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College Loans as Development Aid
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | about 8 hours ago
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Three months ago, Kushal Chakrabarti likes to say, the organization he co-founded, Vittana.org , amounted to little more than “three guys and a dog.” Then readers of The Huffington Post chose Mr. Chakrabarti as the “Ultimate Game Changer in Philanthropy,”...
Tags: Vittana, students loans, Mr. Chakrabarti, microfinance institutions, development world, Fundación Paraguaya, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Microfinance, Microcredit, Poverty, Credit, Development, Kiva
In the Loop: Where are the female Obama appointees?
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 2 days ago
Credibility White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at the time that "the point's well taken." But the reason for the all-guy events may be that when Obama rounds up senior staff members for a pickup game, he doesn't have all that many women to choose from. Of the...
Tags: Obama White House, The Washington Post, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, percent asian, percent hispanic, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, Politics, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Punahou School alumni, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign
Mongolians take to the slopes at first ski resort
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 3 days ago
Credibility Mongolians used to harsh winters now have a new outlet for winter fun at the country's first ski resort, located on a sacred mountain just outside of the capital Ulan Bator. For the locals, Sky Resort is a welcome distraction from at a time of year when...
Tags: Ulan Bator, ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Hospitality Recreation, Bogd Khan Uul, Khan Uul
Don't hide behind BTN courses, Umno told
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 5 days ago
Credibility At a press conference in Parliament today, the PKR de facto leader claimed that the programme has promoted a racist approach. “I totally disagree with the racist approach. Port Klang Free Scandal) scandal and the (murder of) Mongolian (national Altantuya...
Tags: Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Social Issues, Muhyiddin Yassin, Hishammuddin Hussein, Lim Kit Siang, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Anwar Ibrahim, United Malays National Organisation, Malay Malaysians, Najib Tun Razak, Premiership of Najib Tun Razak
YOUR SCHOOLS: Palmetto Ridge competition band succeeds at state
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 8 days ago
Credibility The Naadam of Mongolia” Written by Ted and Betsy Lewin Suggested from the American Library Association’s 2009 Notable Children’s Books Briefly, from The School Library Journal (grades two to six): “This colorful travelogue recounts the Lewins’ trip to...
Tags: Mongolian, collection canned, Florida Department of Education, elementary schools, excel awarding, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Education
Gear up for good times at Galena
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 8 days ago
Credibility How does a scenic drive through the valley on a moonlit night and a tasty meal sound? Or some vigorous exercise on pristine Nordic ski trails followed by a hot beverage?...Those are just a few of the popular winter offerings at Galena Lodge, a 23-mile...
Tags: North Valley Trails, Galena Lodge, Galena Exercise, requiring reservations, nordic skiing, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Hospitality Recreation, Blaine County Idaho
Mongolians drive hole in Great Wall
Shanghai :: China | 9 days ago
Credibility Mongolians have succeeded in punching a hole through a large part of the Great Wall of China. About 90 metres of the wall in a remote part of Inner Mongolia has been irreparably damaged by gold prospectors. ''We discovered what had happened a couple of...
Tags: great wall, China, Shanghai, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Great Wall of China, Ming Dynasty
Fossil theft: One of our dinosaurs is missing
London :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility Armed with rock chisels, it took the thief only a few minutes to wipe out 135 million years of history. The fossilised iguanodon footprint was hacked out of the limestone slab where it had lain in a Dorset quarry and spirited away by an illicit collector....
Tags: Britain, toed science, Natural England, dinosaurs egg, China, Mongolia, United Kingdom, London, Origin of birds, Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus, Archaeoraptor, Paleozoology, Feathered dinosaurs, Paleontology, Coelurosaurs
Vail travel: The long, snowy journey
Altay :: China | 11 days ago
Credibility I'm stoked to be standing in a warm shower with water running over my head and down my back, instead of shivering in the woods squatting next to a tree, trying to do my business while holding off the frostbite. I'm back in Beijing, back to civilization,...
Tags: Northwestern China, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Chris Patterson, Warren Miller Entertainment, Altay Mountains, rock drawings, film shoot, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, China, Altay
SALLY ROTH: Making backyard official is great source of pride
Ulaanbaatar :: Mongolia | 14 days ago
Credibility It's because opening my box feels just like Christmas morning — you never know what will be waiting under the tree. Some days it's nothing but bills or junk. (Yes, Smithsonian Travel, I would love to go along on that tour to Mongolia, but I don't seem...
Tags: Backyard Wildlife Habitat, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Human Interest, Butterfly, The Squirrels
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