experiences in politics, is most likely to win the election."

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Prophecy Coal shares surge on 25-year power tariff agreement with Mongolian government - Proactiveinvestors (NA)

Prophecy Coal shares surge on 25-year power tariff agreement with Mongolian government - Proactiveinvestors (NA): "The major terms of the agreement include an initial tariff for the first year of the power plant operation, and a weighted average tariff for the remaining 24 years under the deal.
The company told investors Friday that the numbers are in line with its final proposal submission to the Mongolian Ministry of Energy in February of this year. "

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No sleep till Ulan Bator! | Music | The Guardian

No sleep till Ulan Bator! | Music | The Guardian: "It's fair to say that Is Tropical aren't terribly enamoured with Mongolian cuisine. But it's probably the only aspect of the culture that the three-piece haven't hurled themselves at with gleeful abandon. Wrestling, horse-riding, sleeping in a yurt next to a mewling newborn calf: they've tried the lot."

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Smuggled dinosaur's return may boost Mongolian paleontology - Science

Smuggled dinosaur's return may boost Mongolian paleontology - Science: "When Mongolia’s most famous dinosaur, a relative of T. rex, returns to the Asian country on Saturday, it returns to a homeland rich in dinosaur fossils, but with scant resources to display and study them."

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