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King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan is trying to abolish himself. The enlightened monarch of this tiny Himalayan kingdom, who has introduced such innovations as the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure Bhutan's wealth, is now urging his people to get rid of him. "Monarchy is not the best form of government," he said last month at a stop on his anti-royalty campaign in the northern town of Haa. "It has many flaws...
...million Estimated number of Pakistanis left homeless by the Oct. 8 earthquake as the Himalayan winter approaches...
...Kala Dhaka, or Black Mountains, of northern Pakistan aren't really black. The color refers to the gruesome fate that awaits any outsider who strays into the Himalayan abode of the tribes that live up there. "The male population is strongly preoccupied with killing," wrote Adam Nayyar, a Pakistani anthropologist who in the 1980s ventured into these soaring, slate-green Himalayan valleys and made it out alive. "A disproportionate amount of energy and creativity ... is diverted to stalking the enemy and avoiding violent death...
...positive effect of the massive Oct. 8 Kashmir earthquake has been the hole it has torn in the heavily fortified frontline separating Indian and Pakistani forces in the Himalayan territory. The nuclear-armed neighbors have been locked in conflict over Kashmir since 1947, but on Tuesday Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf eased tensions by offering to open the Line of the Control-the de facto border-so that Kashmiris on both sides can help their relatives harmed by the quake...
Like last year's tsunami, the Himalayan disaster presented a political opportunity for the Bush Administration, which hopes that by providing assistance to a Muslim country in need like Pakistan, it can help improve its image in the Islamic world. Washington has promised $50 million in emergency aid, and already C-130 cargo planes are parachuting an airlift of blankets, plastic sheets, medical supplies and disaster-survival kits to victims. But U.S. officials say the military can't afford to make an open-ended commitment to the relief effort without hampering antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, relief groups trying...