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Mongolia: Protest and Uncertainty

Friday, January 13th, 2006 @ 01:00 UTC

by Nathan Hamm

Countries:: Mongolia
Topics:: none

Protesters have seized the headquarters of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party after its members at the head of government ministries resigned, sending the government into chaos. Chris Miller offers valuable background and explanation, while yan and Registan.net have more on the protests.

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[...] Nathan Hamm of Registan (and Global Voices, where he edits Central Asia and Eastern Europe) is following the events from afar and links to several blogs with perspectives on the situation, including yuu bna?, Mongolian Matters and Tom Terry. [...]

# 2006-01-13 at 17:10 pm

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