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Commonwealth nations unite to combat climate change...reduce their emissions as well. The Copenhagen Launch Fund is designed to deal with the urgent problems faced by some nations, like Kiribati, Maldives, Bangladesh and Tuvalu. Environment reporter Adam Morton weighs up the pros and cons of... In this article: Climate change, Copenhagen, United Nations, Kevin Rudd, Stephen Harper, and Global warming |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 hour ago
Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal
...the Commonwealth's members are small island states and the group put at the forefront of the climate debate the cases of nations like the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and Tuvalu and Kiribati in the Pacific, whose existence would be threatened...
In this article: Copenhagen, United Nations, Global warming, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Ban Ki-moon, Port of Spain, Pacific, and Climate change
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Guardian | 1 hour ago
Is there any real chance of averting the climate crisis?
...of climate change to the US Congress. Here, he begins a heated debate with experts from around the world, from China to the threatened Maldives, and argues that our leaders must be shaken out of their complacency. But will they show...
In this article: Carbon, Fossil fuel, Climate change, Coal, Copenhagen, China, Barack Obama, Global warming, and Carbon dioxide
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Yahoo! News | 2 hours ago
Commonwealth throws weight behind climate talks (AFP)
...that the diversity of the Commonwealth -- whose members count rich nations Britain and Canada as well as small states such as the Maldives -- was valuable in closing differences ahead of Copenhagen. "The Commonwealth's strength is the...
In this article: Commonwealth, Copenhagen, Carbon, Kevin Rudd, Climate change, Deforestation, Global warming, Agence France Presse, and Gordon Brown
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Reuters | 4 hours ago
Davydenko stuns Federer at World Tour Finals
...against either Robin Soderling or Juan Martin del Potro. "I just thought, OK, if I lose, tomorrow I go home and the next day I go to the Maldives for a holiday," Davydenko told reporters matter of factly after arguably the best victory of his...
In this article: Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Robin Soderling, Juan Martin del Potro, and O2 Arena
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Reuters | 6 hours ago
Commonwealth builds momentum for climate deal
...climate deal that includes $10 billion for next year to help poor and vulnerable states fight the effects of global warming, the Maldives president said on Saturday. Mohamed Nasheed, whose small Indian Ocean state risks being swamped...
In this article: United Nations, Mohamed Nasheed, Climate change, Global warming, Thomson Reuters, Copenhagen, Ban Ki-moon, Port of Spain, and Small business
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FT.com - Arts & Weekend | 1 day ago
Afternoon tea with the FT: Mohamed Nasheed
...in October, Nasheed announced he would create a sovereign fund to finance the migration of the entire Maldives population if the threat of the Maldives being swamped by rising sea levels continued to increase. This quixotic idea was the first...
In this article: Mohamed Nasheed, India, Democracy, Climate change, Carbon, Global warming, Islam, and Carbon dioxide
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The Australian | November 15, 2009
Background Note: Maldives
...and family ties. Members of the social elite are concentrated in Male'. The early history of the Maldives is obscure. According to Maldivian legend, a Sinhalese prince named KoiMale was stranded with his bride--daughter of the king of Sri...
In this article: United States, Department of State, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Male, Islam, Sri Lanka, Maldivian Democratic Party, and International Monetary Fund
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Telegraph.co.uk - Health | November 13, 2009
The Beach House at Manufaru Maldives
The Beach House at Manufaru, Maldives Spa Spy: our sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats around the world. Published: 7:00AM GMT 16 Nov 2009 The Beach House at Manufaru, Maldives The spa: Surrounded by dense...
In this article: Massage, Potassium, Dehydration, and Sri Lankan Airlines
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 09, 2009
Maldives urges small states to GO 'carbon neutral'
The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming. Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed opened a two-day...
In this article: Carbon, Mohamed Nasheed, United Nations, Climate change, Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Kiribati, and Barbados
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BBC News | November 08, 2009
Maldives anger at climate inertia
The Maldives is the world's lowest lying country The president of the Maldives has strongly criticised the world's rich countries for doing too little to stem climate change. Mohamed Nasheed said there was so little money offered to...
In this article: Mohamed Nasheed, Climate change, Carbon, Desertification, Global warming, Greenland, and Denmark
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The Maldives (/ˈmɒldaɪvz/ or IPA: /ˈmɒldiːvz|/), मालदीव (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa’j) or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island country consisting of a group of atolls stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean. The twenty-six atolls of Maldives encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, of which two hundred islands are inhabited.
The original inhabitants were Buddhist, probably since Ashoka's period, in the 3rd century BC. Islam was introduced in 1153. The Maldives then came under the influence of the Portuguese (1558) and the Dutch (1654) seaborne empires. In 1887 it became a British protectorate. In 1965, the Maldives obtained independence from Britain (originally under the name "Maldive Islands"), and in 1968 the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic.
The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of both population and area; it is the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world. With an average ground level of above sea level, it is also the country with the lowest highest point in the world, at .
- Name:
- Maldives
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Maldives
- Local Name:
- ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ
- Capital:
- Malé
- Language:
- Dhivehi (Mahl)
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- July 26, 1965
- Formations:
- from United Kingdom
- Area:
- 115
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $1.708 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.259 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $3,648
- Currency:
- Maldivian Rufiyaa
- Demonym:
- Maldivian
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- MVR
- Country Calling Code:
- 960
- ccTLD:
- .mv
- Anthem:
- Qaumii salaam
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