Top Mongolian officials erupt over Asashoryu resignation

Top Mongolian officials erupt over Asashoryu resignation

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - People at a restaurant in Ulan Bator on Feb. 4, 2010 watch a TV program reporting an announcement by Mongolian sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu that he is ending his sumo career. Asashoryu, who has been accused of assaulting a man in a recent drunken rampage, has been accorded hero status in his native Mongolia.

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