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Maldives' Gayoom loses historic electionThe Maldives' 30-year incumbent president on Wednesday lost to a former political activist he repeatedly threw into jail during years of crusading for democracy on the tropical Indian Ocean archipelago. With all 179,343 votes counted, More… |
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Maldives president wins landmark pollMaldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom won a landmark referendum on Sunday to adopt a US-style presidential system in the remote Indian Ocean island chain, in a vote seen as an acid test for Asia's longest serving ruler. Gayoom had advoca More… |
