Friday 10
July 2009
Maldives
government is obliged to abolish flogging says
Amnesty International
The recent
news that an 18 year old girl fainted whilst
being flogged in the Maldives has been an issue
of serious controversy. A large portion of the
public expressed their outrage over the case,
especially with reports of more than 200 still
waiting for their flogging sentence to be
carried out.
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Laamu
Gan Police find two plastic cans filled with
locally-brewed alcohol
Police in
Laamu atoll Gan discovered two 20-litre plastic
cans filled with what is suspected to be
locally-brewed alcohol. According to the website
of the Maldives Police Service, the two cans had
been discovered by Police officers who had been
patrolling the island after they received
information that some people were trying incite
violence in various areas of the island.
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President
proposes University and Clemency bills to the
Parliament
President Mohamed Nasheed has proposed the
Maldives National University Bill and Clemency
Bill to the Parliament. The government proposed
the Maldives National University Bill to the
Parliament acknowledging the importance of
setting-up a national university in the
Maldives.
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Former
regime responsible for widespread use of alcohol
– Islamic Minister
The
government of former President Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom, who ruled Maldives for three decades,
must assume the responsibility for the
widespread use of alcohol in the country,
Islamic Affairs minister Dr. Abdul Majeed Bari
has accused.
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Woman
faints after 100 lashes, says judge
An
18-year-old woman was flogged in public outside
the Justice Building and sentenced to a year of
house arrest today for having extra-marital sex.
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Climate
Change: World's Top Security Challenge -
President Nasheed
President
Nasheed called on Commonwealth countries to
unite to tackle greenhouse gas emissions,
warning that climate change is the "greatest
security and human rights challenge of the 21st
Century."
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World
must rise to climate change challenge -
President Nasheed
President Mohamed Nasheed warned UK-based
journalists that world leaders must adequately
respond to the looming climate change crisis.
Speaking at a press conference at the World
Forum on Enterprise and the Environment in Keble
College, Oxford, on Sunday morning, the
President cautioned that climate change is not
only problem for the Maldives.
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Maldives
president Mohammed Nasheed demands action on
climate change
Global warming should be seen not as an
environmental crisis but as a human rights issue
that risks the lives, livelihoods and homes of
millions of people, the President of one of the
countries that is most vulnerable to climate
change said yesterday.
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Major
drug dealer busted with heroine and more than 6
million in cash
Adam Naseer
Abubakuru was arrested with more than 6 million
Rufiyaa in cash earlier this week. According to
Police, they have been keeping surveillance on
the activities of some known drug dealers and
they in fact have video evidence of Mr. Adam
Naseer dealing in Addu, where he is married and
settled. Adam Naseer Abubakuru was arrested with
more than 6 million Rufiyaa in cash earlier this
week.
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ހޯމް
މިނިސްޓަރުގެ ޚާއްސަ ބަޔާން
ފުލުހުންގެ ޚާއްސަ އޮޕަރޭޝަނެއްގައި މަސްތުވާތަކެތީގެ ވިޔަފާރިކުރާ ފަރާތެއް
ހައްޔަރުކުރެވުމާއި ގުޅިގެން
ގައުމަށްޓަކާ.ކޮމް
ޔާމީން އިންސާފުގެ ކުރިމައްޗަށް ގެންނާނީ ކިހިނެއް؟
Government
stops giving cash prizes
The government has decided to stop giving cash
prizes on any occasion, including competitions,
exhibitions and other similar events. This
decision was made at the cabinet meeting held on
last Tuesday.
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President
to participate in CPA Conference and World Forum
in UK
President Nasheed
has, this morning, departed on a visit to the
United Kingdom. Speaking to the media before his
departure, the President said that a deeper
integration of Maldives in the international
arena is now needed.
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Dealing
with child abuse, drug trafficking, and
corruption expediently, necessary for good
governance
Dealing
with child abuse, drug trafficking, and
corruption expediently, necessary for good
governance, says President Nasheed. Government
announcements will be published only in the
government gazette effective 1 September 2009.
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How much will sea level rise?
…
is the question people have been putting a lot
of thought into since the IPCC AR4 report came
out. We analysed what was in the report quite
carefully at the time and pointed out that the
allowance for dynamic ice sheet processes was
very uncertain, and actually precluded setting a
upper limit on what might be expected. The
numbers that appeared in some headlines (up to
59 cm by 2100) did not take that uncertainty
into account.
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