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THIMPHU (AFP) - The tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan begins electing a new parliament on Tuesday for only the second time in its history, five years after the Buddhist monarchy gave up its absolute power.
Voters will first choose members of the upper house National Council on Tuesday, a non-party body, then in the following weeks will decide which of five parties will form the next government in the National Assembly.
Since the beginning of April, the 67 candidates for the 20 elected National Council seats - five more members will be appointed by King Jigme Khesar Wanchuk - have been holding debates and public meetings in their respective districts after a local selection process.
In the more remote areas, villagers have walked for hours, or even days, to attend the forums and question the candidates at first hand, and election staff have made similar long treks to set up and staff polling stations in hamlets inaccessible by road.
Election officials were making a fourth attempt on Monday to reach Lunana in the far north by means of Indian military helicopters after bad weather frustrated the first three tries.
Tuesday has been declared a public holiday and Bhutan's land borders will be closed for 24 hours over the election period.
While interest is reported to be high, confusion persists about parliament's role in a hierarchical country with an illiteracy rate of some 50 per cent, where for decades the monarchy's word has been law and is still deeply revered.
There have also been grumblings about the obligation for the candidates to make their pitches in the national language, Dzhonka, which is one of half-a-dozen tongues spoken in Bhutan and not well understood in many rural areas.
The National Council, whose members have no party affiliation, monitors the actions of the government, reviews legislation and advises the king. It can also propose laws itself, provided they are not financial.
With an electorate of less than 400,000 and the use of electronic voting machines, results will be declared soon after the polls close, but will be no pointer to the National Assembly elections, whose dates have not yet been announced.
The centre-right Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party of Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley has governed Bhutan since winning a massive landslide victory in 2008. It took 45 of the 47 seats in the house against the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
This time round three new parties are in the fray, two of them led by women, but there is little between them in their centre-left stance and the requirement that all candidates must be graduates has caused them problems in their hunt for recruits.
Opinion polls are banned in Bhutan and analysts are thin on the ground, but the DPT is not expected to repeat its massive triumph of 2008.
The country known abroad for its high-end tourism and unique yardstick of Gross National Happiness has seen huge development under the DPT government but a wide income gap, youth unemployment and delinquency and urban migration are among the main issues expected to figure in the campaign.
The DPT also faces seeing key figures barred from standing, with Home Affairs Minister Minjur Dorji and National Assembly Speaker Jigme Tshultim appealing against recent convictions for corruption in a land allocation case dating back to before the last elections.
If their appeals are not heard, or not upheld, before the elections, the party will have to find new candidates. Information and Communications Minister Nandalal Rai could also be excluded for the alleged mishandling of large contracts for domestic airports.


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Sketch Released In Mall Abduction Case
Victim's Car Found In Covington Overnight.
Police released a composite sketch of a man wanted in an abduction case at a northern Kentucky mall.
Hamilton County deputies said 74-year-old Ann Ernst was abducted at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon from the Crestview Hills Town Center. She was forced to drive to the Cleves area, where she was tied to a tree with her own sweater and gagged.
The assailant fled in Ernst's 2001 green Ford Taurus, which was recovered in Covington about 1 a.m. Thursday. Police said the assailant was not in the car when it was found.
The man was described as white, 30 to 40 years old, about 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds, with large eyes and protruding teeth. He was wearing an Army-style jungle hat, baggy green cargo-style pants and white tennis shoes.
"He's pretty distinctive-looking, but I've never seen him before," said shopper Colleen Bracke.
Police said that Ann Ernst's cell phone pinged off a tower Wednesday near Liberty and Linn streets, but no suspect has been identified.
"I would remember a face like that," said shopper Tamra McKee. "Not a pretty face you'd be wanting to see."
Investigators said they have no significant leads at this time and asked anyone who might recognize the person in the sketch to come forward.
Tom Ernst said that he's relieved to have his wife back, but that she was not completely unharmed.
"This has been a violent episode that she's never been exposed to (before), but she's got a good, strong family," Ernst said." She's a Christian woman and she's going to make it through."