Mongolia to lift state of emergency Saturday night

ULAN BATOR, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian Prime Minister Sanj Bayar said Saturday that the four-day state of emergency in Ulan Bator, the nation's capital, would be lifted Saturday night.

ULAN BATOR, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian authorities Saturday lifted a 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew in downtown Ulan Bator, which was imposed after riots over alleged election fraud erupted in the capital city Tuesday.

Mongolia's presidential press office said Saturday that the situation in the capital has calmed down and a four-day state of emergency in the city will be suspended midnight Saturday (1600GMT). Full story

ULAN BATOR, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian parliamentary parties on Friday agreed to deal with the recent riots by implementing the law, according to the presidential press office.

At a meeting initiated by Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar, the parties including the Democratic Party, one of the organizers of Tuesday's violent protest, agreed to charge the participants of the riots under the law, the office said. Full story

ULAN BATOR, July 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke by telephone with Mongolian Foreign Minister Sanjaasuren Oyun on Friday evening, urging Mongolia to deal with the Ulan Bator riots by the rule of law. Full story

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to see Mongolia maintain stability, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said here Thursday.

Liu made the remarks on a routine press conference when asked about the riots in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator caused by parliamentary elections.