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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An isolated country of South Asia in the eastern Himalaya Mountains. A Buddhist kingdom that long resisted modernization, Bhutan began a series of democratic reforms starting in the 1990s. Thimphu is the capital and the largest city.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun a landlocked
Himalayan country inSouth Asia . Official name:Kingdom of Bhutan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
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THIMPHU, BHUTAN (BosNewsLife) -- Amid international pressure, Bhutan released two evangelical Christian government workers who were jailed after preaching and showing the internationally acclaimed 'Jesus' film to
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THIMPHU, BHUTAN (BosNewsLife) -- Amid international pressure, Bhutan released two evangelical Christian government workers who were jailed after preaching and showing the internationally acclaimed 'Jesus' film to
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~ THIS VIDEO REPRESENT MY DEEP RESPECT FOR BHUTAN PEOPLE AND ALL NATIVE BUDDHIST NATIONS ~ In this short video you will see the real and the "latest" facts about Bhutan kingdom and it's people.
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So these three white Senators show up one day in Bhutan is a great opening to a joke … …
The Three Amigos, in Bhutan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It looks like the quake actually measured 6.1 on the Richter scale 6.1 (it was originally reported to be a 6.3), and yes, there have been fatalities: 11 lives lost in Bhutan, plus damage to monasteries and forts.
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Dorji said the ban existed in Bhutan's first democratic elections two years ago, but there was ambiguity at the time on who could vote and who could not.
Buddhist Bhutan Bans Clergy From Voting In Elections The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Were there tigers to be found here in Bhutan, a rainy stretch of jungle in the foothills of the Himalayas?
Lost Land of the Tiger; Unequal Opportunities; Excluded; Spooks; Seven Days Phil Hogan 2010
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Dorji said the ban existed in Bhutan's first democratic elections two years ago, but there was ambiguity at the time on who could vote and who could not.
Buddhist Bhutan Bans Clergy From Voting In Elections Clay Chiles 2010
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The BBC spiked its own guns for a prolonged tiger hunt in Bhutan but had a good week for drama
Lost Land of the Tiger; Unequal Opportunities; Excluded; Spooks; Seven Days Phil Hogan 2010
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Photos and text by Claire Heisler (photos taken in Bhutan)
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