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"Yameen Tried To Play India Against China As Puppet Master": Maldives Minister
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Monday alleged that former president Abdulla Yameen had tried to play India against China as a "puppet master" and said the new government was looking into the deals made with China to assess the debt accumulation. Maldives knows the importance of India as it was an "important" partner, said Mr Shahid who...
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Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Accepts Election Defeat
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Monday conceded defeat in elections and said he would arrange a smooth transition for president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
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Maldives's Latest Message To India Is To Return Gift, A Helicopter
Maldives has told India to take back one of the two naval helicopters deployed by New Delhi in the Indian Ocean island chain as a gift, a stand that is seen as a reflection of the strained relationship between the two neighbours. The move comes weeks after Maldives lifted a 45-day state of emergency which had outlawed protests amid political upheav...
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Crisis-Hit Maldives Accuses India Of "Distorting Facts" About Emergency
In a scathing rebuttal, the Maldives Government said India's description of the 30-day extension of Emergency as "unconstitutional" was "a clear distortion of facts" and accused New Delhi of ignoring "facts and ground realities" in the tiny island nation.
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In Message to India, Maldives Says No Threat Of Invasion, Talks Sovereignty
Maldives President Abdullah Yameen's government on Tuesday served a sharp warning against the many calls for Indian military intervention in the tiny island nation, announcing that his country had not sought military intervention and it "firmly believes that India would not act on any such calls".
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Maldives Crisis: Arrested Indian Journalist Will Be Deported Today, Say Officials
Two journalists including an Indian national working for French news agency, who were arrested in Maldives amid the ongoing crisis in the country, will be deported today, an official has confirmed to NDTV.
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Crisis In Maldives Shouldn't Become Another Flashpoint With India: China
China does not want the crisis in Maldives to become another "flashpoint" between the two neighbours and is in touch with New Delhi over the political crisis, official sources in Beijing have told news agency Press Trust of India. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed the political tur...
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India Was Offered First Visit By Envoy, Said Not Now: "Hurt" Maldives
India was the first stop planned for a visit by a special envoy of the Maldivian president but was told by New Delhi that Indian leaders were not available for a briefing from President Abdulla Yameen's emissary on the crisis in the tiny island nation. "We made a request yesterday that a special envoy of president will be visiting with his delegati...
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Maldives Police Arrest Ex-President Gayoom
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was arrested Monday shortly after his estranged half-brother President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, according to Gayoom's daughter.
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Maldives Supreme Court Did Not Seek Indian Assistance: Authorities
The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.
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Maldives Top Court Seeks To Impeach President, Says Attorney-General
The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen, who has not obeyed its order to release opposition leaders arrested after unfair trials, the island nation's attorney general said on Sunday.
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Pressure Rises On Maldives Leader To Obey Court Order To Free Jailed Foes
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.
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Maldives Police Raid Newsrooms After Documentary Accusing President Of Graft Broadcast
Police in the Maldives have raided the office of one of the country's leading news websites shortly after a television documentary was broadcast that accused the country's president of corruption, money laundering and misrule.
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Maldives' Police Raid Media Offices After Documentary Exposes Corruption
Police in the Maldives raided the offices of a local media organisation just hours after a documentary aired accusing President Abdulla Yameen and his government of corruption on Thursday. Police searched the seven-storey building housing Maldives' Independent website whose editor was quoted in the Al Jazeera documentary aired on Wednesday night de...
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Mohamed Nasheed, Dissidents 'Plotting To Overthrow' Maldives President
The Maldives' dissident former president met opposition groups in neighbouring Sri Lanka today to hatch a plan to topple strongman president Abdulla Yameen, opposition sources told AFP.
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"Yameen Tried To Play India Against China As Puppet Master": Maldives Minister
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Monday alleged that former president Abdulla Yameen had tried to play India against China as a "puppet master" and said the new government was looking into the deals made with China to assess the debt accumulation. Maldives knows the importance of India as it was an "important" partner, said Mr Shahid who...
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Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Accepts Election Defeat
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Monday conceded defeat in elections and said he would arrange a smooth transition for president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
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Maldives's Latest Message To India Is To Return Gift, A Helicopter
Maldives has told India to take back one of the two naval helicopters deployed by New Delhi in the Indian Ocean island chain as a gift, a stand that is seen as a reflection of the strained relationship between the two neighbours. The move comes weeks after Maldives lifted a 45-day state of emergency which had outlawed protests amid political upheav...
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Crisis-Hit Maldives Accuses India Of "Distorting Facts" About Emergency
In a scathing rebuttal, the Maldives Government said India's description of the 30-day extension of Emergency as "unconstitutional" was "a clear distortion of facts" and accused New Delhi of ignoring "facts and ground realities" in the tiny island nation.
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In Message to India, Maldives Says No Threat Of Invasion, Talks Sovereignty
Maldives President Abdullah Yameen's government on Tuesday served a sharp warning against the many calls for Indian military intervention in the tiny island nation, announcing that his country had not sought military intervention and it "firmly believes that India would not act on any such calls".
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Maldives Crisis: Arrested Indian Journalist Will Be Deported Today, Say Officials
Two journalists including an Indian national working for French news agency, who were arrested in Maldives amid the ongoing crisis in the country, will be deported today, an official has confirmed to NDTV.
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Crisis In Maldives Shouldn't Become Another Flashpoint With India: China
China does not want the crisis in Maldives to become another "flashpoint" between the two neighbours and is in touch with New Delhi over the political crisis, official sources in Beijing have told news agency Press Trust of India. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed the political tur...
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India Was Offered First Visit By Envoy, Said Not Now: "Hurt" Maldives
India was the first stop planned for a visit by a special envoy of the Maldivian president but was told by New Delhi that Indian leaders were not available for a briefing from President Abdulla Yameen's emissary on the crisis in the tiny island nation. "We made a request yesterday that a special envoy of president will be visiting with his delegati...
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Maldives Police Arrest Ex-President Gayoom
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was arrested Monday shortly after his estranged half-brother President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, according to Gayoom's daughter.
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Maldives Supreme Court Did Not Seek Indian Assistance: Authorities
The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.
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Maldives Top Court Seeks To Impeach President, Says Attorney-General
The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen, who has not obeyed its order to release opposition leaders arrested after unfair trials, the island nation's attorney general said on Sunday.
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Pressure Rises On Maldives Leader To Obey Court Order To Free Jailed Foes
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.
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Maldives Police Raid Newsrooms After Documentary Accusing President Of Graft Broadcast
Police in the Maldives have raided the office of one of the country's leading news websites shortly after a television documentary was broadcast that accused the country's president of corruption, money laundering and misrule.
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Maldives' Police Raid Media Offices After Documentary Exposes Corruption
Police in the Maldives raided the offices of a local media organisation just hours after a documentary aired accusing President Abdulla Yameen and his government of corruption on Thursday. Police searched the seven-storey building housing Maldives' Independent website whose editor was quoted in the Al Jazeera documentary aired on Wednesday night de...
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Mohamed Nasheed, Dissidents 'Plotting To Overthrow' Maldives President
The Maldives' dissident former president met opposition groups in neighbouring Sri Lanka today to hatch a plan to topple strongman president Abdulla Yameen, opposition sources told AFP.
