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  Mr Blair has been dragged into a bitter row in Mongolia over plans for gold mining in a region where the elaborate ancient graves of Attila
article_snippet.sent: Former premier has been dragged into a row over gold mining plans which could destroy the ancient graves of Attila the Hun's warrior ancestors .
article_snippet.sent: Ecologists fear a mining boom in the region could destroy sacred treasures .
article_snippet.sent: Activists from ecological pressure groups including Save Noyon Uul have protested to the government that plans for a foreign mining company to exploit gold reserves 'will destroy the historical monuments of the Mongols and Activists from ecological pressure groups including Save Noyon Uul ancestors. '
article_snippet.sent: Driven to despair, Activists from ecological pressure groups including Save Noyon Uul promised that if the Mongolian government allows mining in the sacred land of the Mongols, the Mongolian government defenders are ready to give its defenders lives to save Noyon Uul', said one report last week.
article_snippet.sent: The Mongolian premier - who recruited Mr Blair's to Mongolia two years ago when Mr Blair's held the position of cabinet minister - is seen as the leading advocate of the plan to boost mining in several regions, including Save Noyon Uul, where Canadian company Centerra Gold may be given the go-ahead to exploit significant reserves.
article_snippet.sent: The country's president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has 'a strong stance against mining of Noyen Uul and wants to leave the cultural heritage site intact', evidently contrary to the position of The country's president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj prime minister, it was reported.
article_snippet.sent: But Mongolia is under severe pressure to raise revenue from mining to head off an economic crisis after foreign investment slumped 74 per cent last year, with speculation also centering on Tavan Tolgoi, one of the world's largest untapped coal deposits in the South Gobi Desert.
highlights_snippet.sent: Former premier was encouraging Western investment in mining .
  