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Maldives crisis: Over 50 defence, police officers detained, claims ex-Prez
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday claimed that over 50 Maldives "National Defence Force (MNDF) and Police Officers" have been detained by the loyalists of President Abdulla Yameen.
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Maldives declines India's invitation to participate in 'Milan' 2018
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday said that Maldives has declined India's invitation to participate in the biennial naval exercise Milan, which starts from March 6 to 13.
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Maldives unrest: People demand release of Joint Opposition spokesperson Ah
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): People in Maldives have intensified their demand to release Ahmed Mahloof, Joint Opposition spokesperson and Member of Parliament.
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Unrest in Maldives: Tourism sector witnesses large scale layoff
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): The tourism sector in Maldives is paying a huge price due to the large scale layoff that is taking place as resorts are receiving significant cancellations from tour operators.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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Emergency in Maldives: Police issues curfew to halt opposition's gathering
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 26 (ANI): Amidst the state of emergency in the Maldives, the police here issued a curfew in an attempt to stop an opposition's gathering, said a Maldivian Democratic Party member.
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India must lead international efforts to restore democracy in Maldives: Ex
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 25 (ANI): The former Vice President of the Maldives, Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, has raised concerns over the growing political unrest in his country and has called for an urgent intervention by the international community.
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IS spreading its terror wings beyond Iraq, Syria
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 25 (ANI): They may have laid a path of terror and destruction in Iraq and Syria, but the dreaded Islamic State (IS) group has spread its wings beyond these terror-ravaged countries to the unlikeliest places on Earth.
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President Yameen loses support of top law officers
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb.23 (ANI): The Prosecutor General of Maldives, Aishath Bisham, has told police in a letter that the state of emergency declared by President Abdullah Yameen is unconstitutional as the procedure followed for ratifying it in Parliament was not done as per established conven
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'New Cold War' brewing in Indian Ocean, says expert
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Feb. 23 (ANI): One of Australia's leading academic experts on strategy and security in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region and others have said that ongoing political crisis in The Maldives could provoke an even larger crisis in the immediate future, pos
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Extension of emergency: Maldives says India's remark a 'distortion of fact
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 22 (ANI): Reacting to concerns raised by India over the extension of the State of Emergency in the Maldives, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday said the assertion by the Government of India about the extension is a clear distortion of facts.
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'Emergency in Maldives extended against our Constitution'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 22 (ANI): Former Maldivian Deputy Minister of Education Dr Ahmed Riyaz, who lately resigned, underscored that the State of Emergency (SOE) in the country, which has been extended for an additional 30 days, is "against our Constitution".
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