Herders cling to rural life as Mongolia eyes change
In ERDENE Mongolia Rinchinsanbuu a 51 year old herdsman tends 100 cattle and 300 sheep while family life centers on gers and horse drawn carts. Amid new parties seeking reform and links to outside investors locals fear whether nomadic living can survive capitalism and mass tourism.
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Rinchinsanbuu
Mongolia
Rinchinsanbun
Communist Party
Argentina Prices Surge as Inflation Wipes Out Affluence
Buenos Aires shifts from Latin America’s affordable city to one of its most expensive as inflation erodes real wages. A seven minute call to New York costs more, hotel rooms double, and basic goods rise sharply. Foreign and local buyers feel the squeeze as the austral weakens and the dollar soars.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Freddo’s
New York
Latin America
Warren Kiefer
U.S
Kiefer
Alberto Iaconis
Consumer Action League
YMCA
Raul Alfonsin
Carlos Menem
Austral
Freddo's
Australs
Lions Roam Monrovia Mansion Amid Hunger Crisis
U S Marines fly 1.3 tons of emergency food and medical supplies to Monrovia as four armies halt fighting for a fifth day. Reports say two hungry pet lions of slain President Doe roamed the presidential residence, preying on starving residents. West African troops press for talks with Charles Taylor, who seeks a puppet government and elections, while Monrovia endures outages and scarce aid.
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Monrovia
Liberia
U.S
Samuel Doe
Daily Mail
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Doe
Henry Chibli
Chris Otulana
Doctors Without Borders
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David Nimley
Agence France-Presse
McMinn's
Andrews Hwy
Odessa