Word: bhutan
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...NOTEBOOK Taiwan: SARS Gets Loose Japan: Searching for the Stork Bhutan: Pax Interrupta Eulogy: Blas Ople Milestones Letters...
...tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan saw its last major war in 1865, when Bhutanese troops wielded rhinoceros-skin shields in a skirmish with the British Army. Since then the mountain nation has been so tranquil that a few years back King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ordered the dismantling of the country's sole traffic light, saying it was superfluous on such peaceful roads...
...NOTEBOOK Taiwan: SARS Gets Loose Japan: Searching for the Stork Bhutan: Pax Interrupta Eulogy: Blas Ople Milestones Letters...
...side of the frontier. (Some rebels also help smuggle weapons and people from China and Southeast Asia to insurgencies in the region.) By late last week, 92 guerrillas and 37 Bhutanese soldiers were reported killed in clashes, and hundreds of guerrillas, including some senior leaders, had been captured. Bhutan is apparently preparing for a sustained campaign. The King's 19-year-old son, Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, took leave from Oxford University last month to return home to join the fight...
Kuenga Wangmo ’04 would, however, disagree strongly with those who think Buddhism can be boiled down to a philosophy. Wangmo is from a place where Buddhism is the official religion—Bhutan, a small country nestled between India and Tibet. For her, the power of Buddhism is more than philosophy. “Philosophy—it’s just reasoning,” Wangmo says while sitting on her bed, over which an image of the Buddha, framed by the traditional white scarf of good luck, is hung. “I don?...