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	<title>Maldives Today</title>
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	<description>news and views from maldives</description>
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		<title>ދިވެހިންނާއި އެކު އަނެއް ދިވެހި ރާއްޖެއަށް ދިއުމުގެ ދަތުރު އަންނި ފައްޓައިފި</title>
		<description><![CDATA[އެއްވެފައި ތިބި ގާތްގަނޑަކަށް  3،500 މީހުންނާއި މުހާތަބުކޮށް، އަދި ދިޓީވީގެ ފަރާތުން ލައިވްކޮށް ގެނެސް ދެމުން ދިޔަ ހަފުލާގައި، އަންނި އޭނާގެ "އަނެއް ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ" ސިފަކޮށްދިނެވެ. އެއީ ދަތުރު ފަތުރުގެ ނިޒާމަކުން ރަށްތައް ގުޅުވާލެވިފައިވާ، ސިއްހީ ފަރުވާ ހޯދުމަށް ސަލާން ޖަހަން ނުޖެހޭ، އަތްފޯރާ އަގުގައި ބޯހިޔާވަހިކަން ލިބޭ، ދިރިއުޅުމުގެ އަގު ތިރިވެފައިވާ، އަދި މަސްތުވާތަކެއްޗަށް މިހާރު ހުޅުވިފައިވާ ދޮރުތައް ބަންދުކުރެވިފައިވާ ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ އެކެވެ.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/158</link>
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		<title>Frustrated islanders force Minister Ahmed Abdulla out of Kulhudhuffushi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://maldivestoday.com/wp-content/uploads/bodumohamed01.jpg' alt='Bodu Mohamed' />An angry mob forced Minister of Environment, Energy and Water Ahmed Abdulla out of Kulhudhuffushi in Haa Dhaal Atoll on Friday evening. Abdulla, who is also one of the two members representing Haa Dhaal Atoll in People’s Majlis (Parliament), was meeting with the youth of the island when frustrated islanders approached him about failure to keep promises of a sewerage system for the island. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/155</link>
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		<title>Save the Children from Paedohpiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Child sexual abuse is rampant in our society. Despite several cases of child sexual abuse being reported during the past months, society is still not taking a strong stand against it, and the government authorities are slow in taking action.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/154</link>
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		<title>Soldiers to patrol Male’ streets to curb rising street violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers from Maldives National Defence Force will start patrolling the streets of Male’ to curb the growing street violence, MNDF said on Monday in a press conference. Major Ibrahim Afzal from MNDF told reporters that the government has requested MNDF to intervene to stop the street violence which has left a 15-year-old boy in a coma at Intensive Care Unit of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH). Afzal said MNDF will be working to control the violence and that police will be involved in the investigation phase. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/150</link>
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		<title>Alleged Goidhoo sex-offender is DRP head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has emerged that the Imam of Goidhoo, Ali Rasheed, who in July was accused of sexually abusing 5 girls aged 11-19 years, is the head of the island's Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party or DRP. The tiny island community in south Baa Atoll was outraged when police released Mr. Rasheed back into the island, after failing to find enough evidence to convict him.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/149</link>
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		<title>Religious fanatics believed to be behind Male’ bomb explosion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The police told the press on Monday that they have arrested eleven people concerning the attack. Nine of them are Maldivians while the other two are foreigners. The police did not specify the nationality of the foreigners but it is believed that they are Bangladeshis. The police confirmed that there was a minor among the arrested and that all arrested people are male.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/148</link>
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		<title>Terrorist bomb attack injures twelve tourists in the Maldives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two British tourists may have to be evacuated after sustaining serious injuries on Saturday in the first-ever bomb blast in the Maldives. The attack which was targeted at tourists has left at least 12 tourists injured. Among the injured are 8 Chinese, 2 Japanese and 2 British citizens. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/146</link>
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		<title>Police crack down on MDP demonstration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tension remains high on streets of Maldives capital Male’ after the police cracked down on a demonstration organized by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). 
MDP was protesting against alleged vote rigging in the recent referendum held in the country to determine a system of government for the Maldives. MDP was campaigning for a parliamentary system of government but the official results claimed the referendum’s outcome favoured a presidential system. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/145</link>
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		<title>Paradise for paedophiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not good news for children and young people in the Maldives that Maumoon Abdul Gayoom intends to run for yet another term in office. Asia’s longest-serving dictator considers under-21-year-olds too young to vote but 12-year-olds old enough to have consensual sex with adults.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/144</link>
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		<title>Jamming for the Islands fails to deliver key environmental messages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://maldivestoday.com/wp-content/uploads/kayano.jpg' alt='kayano' />A Friends of Live Earth music show was held in the Maldives on Saturday as the tiny island nation joined other countries in the world in a united campaign to address the global climate crisis. However, the show Jamming for the Islands was not very impressive and failed to deliver key environmental messages to the public.]]></description>
		<link>http://maldivestoday.com/archives/139</link>
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