CNN's 2013 travel wish list - CNN.com

CNN's 2013 travel wish list - CNN.com: "Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman set his sights on Mongolia early in life.
"Back when I was, I think, nine or ten years old I read a book about Marco Polo, how he traveled with his uncles on the ultimate business trip to the Mongol Empire at its height," wrote Wedeman, who recently moved to Rome after an assignment in Cairo."

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iReport: Eagle hunters in Mongolia | CNNGo.com

iReport: Eagle hunters in Mongolia | CNNGo.com: "iReporter Craig Smith was to Mongolia in October to witness the annual Golden Eagle Festival in Oglii County, western Mongolia. He submitted his iReport for "Travel photo of the day" assignment.

He says:

“The festival happens every year during the first week of October. About 70 eagle hunters came from the surrounding areas for the two-day competition.

The eagle hunters are nomads. The golden eagles are raised from birth and trained to hunt for foxes and wolves for their pelts."

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What's the fastest growing economy in the world? – Amanpour - CNN.com Blogs

What's the fastest growing economy in the world? – Amanpour - CNN.com Blogs: "If Mongolia didn't pop into your mind first, you're probably not alone.

This country of just 2.8 million people is landlocked in the middle of Asia, but it's growing at more than twice the rate of China.

Its staggering rate of more than 17%-a-year growth last year may explain why U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a pilgrimage to Mongolia, along with Vice President Joe Biden and before him George W. Bush.

Not to mention a parade of other Western and Asian powers, including China, along with corporate titans by the planeload."

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Divers find 13th century wreck from Kublai Kahn's Mongol invasion fleet that was destroyed by 'divine' typhoon | Mail Online

Divers find 13th century wreck from Kublai Kahn's Mongol invasion fleet that was destroyed by 'divine' typhoon | Mail Online: "More than 4,000 artefacts, including ceramic shards, ballast bricks, cannonballs and stone anchors have been found around the wreck, CNN reported.

The hull will not be immediately salvaged, but the site will be covered with netting to prevent damage.

The Kamikaze - two powerful typhoons that struck seven years apart - halted the Mongol expansion in the Far East.

Historians say both attempts by the Yuan Dynasty to invade Japan ended in disaster.

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