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Mongolian students from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, studying at BYU-Hawaii, just received exciting news about the growth of the church in their homeland. Through forwarded e-mails and telephone calls they found out that the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have approved the creation of Mongolia’s first stake, which will take place in a matter of weeks. Gombo Chuluun, freshman in international business management, said, “I cannot tell you how happy I was when I heard the news. Now we will have a patriarch, bishops, and wards in Mongolia and all the blessings that come with the...

MOSCOW, June 3. 32 check-points on the borders with Mongolia and China will be closed as a result of the spread of SARS in the Far East. As a Rosbalt correspondent was informed today by the State sanitary-and-epidemiologic department, this decision was reached by the Russian government and the resolution will come into force from June 4. 770 people have already died as a result of the virus and 8,384 cases have been registered in total in 28 different countries. The number of registered cases has risen by 27 in the last two days and 6 more people have died...