State of emergency as riots sweep Mongolia

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Updated July 2, 2008 20:37:24

In Mongolia, five people have died and hundreds are wounded after riots swept through the capital, amid anger over alleged vote rigging in the weekend elections.

Presenter: Rob Sharp
Speakers: Professor Charles Burton, a former Canadian diplomat with responsiblity for Mongolia, now at Brock University in Ontario.

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