Maldives

Maldives Islands Sinking
The Maldives islands sinking threat has given a new life to the global warming debate. The possibility of sinking of Maldives was ascertained by the 2004 tsunami, which swept across these low-lying islands with immense ease. Today, Maldives may advocate the need to curb global warming desperately, but the fact which even they acknowledge is that their fate lies in the hands of other nations.

Kuredu Island Resort Maldives
The Kuredu Island Resort has over two miles of sandy white beaches, aquamarine lagoons with a spot renowned for its fish, only a 40 minute excursion by a seaplane is what separates you from your magnificent 3 star rated accommodation retreat headed for the Kuredu Island resort.

Maldives Paradise Hit By Global Slowdown
Presidential yacht to be auctioned and 'picnic island' turned into conference center amid tourism downturn fears

Paradise Lost on Maldives' Rubbish Island
Environmentalists say more than 330 tonnes of waste is brought to Thilafushi every day

Paradise Almost Lost: Maldives Seek to Buy a New Homeland
President takes out 'insurance policy' as climate change threatens to turn islanders into environmental refugees

Ex-political Prisoner Wins Maldives Poll
Human rights activist swept to power in the first democratic presidential polls in the Maldives

Maldives President Expected to Face Election Defeat
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom faces threat from human rights activist Mohammed Nasheed

I Was Just Living Up to Scout Motto, Says Boy Who Saved President's Life
A Scout who saved the president of the Maldives from an assassination attempt said that he had merely been putting into practice the organization's motto to 'be prepared'

Scout Saves Maldives Leader From Assassin
A Scout has been credited with saving the life of the controversial president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in what appeared to be an assassination attempt yesterday

Soldiers Storm Maldives Mosque
More than 50 people have been arrested after hundreds of soldiers besieged a makeshift mosque on one of the small islands that make up the Maldives, it emerged yesterday.

50 Held in Maldives Mosque Siege
More than 50 people were arrested today after hundreds of soldiers besieged a makeshift mosque on one of the small islands that make up the Maldives.

Ten Held Over Maldives Bomb Attack on Tourists
Maldives authorities said today they have arrested several foreign nationals after a blast at the weekend near a mosque in Male that injured 12 tourists including two British honeymooners

Bomb That Injured Newlyweds Blamed on Dissidents
Maldives president accuses pro-democracy rebels · British pair burned in blast linked to tourism boycott

Tranquility of Maldives Shattered By Bomb Blast
British couple are among 12 injured in explosion outside main mosque in the islands' capital.

Interview: Ahmed Moosa on Historic Referendum In Maldives
The referendum was a blessing in disguise. One chapter of history has been written, it has awakened many.

Maldives: Embrace the warmth of Sun
Have you ever been to a land where sun, sand and sea caress each other gently and croon a song of joy to welcome all its visitors? Yes, if you want to be in such a land then make your mind, put your tensions aside and enter into the land that is Maldives where at all places you can embrace the warmth of sun.

Maldives Opposition Calls Off Protest Rally After Arrests
Plans for a rally to call for radical reforms in the Maldives were abandoned yesterday amid widespread arrests and claims of violence and harassment by the security forces.

Crackdown in Maldives Ahead of Planned Protest Rally
The government in the Maldives has launched a clampdown against members of the opposition and journalists in advance of next week's planned anti-government protest, it was claimed last night.

Interview: Ahmed Moosa – Democratic Transition In Maldives
The Maldives are an archipelago off the Indian sub-continental mainland. On June 2nd, 2005, the Maldivian Parliament (Majilis) revoked their earlier ban on political parties. Does this mark the beginning of the Maldives’s democratic transition?

Maldivian Royal Searches Yemeni Roots Part Two
An Indian Ocean dialogue and cooperation. A fascinating insight into a bygone world. Part two excerpts from the correspondence with the Maldivian Royal.

Maldivian Royal Searches Yemeni Roots - Part One
The Maldives are string of attols in the Indian Ocean, a thousand islands nobody could count accurately. Their destiny has not been written completely in a single book, but that it should unfold wave after wave to the rhythm of the Ocean. Part One Maldives in the Indian Ocean

UK Chides Maldives Crackdown
Britain yesterday criticised the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Maldives and raised concerns about the state of emergency that the islands' government justified by saying it was in danger of being toppled. Hundreds have been arrested after Friday's protests in the capital,...

Maldives Vigil Ends in Protest
A state of emergency was declared in the Maldives yesterday after riot police used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds of protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in Male, the capital of the tourist-dependent islands in the Indian Ocean. According to witnesses,...

Trouble in Paradise: Riots and Arrests Rock the Maldives
Three prisoners die and police stations set on fire as 25-year president seeks new term.