Maldives President- "We don't want a global suicide pact"

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has warned that the world is set to sign a "global suicide pact" unless it agrees a deal in Copenhagen next month to limit greenhouse gas emissions. ""At the moment every...

After Maldives, Philippines to go green: Taps geothermal energy

This Monday the Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed inaugurated a 30 turbines wind farm which with an installed capacity of 75 MW of power. Now its Philippines which is looking to tap into another...

Maldives Government- Underwater to Wind Farm

The Cabinet of the beautiful island nation of Maldives last month set a precedent of commitment to save environment when the full cabinet convened for a underwater session to sign off a resolution to urge the...

Lewis Gordon Pugh To Swim Mt Everest Waters For Climate Change

British endurance swimmer and environmental activist Lewis Gordon Pugh will be swimming under the summit of Mt Everest to raise awareness for the importance of protecting the glaciers of the Himalayas. These...

Maldives presents a glimpse of the scary tomorrow

""The Maldives is a frontline state and what happens to us today will happen to others tomorrow," Nasheed said." The Cabinet of the island nation of Rep. of Maldives took a plunge into the Indian Ocean on...

BML makes Rf20.8 million net profit during first quarter

Bank of Maldives (BML) has made Rf20.8 million as net profit during the first three months of the year, the Bank has said.According to the financial report posted on the Bank’s website, the Bank had earned Rf221.6 million. This is the first time that a public company in...

Maldives wants to become the first country to go carbon neutral

Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, an island in the Indian Ocean, has declared that he wants to become the first country in the world to go carbon neutral, in ten years. The rising seas caused by...

RAW Facts on South Asia- India Fails to Occupy Countries

" by Ishakhan Rupee News Many citizens of the smaller countries around India blame themselves for their ills. The fact is that it is the external Indian forces that want to create dissension, chaos and depression making attempting to make them like Sikkim so that they can be...

Arrest Provides More Evidence India, Israel, and the U.S. Behind Mumbai Attacks

"Kurt Nimmo Infowars December 7, 2008 It is becoming increasingly a hard sell to pin the blame for the Mumbai attacks on Pakistan and thus set the stage for an attack on Pakistan after Barack Obama enters the White House in a few weeks. It now appears Indian intelligence...

Paradise almost lost: Maldives seek to buy a new homeland

by Randeep Ramesh in Male, The Guardian, Monday November 10 2008–"The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland -...

Global Warning and Future Planning for new Maldives homeland

A case of proactive thinking by the first Democratically elected President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed. He is thinking for the future generation and wishes to utilize funds from this tourism economy to build a...

Media Council Act will undermine press freedom in Maldives

The Maldives Media Council Bill, which was ratified by the outgoing President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 4th November, will undermine press freedom in the island nation. The Media Council Bill, which was passed by...

Ex-prisoner Mohamed Nasheed wins Maldives Presidential election

Maldives turned for a chance at the polls and managed to elect a new president in its first ever multy-party election. "Mohamed Nasheed, the leader of the Maldivian Democratic party (MDP), beat...

Malaysia to impose fatwa on yoga

Yoga is becoming very popular in recent times and its followers are increasing all over the world. The soaring popularity of yoga could be gauged by the skyrocketing sales of yoga books,...

Longtime ruler Gayoom unseated in Maldives, ex-political prisoner sweeps pres...

The election results of Maldives have thrown out incumbent Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from power. Mr Gayoom, one of Asia's longest-serving leaders has been in the office for three decades. In run off election...

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