Mongolia declared a four-day state of emergency leading to a calm period amid tight security, days after violent riots rocked the capital, Ulan Bator [AFP]
Published On 2 Jul 20082 Jul 2008
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Protesters clashed with police, leaving several dead and hundreds more injured. Authorities detained some 1,000 people in one of the country's worst riots [EPA]
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The situation in the landlocked country between China and Russia was brought under control early on Wednesday following a crackdown on rioters and looters [EPA]
Thousands marched angrily alleging fraud in the June 29 parliamentary elections which the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party claimed had it won [AFP]
Nambariin Enkhbayar, the Mongolian president, ordered a night-time curfew and promised to investigate the alleged electoral fraud [AFP]
Mongolia's opposition rejected the results of the election which on the overall international observers said was free and fair [EPA]
The parliamentary elections focused on how to share the wealth from Mongolia's huge mineral deposits of coal, copper and gold [EPA]
