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Mongolia: Life on the fringes

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 @ 06:23 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Mongolia
Topics:: Disaster, Environment
Languages:: English

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Bilguun writes about the serious problem of waste and rubbish near Ulaan-Batar, the capital city of Mongolia. Some photos from the rubbish dump are attached.

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