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The country is moving to modernization but at a slow pace. Bhutan is looking towards more advancement, but with that it does not want to loose its originality. There are few examples which indicate that now people are becoming aware and are looking...
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Leaders of eight South Asian countries are arriving in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, for a weekend regional summit.
Heavy security is in place for the meeting...
made popular Aug 1 2008
AP, Gauhati
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has formally adopted a new constitution that transforms it from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, a move initiated by its...
made popular Jul 21 2008
AP, Washington
Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at...
made popular Jun 25 2008
Burma has been named as the most persistent user of child soldiers, with thousands in its armed forces - some as young as 11, Human Rights Watch says.
made popular May 21 2008
When scientists keep warning us every now and then about the hazardous consequences of global warming, many of us dismiss it off as something that will take years to...
made popular Apr 21 2008
Fifty-four Burmese migrants have been found dead after suffocating in a lorry smuggling them into southern Thailand.
More than 100 people were packed into a container...
made popular Apr 11 2008
BHUTAN or The Land of Thunder Dragon (Druk Yul in Bhutanese language) is a tiny land locked kingdom of 47,000 square kilometers nestled in the laps of pristine...
made popular Apr 5 2008
The children pounced on Nordon Gurung’s lap, tugging on her long hair, spilling apple juice on her traditional skirt and singing songs in her ear, as if she were...
made popular Apr 4 2008
In a remote corner of the Himalayas, a small Tibetan refugee community felt helpless as it watched protests erupt all over the world against Chinese rule in their...
made popular Apr 1 2008
AP, Thimphu
In a March 24 story about Bhutan holding its first democratic elections, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Himalayan country’s new prime...
made popular Mar 29 2008
# Bhutanese are anxious that democracy could bring in the sort of corruption and mismanagement, as well as ethnic and class divisions that have bedeviled democratic...
made popular Mar 27 2008
Until the 1960s, Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan hamlet, was a happy kingdom with its monarchy rule dating back a thousand years; it’s mainly Buddhist population living in...
made popular Mar 25 2008
AP, Thimphu
A political party seen as the more royalist of two groups seeking power swept the first parliamentary elections ever held in this secluded Himalayan kingdom,...
made popular Mar 24 2008
AP, Thimphu
Election officials say a royalist party has swept the first parliamentary elections in the secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.Officials say the Bhutan Peace and...
made popular Mar 24 2008
AP, Thimpu
The secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a land that’s made promoting happiness its paramount goal, became the world newest democracy Monday when it held its...
made popular Mar 24 2008
AP, Thimphu
The command came from the king, as commands normally do in a nation where royalty has ruled for a century. But when the Precious Ruler of the Dragon People spoke that...
made popular Mar 22 2008
AP, Gauhati
A separatist group in India’s remote northeast has been forcibly recruiting people and taking them to camps in neighboring Myanmar for military training, Indian...
made popular Feb 14 2008
AP, Samdrup Jongkhar
Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute...
made popular Dec 31 2007
AP, New Delhi
Saving the world’s remaining tigers will require as much as $500 million a year, but average annual international funding only comes to $5 million, a conservation...
made popular Dec 10 2007
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