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Joe the Plumber ‘Appalled’ by McCain - AOL
Wurzelbacher, 34, gained his national attention when Obama told him during a campaign stop that he wanted to “spread the wealth around” and their exchange about Obama’s tax plan was widely reported. McCain repeatedly cited “Joe the Plumber” in a …    [read more]

Praise from Cheney for Obama’s national security team - World Socialist Web Site
As President-elect Barack Obama met with his national security team in Chicago Monday, his appointments drew enthusiastic praise from a most revealing source: the outgoing vice president, Dick Cheney. “I must say, I think it’s a pretty good team …    [read more]

Bhutan woman tells of transition from monarchy to democracy - Spencer Daily Reporter
(Photo submitted) Adorned in their Bhutanese national dress and special scarves, Tashi Ongmo, left, and her family, which includes father Dr. Gado Tshering, brother Thinley Jamtsho Tshering, mother Tashi Choden and older sister Chimi Ongmo, were …    [read more]

New Bhutan tours added at Uma Paro - e-Travel Blackboard
Como Hotels and Resorts have introduced two new itineraries to travel Bhutan with Uma Paro. The new packages include a multi-activity adventure which involves biking, hiking, high altitude golf, overnight camping and whitewater rafting, with the …    [read more]

Bangladesh improves their position in FIFA World ranking - New Nation
Bangladesh improved their position by seven steps in the FIFA-Coca Cola World ranking published this month. Bangladesh, which was placed 181st position in the FIFA World ranking of last November, now improved their position by seven steps and sharing …    [read more]

Bhutan, Trashigang: farmers build toilets to practice new skills - IRC
Farmers in Trashigang, Bhutan, have been constructing toilets to practice skills they have learned whiile participating in a rural skills development project. Under the project, 329 villagers from ten gewogs (blocks or village groups) in Trashigang …    [read more]

Register » - yorkshirepost
Comment on stories on this website and on all other Johnston Press newspaper websites. See a list of our websites here. Set up a personalised homepage featuring content from any Johnston Press newspaper website or from any site with a RSS feed …    [read more]

Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch
(New York, December 17, 2008) - More than half of the world’s remaining “sodomy” laws -criminalizing consensual homosexual conduct -  are relics of British colonial rule, Human Rights Watch showed in a report published today. Human Rights Watch …    [read more]

Already Registered? Log in - Outlook India
(Free Speech users can use the same log in and pass words.) Select Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh …    [read more]

PPP running government in accordance with law,Constitution: Sherry - Pakistan News Service
ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said on Wednesday that the Pakistan Peoples Party government believes in democracy and it was running the government strictly in accordance with the law and the Constitution.She …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Bhutan celebrates the Past and the Future

17 December, 2008 - Bhutan is celebrating today - celebrating the successes of the past and the aspirations for the future.    [read more]

The battle of brains and buzzers

THE WINNERS - Rigzoey celebrating their victory

17 December, 2008 - The ‘close connexion’ was cracked. The ‘close encounter’ was braved. And the best survived. No casualties, for brains and buzzers were the only weapons used.
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Coronation & Centenary tennis championship

17 December, 2008 - To mark the centenary and coronation celebration, the Bhutan tennis federation (BTF) has organised an open tennis championship, which started last Saturday, December 13, at the Changlimithang tennis centre.    [read more]

The Christophers make it four in a row

16 December, 2008 - The unique culture and tradition, pristine environment and beautiful trekking routes make Bhutan one of the best tourist destinations in the world. But, for the Christopher family from the United Kingdom, there is more than that.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Uh Oh! Maybe, a patang allowance?
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One-way ticket to hell and back
A life littered with family crises ignited a hellish journey of experimental tryst to juvenile misdemeanours to full-blown crimes. The hard-fought war against drug addiction was only won in the end. Pushkar Chhetri reports.
Tshering, 26, started experimenting with drugs at the age of 14. He first started sniffing patrol for a while. “It had an […]    [read more]

Women’s Battle in Bangkok
The Bhutanese under 19 Women’s cricket team left for Bangkok on Wednesday to play in the first international tournament.
The Cricket Association of Thailand is hosting the inaugural tournament which runs from December 13 to 23. The 14 Bhutanese players are high school students from different schools. They are accompanied by their coach, Mr. Damber Singh […]    [read more]

Having a ball
The Coronation and Centenary basket ball tournament, held in the Youth Development complex, is battling it out with 24 teams.
The tournament, which runs from December 6-17, is organized by LD Technology in collaboration with the Youth Development Fund and it is sponsored by Bhutan National Bank Limited, Bhutan Post and Tashi Cell.
Tsherap, the organizer said […]    [read more]

His Majesty the King Inaugurated Ta-dzong Museum in Trongsa
The new five-storied Ta Dzong Museum in Trongsa was inaugurated by His Majesty the King on December 10. The museum contains must-see displays such as the Raven Crown of the First Druk Gyalpo, the spoken statues of Dorji Chang or Vajradhara, Gongsar Jigme Namgyel’s extraordinarily long sword which suggests his tall stature, and a 500-year-old […]    [read more]

Dechenphug to be consecrated today
His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo will grace the consecration of the newly renovated Dechenphug Lhakhang in Thimphu today. The consecration rabney will be conducted by the Dorji Lopen.
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Everything is personal
Here is a litany of complaints compressed and compiled for your reading pleasure. It’d be foolhardy to think changes will come our way just because someone vaguely wrote about it in a newspaper. And who takes newspapers seriously in Bhutan anyways? People I know buy it for Crosswords and Sudoku, all delightful toilet engagements.
My grievances […]    [read more]

A sign o’ the times?
In a theft in Phuentsholing this week, a teenager from a well-to-do family snatched a bag off a woman but was chased and stopped by a monk. From a news point of view, it was an unusual case of human interest value.
Unusual as it may have been, the incident brought to surface a number of […]    [read more]

The grand finale of Druki Sungki Dendur
The grand finale of Druki Sungki Dendur, will begin on December 19 at the CICCC ground in Thimphu. The contest will be a three-day programme with three different rounds of zhungdra, boedra and rigsar.
At a meeting in Poland, many poor nations have complained about delays in accessing cash from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), […]    [read more]

Filmmakers cry foul over film awards
The seventh national film award ceremony that doled out 28 different awards left a bad taste in the mouths of many in the film industry who say the awards were not given fairly.
A case of sour grapes and bad losers? Or are the complaints legitimate? From the 16 films reviewed, 10 different awards went to […]    [read more]

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