Nearly 10 Maldivians have died in Waziristan conflict and another 100 are fighting in Pakistan-Afghanistan border, President Mohamed Nasheed said warning his people against religious extremism.
The main Opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) today lamented the deteriorating status of women in the Maldives whilst urging a speedy conclusion to the ongoing probe into under-age concubines.
The Maldives’ underwater cabinet may have successfully told the story of its environmental vulnerability to the world, but on the flip side, the publicity stunt has apparently backfired, with insurance premium on resorts now being jacked up, a Parliamentarian warned.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai agreed Tuesday to submit to a run-off election on Nov. 7 after Afghanistan's election commission ordered a second-round vote.
Two months long police investigations into alleged incidents of under-age concubines where children have been kept as sex slaves by religious extremists will conclude soon.
Cabinet Ministers of Maldives donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth.
Badly threatened by the casual attitude displayed by world powers in containing the terrific climate change issue, the island Maldives government has embarked upon several measures to face the climate disorder issue head on.
Male, 10 October, (Asiantribune.com): The Maldives, a nation of breathtakingly beautiful coral islands is now in an all out effort, nationally and internationally, to become a “New Seven Wonders of Nature” in the world.
In a shocking revelation and a seemingly blatant violation of human rights, a jail in Male’ has kept 16 inmates in a mere “18 by 10 feet container” for three months, it was revealed yesterday.
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