Maldives

Nothing Is Immune to the Ocean

Brook Meakins | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Climage Change, Maldives Climate Change, Maldives, Marshall Islands Global Warming, Rising Sea Level, Marsall Islands Climate Change, Marshall Islands, Green News

Who pays for the increasing weather-related disasters? Where do we move if we are left with no choice but to leave our homes? Why does climate change deal its toughest blows to those that contribute to it the least?

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Former President of the Maldives Tells the Story of a Vulnerable Country (With Hints for All of Us)

Jake Schmidt | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: India, Globalwarming, Climatechange, Theislandpresident, Extremeweather, Maldives, Climatetalks, China, Nasheed, Maldives Climate Change, Climate Change, The Island President, Video, Green News

If you are the leader of a small island state -- like the Maldives -- and every day you are faced with the threats posed by global warming what would you do?

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'Green News Report' - April 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Floods, Pesticides, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Power Plants, Fda, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Oil Spill, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bpa, Sewage, Energy, Bees, Ipcc, Nrdc, War, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Joe Biden, Subsidies, Steve Doocy, Barack Obama, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Coal, Radiation, Usda, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Maldives, Energy Efficiency, Green News

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How One Man Led A (Literally) Drowning Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mohamed Nasheed Island President, Video, Rising Sea Level, Green Earth Day, Maldives Underwater, Maldives Climate Change, Island President, Mohamed Nasheed Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives Sea Level, Maldives President, Maldives, The Island President, Green News

Maldives is going underwater. Literally. Due to rising sea levels, studies suggest that the country, a chain of nearly 1,200 islands, could be unin...

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WATCH: Ousted Maldives President Warns Of Rocky Road To Democracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Clare Richardson | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Video, Maldives, Maldives Coup, Island President, Maldives Environment, Mohamed-Nasheed-Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives President, World News

NEW YORK -- An island paradise known foremost for its picturesque beaches and tourism industry captured international headlines last February when the...

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Review: The urgency of The Island President

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jon Shenk, Marshall Fine, Climate Change, Maumoon Gayoom, The Island President, Maldives, The Island President Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Mohamed Nasheed, Movies, Copenhagen Climate Summit, Entertainment News

The Island President may already be too late, in terms of the changes it hopes to effect. But Nasheed remains a courageous and inspiring figure, particularly now that he's been forced from office by stand-ins for the kind of forces he has been trying to combat.

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Democracy Imperiled in the Maldives

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Maldive Islands, Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, Maldive Protests, Maldives Elections, Maldives Democracy, Democracy in the Maldives, Democracy in Maldives, World News

Attention needs to be given to the Muslim people of this Asian nation, whose nonviolent struggle for freedom foreshadowed the Arab Spring and whose democratic emergence is now in serious jeopardy.

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Maldivians Return To The Streets

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Maldives Protests, Maldives Political Crisis, Maldives, Maldives Crisis, Maldives Nasheed, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Nasheed, Maldives President, Video, World News

MALE, Maldives — A raucous opposition protest kept the Maldives' president waiting more than nine hours and ultimately prevented him from openin...

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The Maldives: Small Country, Big Principle at Stake

Jared Genser | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Maldives US, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldives Nasheed, Maldives Coup, Maldives, Maldives Mohammed Nasheed, World News

If this is not a coup, what is? The world's failure to stand up to all this must be corrected. The Maldives may be a small country, but there is a big principle at stake.

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An Arab Spring Without Support

Mary Keck | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Libya, India, Mahmoud Gayoom, President Obama, Maldives Coup, United States, Democracy, Maldives, Robert Blake, Indian Ocean, China, Mohamed Nasheed, Syria, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Arab Spring, World News

If the U.S. is faced with evidence that the president of the Republic of the Maldives was unlawfully removed, we should recognize the human rights of those who live on the islands of the Indian Ocean.

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PHOTOS: The 12 Most Memorable Hotel Pools In The World

BootsnAll | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Best Hotel Pools, Thailand, Bootsnall, France, Waikiki, Brazil, Maldives, Hotel Pools, Travel, Swimming Pools, Pools, St. Lucia, Tokyo, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Egypt, Best Hotel Pools in the World, Tahiti, Hawaii, Brussels, Japan, Belgium, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Take a mental break from whatever you're doing to peruse the gorgeous pictures of these amazing hotel pools.

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Join The Party Or Go To Jail

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Maldives Government, Video, Maldives, Maldives President Resignation, Mohamed Nasheed, Ap, Maldives President, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, World News

MALE, Maldives (AP) — The new president in the Maldives has softened his stance and agreed to hold early elections to break a political impasse afte...

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Maldives Museum Reopens After Vandalism

AP | By KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Political Unrest, Politics, Islam, Muslim Extremists, Pre Islamic Artifacts, Ali Waheed, Sri Lanka, Vandalism, Maldives, Maldives Politics, Muslim Extremism, Arts News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religi...

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Police: Ousted President 'Not Cooperating'

AP | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Maldives President Resigns, Maldives, Video, Maldives President Resignation, Mohamed Nasheed Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives President, World News

MALE, Maldives -- Authorities in the Maldives on Tuesday asked former President Mohamed Nasheed to make a police statement on his controversial order ...

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Former Maldives President Criticizes U.S.

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 04.11.2012

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MALE, Maldives — The United States on Friday backtracked from its swift recognition of the new Maldives government, which the nation's former le...

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Maldives Police Issue Warrant For Former President

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS and HUSSAIN SINAN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Abdullah Riyaz, Mohammed Nasheed, Reeko Moosa Manik, Abdul Mannan Yousuf, Amnesty International, Maldives, Mohammed Nazin, Ibrahim Didi, Abdul Mannan Yusuf, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, World News

MALE, Maldives — A court in the Maldives issued an arrest warrant Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, a day after his supporters ramp...

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Riots Hit Maldives As Resigning President Says He Was Ousted In Coup

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS and HUSSAIN SINAN | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Maldives Protests, Maldives President Resignes, Video, Maldives Riots, Maldives, Maldives Coup, Mohamed Nasheed, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, World News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Amnesty International said Thursday that security forces in the Maldives attacked supporters of ex-president Mohamed Nashee...

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Maldives President Quits After Weeks Of Protest

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS and HUSSAIN SINAN | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Maldives, Abdulla Mohamed, Mohamed Nasheed, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, World News

MALE, Maldives — The Maldives' new president promised to protect his predecessor from retribution after he stepped down amid protests and clashe...

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PHOTOS: 10 Time-Sensitive Trips

Ondine Cohane | Posted 03.27.2012

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Looking for destinations to head to right now? From newly emerging hubs to hotspots at there zenith, here are my top ten choices.

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Maldives Lift Ban On Spas

AP | By KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Global Pulse, Maldives, Maldives Spas, Maldives Travel, International Destinations, Maldives Spa Ban, Destinations, Travel News, Video, Travel News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The president of the Maldives ordered the country's upscale resorts to reopen their spas on Wednesday pending a Supreme Court de...

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PHOTOS: The World's Best Places To Sleep In

JustLuxe | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Australia, Four-Star Hotels, Southern California, Slidepollajax, San Francisco, Belize, Exotic Vacations, Tanzania, Maldives, Bora Bora, Portugal, Travel Photography, Travel News

These beds are currently occupied by those who played 2011 right. Let us learn from their examples.

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Maldives Bans Spas Over Prostitution Claim

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Maldives Spas, International Destinations, Maldives Spa Ban, Travel News, Maldives Tourism, Global Pulse, Maldives, Maldives Travel, Destinations, Spas, Video, Travel News

The tourism dependent Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives has ordered all spas shuttered after an Islamic political party claimed they were fronts for...

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GADLING: Maldives In Peril: A Q&A With Actor Edward Norton

Gadling | Jon Bowermaster | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Green Travel, Islands, Edward Norton, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Maldives, Destinations, Global Warming, Travel News

There was no b.s. in actor Edward Norton's introduction of himself at the recent SLOWLIFE Symposium in the Maldives: "Films are now my sideline," he s...

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Terror Threat? Climate Change Shrinking Plants and Animals Part of Bigger Global Security Threat

Michael Shank | Posted 12.19.2011

This week's announcement that climate change is shrinking plant and animal species and is likely to have a negative impact on human nutrition in the f...

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Photo Exhibit: Countries at U.N. Respond to Global Shark Conservation Challenge

Matt Rand | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Pew Environment Group, Bahamas, Marshall Islands, Palau, Shark-Sanctuary, United Nations, Slidepollajax, Mexico, Maldives, Honduras, Shark Conservation, Shark Attack Survivors, Sharks, Green News

Leaders from the Bahamas, Colombia, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, and Micronesia pledged to develop shark sanctuaries totaling up to six million square kilometers.

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