Maldives President seeks more investments from India – Hindu Business Line

Telegraph.co.uk Maldives President seeks more investments from India Hindu Business Line The President of the Maldives , Dr Mohamed Waheed, is to meet with Mr Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai soon to discuss the possibility of the Reliance Group investing in an IT park in the island nation. In an exclusive interview to Business Line, Dr Waheed said: ... Read more »

Don’t read too much into China setting up embassy: Maldives – The Hindu

Minivan News Don't read too much into China setting up embassy: Maldives The Hindu ... up and robbed in Male, Maldives Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah assured his interlocutors here of his government's willingness to ensure the safety of an estimated 23000 Indians working in far-flung territories of the multi- island country Read more »

Fading Maldives Coral Reflects Political, Climate Shift – Bloomberg

Bloomberg Fading Maldives Coral Reflects Political, Climate Shift Bloomberg The aerial shots of the Maldives in “The Island President” could make anybody long to snorkel. This chain of some 1200 coral islands in the turquoise waters southwest of India may be even more gorgeous (from the air) once they're submerged -- which, ... Review: THE ISLAND PRESIDENT Twitch Maldives ex-president says to back constitutional changes Reuters Human Rights Film Festival: The Island President opens in style The Upcoming This Is Fake DIY  - San Francisco Chronicle  - Responding to Climate Change (press release) (blog) all 45 news articles » Read more »

Islands affected by climate change must consider radical options – Economic Times

Islands affected by climate change must consider radical options Economic Times That rising sea levels will affect the children, and definitely the grandchildren, of the current citizens of low-lying island nations like Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Maldives and many more, is now conventional wisdom, unless climate change ... and more » Read more »

A Leader Fights to Save his People from Turning Into Climate Refugees – Earth Island Journal

A Leader Fights to Save his People from Turning Into Climate Refugees Earth Island Journal But even without that specific context, there's much that's both compelling and poignant about The Island President, a feature-length portrait of Modhamed Nasheed, former president of Maldives and inadvertent environmental activist, who was forced to ... Read more »

India hastens to damp down tensions in the Maldives – The Guardian

The Guardian India hastens to damp down tensions in the Maldives The Guardian It took a high-ranking Indian diplomat, foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai, dispatched by Delhi, to soothe the political tension in the Maldives . On 16 February, Mathai announced the start of talks agreed by the two sides whose standoff threatened to tip .. Read more »

Commonwealth suspends Maldives from rights group, seeks elections – Reuters India

IBNLive.com Commonwealth suspends Maldives from rights group, seeks elections Reuters India By Peter Griffiths | LONDON (Reuters) - The Commonwealth suspended the Maldives from its democracy and human rights watchdog on Wednesday and called for elections before the end of the year after the island state's president was forced from power at ... Commonwealth ministerial group suspends Maldives IBNLive.com South Asia's false spring Daily News Egypt Commonwealth urges early Maldives polls Daily Star Online World Socialist Web Site all 229 news articles » Read more »

Paradise Lost: Has Democracy Gone To Hell In The Maldives? – EconomyWatch.com

AFP Paradise Lost: Has Democracy Gone To Hell In The Maldives ? EconomyWatch.com It hasn't affected us at all," said American literature professor Jerzy Sobieraj during an interview with Reuters at the Kurumba resort on the Vihamanafushi islands in the Maldives Read more »