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FACTBOX: Tibet, Dalai Lama and relations with China Reuters - Oct 16, 2007 Wedged between the Himalayan mountain range to the south and the Kunlun range in the north, Tibet borders Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal. … US President Bush to honour Dalai Lama Hindustan Times Honoring the Dalai Lama International Herald Tribune China's voices of dissent BBC News all 2,428 news articles

Sify	Cracking the Burma shell Sify, India - Oct 9, 2007 We have done it with Bhutan, and are doing it with Burma. All they need to do is harbour our insurgents from the Northeast and periodically whisper ?China? …

Breakthrough in armed robbery case
Update 18 October, 2007 - Thimphu Police arrested three men in connection with the armed robbery of the Druk Petroleum fueling station in Chubachu, Thimphu, on October 7.

IMTRAT’s Raising Day wows Haa

Sky-writing, skydiver style

18 October, 2007 - It was difficult to say who was more mesmerized … the nine skydivers, who battled unpredictable winds as they dropped 5,000 feet into the incredibly pristine and beautifully raw Haa valley, or the thousands of people who watched them float down to the IMTRAT training ground, that was all decked up for IMTRAT’s 45th Raising Day celebrations.

Yellow no more

Taxis due for a another makeover

18 October, 2007 - Two months ago, the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) came out with a rule that all taxis must paint their bonnets yellow.

BoB to introduce ATMs (at last!)

18 October, 2007 - The Bank of Bhutan (BoB), the country’s oldest and largest bank, is all set to launch Automated Teller Machine (ATM) services almost two years after Bhutan National Bank first introduced the service in the country.

Yeti checks out Paro
18 October, 2007 - Yeti Airlines, a private carrier in Nepal, has expressed interest in operations in Bhutan on the Paro–Kathmandu sector.

Bumthang’s cable blues
18 October, 2007 - The mood in Bumthang town and of its nearby residents is on the verge of an explosion as many cable subscribers are being subjected, residents mutter, to not just only sub-standard fare but also a shrinkage of channels, which they largely blame on the existence of a single cable operator in the town.

BBSC gets a BGAN boost from Japan

18 October, 2007 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation has received as grant assistance Broadband Global Area Network System (BGAN), equipment that will enable telecast of news reports from other parts of the country on the same day of coverage.

Stampede for new IDs

18 October, 2007 - The arrangement by the department of civil registry and census of allocating a certain number of days to allow for quicker distribution of new ID cards for people living in Thimphu and its neighbouring dzongkhags, who have their mitse in other parts of the country, is turning out to be more of a hassle for officials and the people.

Who’s in, who’s out?
Lingering doubts about eligibility of lay monks

17 October, 2007 - The election rules concerning religion and elections do not adequately clarify whether gomchens or choeps (lay monks) not registered with any religious institution could participate in the electoral process, according to several gups in Trashigang dzongkhag.

Fifth OD death in Phuentsholing hospital

17 October, 2007 - The Phuentsholing General Hospital saw its fifth drug overdose death this year when an 18-year-old boy died at the hospital on the evening of October 15.

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