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Enthusiastic turnout in Bhutan's historic dummy polls
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...religious institutions are not allowed to vote. The 26-year-old king is camping in his ancestral village of Tungkar in Lhuntse district of northeastern Bhutan, an area that takes two days drive from Thimphu. "The king is there to encourage the people...
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Mock parliamentary polls begin in Bhutan
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...The Oxford educated 26-year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck is camping in his ancestral village of Tungkar in Lhuntse district of northeastern Bhutan, a remote area that takes two days drive from Thimphu. "The king is there to encourage the...
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Bhutan dummy election receives encouraging response
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/21/2007; 464 words
; ...Wangchuck, who received the throne from his father in December last year, is camping in his ancestral village of Tungkar in Lhuntse district of northeastern Bhutan, two-day drive away from Bhutanese capital Thimphu. "The king is there to encourage the...
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