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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai stumps in Kabul on March 9. He is running on a pro-business platform in a crowded election with nine candidates.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The best of bad options for Afghanistan

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolia's vast mineral wealth is fueling rapid development in Ulan Bator -- but is the property bubble about to burst?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolia's property boom set to cool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          17 March 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Major Japanese construction company Shimizu is working to install underground geothermal heat-pump systems in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator to ease air pollution.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Japan Inc salivates over prospect of $3 trillion Asian eco-market

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          14 March 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolia's vast mineral wealth is fueling rapid development in Ulan Bator -- but is the property bubble about to burst?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolia's property boom set to cool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          13 March 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          7 March 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Probabilities and possibilities

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          6 March 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Azerbaijan seeks Japanese investment in gas pipeline: deputy PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          18 February 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A visitor looks at a miniature model of an Airbus A320 at Aviation Expo China 2013 in Beijing Sept. 25, 2013.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Asia-Pacific to be biggest aircraft market by 2032: Airbus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          13 February 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dual approach planned to monitor Asia's greenhouse gases

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          13 February 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dual approach planned to monitor Asia's greenhouse gases

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          13 February 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A street-side restaurant owner holds a bundle of Indian rupee notes as he sits outside his restaurant in New Delhi.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Emerging Asia opening up more to foreign capital

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          23 January 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolian president sets new reform goals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          23 January 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A street-side restaurant owner holds a bundle of Indian rupee notes as he sits outside his restaurant in New Delhi.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Emerging Asia opening up more to foreign capital

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          23 January 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mongolian president sets new reform goals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          23 January 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Emerging Asia opening wider to foreign capital

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          17 January 2014
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Financial reality forcing Mongolia to accept outsiders like Rio Tinto

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          21 November 2013
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