http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gobi_DesertFind stories, videos, and photos about Gobi Desert from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:25:46 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/ancient.cannabis/tztop.cannabis.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gobi_Desert14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Gobi Desert from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/ancient.cannabis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/ancient.cannabis/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn ancient race that lived 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert may have been among the first to use cannabis for medical or religious purposes.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/gobi.marathon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/gobi.marathon/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was while running, walking and sometimes merely shuffling for 250 kilometers (155 miles) across the Gobi Desert that I learned what motivates people to reach the finish line and complete a physical and mental challenge.Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/es.desertification/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/es.desertification/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen a 'Yellow Dragon' roars, Beijing listens. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/20/volunteer.vacations/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/20/volunteer.vacations/index.htmlImagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:40:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360112/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360112/index.htmMarathons? Everyone's done one. Ironman? Hardly a real challenge. Hence, a growing number of hard-charging executives are taking up the painfully extreme sport of exotic ultramarathoning. Take the ...Mon, 09 Feb 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278105/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278105/index.htmWatching Iridium's satellites get blown to smithereens is a fitting end to the disastrous project but hardly the most creative. The $5 billion network of 66 satellites was supposed to provide world...Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267006/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267006/index.htmThe Chinese market has been an elusive one, particularly for Westerners. Much of the frustration stems from the lack of information: Reliable facts about China and about how its people live have be...Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266175/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266175/index.htmIt shouldn't have bothered me when Iridium, the satellite-telephone company, filed for Chapter 11 protection. I have no current plans to visit the Gobi Desert, and my GSM phone works everyplace but...Mon, 27 Sep 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/29/257388/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/29/257388/index.htmMy friend Albert is a globe-trotting TV producer. On long trips, he takes three cell phones, each capable of working in only one area of the world. I tell him I'm writing an article on Iridium, the...Mon, 29 Mar 1999 05:01:00 EST