25 August 1999
Sydney Morning Herald
An Indian judicial inquiry into the brutal murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons ignored evidence that the killer belonged to a group linked to the ruling Hindu nationalists, an influential human rights organisation has charged.
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The Globe and Mail 15 May 1999
John Stackhouse
Wangchuck has the royal touch
The King is building a welfare state,
with free education, health care
In a region dominated by political thugs, crooks and buffoons, Bhutan’s King Jigme Singye Wangchuck stands out, and not just for his dashing looks and four gorgeous wives, all sisters.
The 43-year-old monarch, who ascended the temporal throne at the age of 18 after his father died on safari in Kenya, is slowly emerging as a Himalayan version of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, the leader of a tiny outpost who may yet turn his country into a model state and gain disproportionate influence with its much larger neighbours.
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