Bhutan: Stop Violance Against Women
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Bhutanese blogger Penstar raises voice against all forms of violence towards women.
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a new paradise found
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked paradise, protected by the mighty Himalaya. It is a special gem. Flying alongside the majestic Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga ' an indescribable experience ' and then banking to the right into the valley of Paro, where the landing strip is the only runway in the country, I was struck by the sheer beauty and pristine environment of Bhutan. The preamble of the country's...
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Kathryn Fuller Fellowships
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund Kathryn Fuller Fellowships WWF offersFuller Fellowships for both doctoral and postdoctoral research. To learn moreabout each and to download Fellowship applications, choose the appropriate linkbelow. KathrynFuller Doctoral Fellowships ApplicationForm KathrynFuller Postdoctoral Fellowships ApplicationForm WWF-USPriority Places Amazon –portions of Bolivia,...
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Media support for SA Games urged
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
UNB, Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday sought co-operation from all concerned, especially the print and electronic media, to make the 11th South Asian Games Dhaka 2010 a grand success. The eight-nation meet-the biggest sports carnival of South Asia-involving Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be held in Dhaka and five other divisional...
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Singalila Ridge Trek
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Five great days of trekking on the Singalila Ridge which is the border between Nepal and India with Bhutan lurking not too far hence the numerous army checkpoints and camps along the way. No yaks no cooks no porters just sweaty backs trekker huts dal and rice and one great guide. This trek offered panoramic views of three of the five highest mountains in the world yowza
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Preview: Pan-Asia Film Festival 2009
Londonist (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
If you yearn for exotic adventures, but lack funds to get you through Christmas, let alone journeys to far off lands, fear not. A magic carpet in the shape of the Pan- Asia Film Festival awaits you. China, Japan, Taiwan, Bhutan, Iran and the Philippines are just some of the destinations on offer where unique insights into eastern lives, literal and metaphorical journeys and beautiful and unfamiliar...
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Why no Yemeni vistors?
The AGS blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
So, here's a list of countries that have never visited this blog: Yemen Suriname Guyana French Guiana Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Burma Cambodia Bhutan Nepal Papua New Guinea North Korea And large parts of Central Africa... so come on, tell your friends who live in these countries to visit this blog! ...See this and other articles at ags-ssh.blogspot.com ...
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Nibbles: Mutton, Vegetaballs, Orchids
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Why real farming needs great cooking. Upland mutton? I’d eat that. Down-your-throat vegetarianism. Justine bouche? I’d eat that. Orchid cuisine in Bhutan. Olachotho? I’d eat that.
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Steagurile tarilor
REALITATEA FUNNY (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
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Lost cause
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A rebel group's ability to kill people and strike terror is no measure of its strength or popularity. It may be premature to dismiss the United Liberation Front of Asom as a spent force. But few in Assam doubt that it has lost much of its popular appeal and even its capacity for major armed offensives. Its latest strike in Nalbari does not alter these basic facts. The Ulfa's latest act of violence...
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City cure for Bhutan villager
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A 63-year-old Bhutanese, who was suffering from breathlessness and coughing blood for two years, was diagnosed with a rare tumour in the trachea and successfully operated upon at a city hospital recently.
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Bhutan: Magazines Without Sponsors
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Passang Tshering at Passu Diary discusses the hurdles a magazine face in Bhutan in absence of sponsorship and advertisement. The blogger informs: “except for Tashi Delek (in-flight magazine of DrukAir) no magazine ever saw their second issue.”
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World’s largest cruise ship
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
It’s five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world’s largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida. Click to read about this monster, and here to the photo slideshow. @ haha.nu Related posts:10 facts about [...] Related posts: 10 facts about Friday...
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A town with a tale to tell
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
By Saransh Sehgal http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK21Df01.html NEW DELHI - Tawang, a tiny outpost sandwiched between Myanmar, Bhutan and Tibet in the lush forested state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Himalayan foothills, is governed by India but claimed by China. Tawang is very close to the Chinese border, just a few kilometers from Bumla, the nearest border post. It is at Bumla that army officers...
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Pictures from Bhutan
Management Craft (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
This is not related to management, but several people have asked to see some of my pictures from mt recent trip to Bhutan (and Thailand). Here is a Flickr slideshow of some of my shots. And here are pictures my...