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Maldives crisis: MP alleges President Yameen of inciting violence
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 15 (ANI): Maldivian Member of Parliament (MP) Abdulla Shahid on Thursday alleged President Abdulla Yameen of inciting violence.
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Maldives crisis: Military blocks MPs from entering Parliament
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 13 (ANI): The military in Maldives on Tuesday blocked Member of Parliament (MPs) from entering into the Parliament building.
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Maldives rejects meeting with European diplomats
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 10 (ANI): Embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has refused to meet with diplomats from the European Union, Germany and the United Kingdom after the state of emergency was imposed in the Maldives last week.
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Maldives cancels football league amid state of emergency
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 10 (ANI): The Maldives has cancelled its annual football league after a state of emergency was imposed by embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen last week.
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Ex-Maldives President Gayyoom shifted to Maafushi Prison
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 09 (ANI): After spending two days at Dhoonidhoo Detention Centre, former Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom was on Thursday night transferred to Maafushi Prison, an hour away from Male.
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This is why Maldives President's 'special envoy' didn't visit India
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 08 (ANI): Maldives' High Commissioner to India has clarified why India doesnot figure in the list of the countries where Maldives President Abdulla Yameen sent his 'special envoys'.
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Maldives sends special envoys to 'friendly nations' amid crisis
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Wednesday sent his special envoys to three 'friendly nations'- China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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Maldives crisis: Oppn MPs receiving death threats
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 07 (ANI): Days after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency in the Maldives, Joint Opposition spokesperson Ahmed Mahloof on Wednesday said that officials within the government are threatening the Member of Parliament (MPs) of the opposition party.
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Maldives crisis: Opposition seeks foreign intervention to restore democrac
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 7 (ANI): Hours after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency in the Maldives, the opposition called for other countries to intervene in the crisis.
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India disturbed by declaration of state of emergency in Maldives
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 07 (ANI): India was disturbed by the declaration of the state of emergency in the Maldives, following Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen's refusal to abide by the Supreme Court's ruling, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
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UN Chief urges Maldives govt. to lift state of emergency
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male (Maldives), Feb. 07 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed serious concern about the situation in Maldives and urged the government to uphold the rule of law in the island nation.
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'All are in clear and present danger in Maldives'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 06 (ANI): One of the 12 MPs disqualified from the Parliament by the Election Commission in the Maldives, Abdulla Sinan, has recently returned back to the Maldives from eight-month exile. His return comes at a time when the country is in a state of emergency after Pre
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