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English Wikinews RSS feed. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! en MediaWiki 1.22wmf7 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:24:57 GMT Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan <p><strong class="published"><span id="publishDate" class="value-title" title="2009-09-21"></span>Monday, September 21, 2009</strong><span class="Z3988" style="display:none" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikinews.org:User%3ADendodge&rft_id=info:sid/en.wikinews.org:Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan&rft.atitle=Ten+dead+after+earthquake+in+Bhutan&rft.jtitle=Wikinews&rft.date=2009-09-21&rft.aucorp=Wikinews+contributors&rft.genre=article&rft.rights=CC-BY+2.5&rft.identifier=%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FTen_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan&rft.artnum=888309"> </span></p> <div class="infobox noprint" style="margin-left: 5px; float: right; width: 200px; background: #edf7ff; border: solid #666666 1px; padding: 0px; font-size: x-small; clear:right;"> <div style="text-decoration:none; background: #7ec9fd; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: 140%; border-bottom: solid 1px #666666;"><b><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" class="extiw" title="w:Bhutan">Bhutan</a></b></div> <div style="background: #bce1ff; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: normal;">Other stories from Bhutan</div> <div style="padding: 2px;"> <ul> <li>21 September 2009: <a href="/wiki/Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan" title="Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan">Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan</a></li> <li>7 November 2008: <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan" title="Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan">Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan</a></li> <li>20 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/INTOSAI_meets_in_Paro,_Bhutan" title="INTOSAI meets in Paro, Bhutan">INTOSAI meets in Paro, Bhutan</a></li> <li>11 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Smoking_Treaty_to_Take_Effect_Soon" title="International Anti-Smoking Treaty to Take Effect Soon">International Anti-Smoking Treaty to Take Effect Soon</a></li> <li>2 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/India_appoints_new_envoy_to_Bhutan" title="India appoints new envoy to Bhutan">India appoints new envoy to Bhutan</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"><small>...<a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan">More articles here</a></small></div> <div style="background: #bce1ff; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: normal;">Location of Bhutan</div> <div style="padding: 2px;"> <p><a href="/wiki/File:LocationBhutan.png" class="image" title="A map showing the location of Bhutan"><img alt="A map showing the location of Bhutan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/LocationBhutan.png/196px-LocationBhutan.png" width="196" height="90" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/LocationBhutan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/LocationBhutan.png 2x" /></a></p> </div> <center><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan">To write, edit, start or view other articles on Bhutan, see the Bhutan Portal</a></center> <div style="float: center; text-align: center;"> <center><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan"><img alt="Flag of Bhutan.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png" width="60" height="40" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/90px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/120px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 2x" /></a></center> </div> </div> <p>Local officials have said that an earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, has struck <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan" class="mw-redirect">Bhutan</a>, killing at least ten people and damaging many buildings. The US Geological Survey said that the epicentre of the tremor was located along the country's southern border with <a href="/wiki/India" title="India" class="mw-redirect">India</a>, 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Bhutan's capital Thimphu.</p> <p>Bhutanese director of disaster management Ugyen Tenzing said that rescue teams were searching the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors. Tenzing said that "it's hard to determine the extent of the damage at the moment. There is still information coming in."</p> <p>"We are anticipating that most of the houses are now down, destroyed," said Bhutan Home Minister Minjur Dorji. He also added that "these are not like you see in the metropolitan cities, like concrete houses. These are made of wood, mud and stone, generally two-storied houses."</p> <p>The local governor, Lungthen Dorji, said, "houses, and monasteries and roads have been damaged. Mobile services are clogged."</p> <p><br style="clear:none;" /></p> <center> <div align="center" class="noprint messagebox boilerplate plainlinks" id="commentrequest" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #CCCCCC; padding:2px;width:50%; text-size:smallest;"> <p>Have an opinion on this story? <a href="/w/index.php?title=Comments:Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comments:Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan (page does not exist)">Post it!</a></p> </div> </center> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sources">Sources</span><span class="mw-editsection">[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sources">edit</a>]</span></h2> <ul> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/2009921131843161266.html">Deadly quake rattles Bhutan</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-local"><a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera" title="Al Jazeera" class="mw-redirect">Al Jazeera</a></span></i>, September 21, 2009</li> <li>Steve Herman. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-21-voa19.cfm">Quake Shakes Himalayas Causing Deaths, Destruction in Bhutan</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOA_News" class="extiw" title="w:VOA News">VOA News</a></span></i>, September 21, 2009</li> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lvap.php">Magnitude 6.1 - BHUTAN</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USGS" class="extiw" title="w:USGS">USGS</a></span></i>, September 21, 2009<br style="clear:both" /></li> </ul> <table align="center" style="width:45%; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #a7d7f9; -moz-border-radius: 9px;-webkit-border-radius: 9px; border-radius: 9px; padding:1px;" id="social_bookmarks" class="noprint"> <tr> <td> <div class="floatleft"><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Social_bookmarks"><img 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Add the template {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Editprotected" title="Template:Editprotected">editprotected</a>}} to the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan" title="Talk:Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan">talk page</a> along with your corrections, and it will be <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts#Edits_to_protected_pages" title="Wikinews:Admin action alerts">brought to the attention of</a> the <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Administrators" title="Wikinews:Administrators">administrators</a>.</p> <p><small>Please note that due to our <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:ARCHIVE" title="Wikinews:ARCHIVE" class="mw-redirect">archival policy</a>, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.</small></p> <small>Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.</small></td> </tr> </table>   Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:45:29 GMT http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan <p><strong class="published"><span id="publishDate" class="value-title" title="2008-11-07"></span>Friday, November 7, 2008</strong><span class="Z3988" style="display:none" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikinews.org:User%3ADendodge&rft_id=info:sid/en.wikinews.org:Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan&rft.atitle=Jigme+Khesar+Namgyel+Wangchuck+becomes+king+of+Bhutan&rft.jtitle=Wikinews&rft.date=2008-11-07&rft.aucorp=Wikinews+contributors&rft.genre=article&rft.rights=CC-BY+2.5&rft.identifier=%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FJigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan&rft.artnum=779729"> </span></p> <div class="infobox noprint" style="margin-left: 5px; float: right; width: 200px; background: #edf7ff; border: solid #666666 1px; padding: 0px; font-size: x-small; clear:right;"> <div style="text-decoration:none; background: #7ec9fd; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: 140%; border-bottom: solid 1px #666666;"><b><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" class="extiw" title="w:Bhutan">Bhutan</a></b></div> <div style="background: #bce1ff; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: normal;">Other stories from Bhutan</div> <div style="padding: 2px;"> <ul> <li>21 September 2009: <a href="/wiki/Ten_dead_after_earthquake_in_Bhutan" title="Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan">Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan</a></li> <li>7 November 2008: <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan" title="Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan">Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan</a></li> <li>20 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/INTOSAI_meets_in_Paro,_Bhutan" title="INTOSAI meets in Paro, Bhutan">INTOSAI meets in Paro, Bhutan</a></li> <li>11 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Smoking_Treaty_to_Take_Effect_Soon" title="International Anti-Smoking Treaty to Take Effect Soon">International Anti-Smoking Treaty to Take Effect Soon</a></li> <li>2 July 2005: <a href="/wiki/India_appoints_new_envoy_to_Bhutan" title="India appoints new envoy to Bhutan">India appoints new envoy to Bhutan</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"><small>...<a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan">More articles here</a></small></div> <div style="background: #bce1ff; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: normal;">Location of Bhutan</div> <div style="padding: 2px;"> <p><a href="/wiki/File:LocationBhutan.png" class="image" title="A map showing the location of Bhutan"><img alt="A map showing the location of Bhutan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/LocationBhutan.png/196px-LocationBhutan.png" width="196" height="90" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/LocationBhutan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/LocationBhutan.png 2x" /></a></p> </div> <center><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan">To write, edit, start or view other articles on Bhutan, see the Bhutan Portal</a></center> <div style="float: center; text-align: center;"> <center><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bhutan" title="Portal:Bhutan"><img alt="Flag of Bhutan.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png" width="60" height="40" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/90px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/120px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 2x" /></a></center> </div> </div> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_(edit).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg/220px-King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg" width="220" height="327" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg/330px-King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg/440px-King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_%28edit%29.jpg 2x" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_(edit).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="//bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.22wmf7/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt="" /></a></div> The new king of Bhutan<br /> <span style="font-size:90%" class="plainlinks">Image: Royal Family of Bhutan.</span></div> </div> </div> <p><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck" class="extiw" title="w:Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck">Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck</a> yesterday became the new king of Bhutan following the abdication of his father, who started the country's transition to democracy two years ago.</p> <p>The new king, who is the world's youngest monarch at age 28, gave his accession speech to around 30,000 people, and celebrations across the country are planned for the coronation which is due to take place.</p> <p>“My deepest concern is that as the world changes we may lose these fundamental values on which we rest our character as a nation and people,” he said in his speech. “Henceforth, even as more dramatic changes transform the world and our nation, as long as we continue to pursue the simple and timeless goal of being good human beings... we can ensure that our future generations will live in happiness and peace.”</p> <p>“Ultimately without peace, security and happiness we have nothing. That is the essence of Gross National Happiness,” he continued. This comment was in reference to the Bhutanese alternative to <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_Domestic_Product" class="extiw" title="w:Gross Domestic Product">Gross Domestic Product</a>, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness" class="extiw" title="w:Gross National Happiness">Gross National Happiness</a>, which aims to put happiness above monetary wealth when developing government policy.</p> <p>“Throughout my reign, I will never rule you as a king. I will protect you as a parent, care for you as a brother and serve you as a son,” he continued. “As the king of a Buddhist nation, my duty is not only to ensure your happiness today but to create fertile ground from which you may gain the fruits of spiritual pursuit and attain good karma.”</p> <p>“As citizens of a spiritual land you treasure the qualities of a good human being — honesty, kindness, charity, integrity, unity, respect for our culture and traditions, love for our country and for God.”</p> <p>Following his speech, the new king handed out 20,000 commemorative coins to mark his new role in a country that did not have a <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/currency" class="extiw" title="w:currency">currency</a> until the 1960s.</p> <p>The king that preceded Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck gave Bhutan many modern ideas, including <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/democracy" class="extiw" title="w:democracy">democracy</a>. He also introduced roads, schools and hospitals, consequently increasing the country's <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/life_expectancy" class="extiw" title="w:life expectancy">life expectancy</a> by 26 years during his reign.<br style="clear:none;" /></p> <center> <div align="center" class="noprint messagebox boilerplate plainlinks" id="commentrequest" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #CCCCCC; padding:2px;width:50%; text-size:smallest;"> <p>Have an opinion on this story? <a href="/wiki/Comments:Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan" title="Comments:Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan">Post it!</a></p> </div> </center> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sources">Sources</span><span class="mw-editsection">[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck_becomes_king_of_Bhutan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sources">edit</a>]</span></h2> <ul> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ha039HB_aUOJPE-Tuz8YUd6FPLQg">New king vows to shield Bhutan in globalised world</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" class="extiw" title="w:Agence France-Presse">Agence France-Presse</a></span></i>, October 7, 2008</li> <li>Simon Denyer. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnTRE4A51M0.html">Bhutan crowns young king to guide young democracy</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" class="extiw" title="w:Reuters">Reuters</a></span></i>, October 6, 2008</li> <li>Nadia Mustafa. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1016266,00.html?promoid=rss_top">What About Gross National Happiness?</a>" — <i><span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_magazine" class="extiw" title="w:Time magazine">Time magazine</a></span></i>, January 10, 2005<br style="clear:both" /></li> </ul> <table align="center" style="width:45%; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #a7d7f9; -moz-border-radius: 9px;-webkit-border-radius: 9px; border-radius: 9px; padding:1px;" id="social_bookmarks" class="noprint"> <tr> <td> <div class="floatleft"><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Social_bookmarks"><img alt="Bookmark-new.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bookmark-new.svg/25px-Bookmark-new.svg.png" width="25" height="25" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bookmark-new.svg/38px-Bookmark-new.svg.png 1.5x, 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