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Bhutan Learns to Vote

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Apr 21, 2007
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Bhutan,

the tiny Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between Nepal,

India and China, is off on a new adventure. Dragon

King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, who abdicated from the throne in December after 37

years in power, wants to incorporate democracy into gross national happiness,

the measure of prosperity he invented in the 1980s for his isolated country.

After centuries…

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