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Mind the water hazard...floating golf course to be built in Maldives The Islands of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in what could be the first of a series of futuristic off-shore developments designed to counter the threat of global warmi ... more »
The Independent | Mar 12, 2010 12:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Shark Zone: A Refuge Where Predators and Tourists Mix The Maldives government has banned shark fishing in its 35,000 square miles of sovereign waters.
Discovery Channel | Mar 10, 2010 02:20 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday.
New York Times | Mar 9, 2010 4:35 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Imagine Solutions: Our war against climate change must involve all voices The impacts of climate change are only beginning. The last decade has been the warmest on record and atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are at their highest levels in 650,000 years. Oceans are becoming warmer and their acidity levels are increasing 100-fold faster than anything that has occurred d ... more »
marconews.com | Feb 20, 2010 11:28 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend article from Marco Island, Florida

Maldives hosted Afghan-Taliban talks MALE, Maldives, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government and the Taliban held secret peace talks in late January in the Maldives, The Times of London reported Thursday.
United Press International | Feb 18, 2010 12:39 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 2/17/10 *No disaster declaration requests have come in yet for the most recent Mid-Atlantic winter storms.1:42 P.M. ESTMR. GIBBS: Let me give you guys a quick readout of the President's meeting in the Situation Room to get an update on Afghanistan and Pakistan. And obviously throughout the course of th ... more »
The White House | Feb 17, 2010 9:26 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Afghanistan attempts Taliban peacetalks Taliban representatives held peace talks with Afghan government envoys at the end of January on a resort island in the Maldives, a spokesman for the president of the Indian Ocean nation said Wednesday.
CBC.ca | Feb 17, 2010 5:14 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Maldives: Taliban met with Afghan gov't envoys Read full story for latest details.
Democratic Underground | Feb 17, 2010 4:25 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Taliban, Afghan leaders reportedly held talks Taliban representatives and Afghan government envoys held secret peace talks at the end of January on a resort island in the Maldives, an official of the Indian Ocean nation says.
MSNBC.com | Feb 17, 2010 3:52 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Maldives: Taliban Met with Afghan Envoys Three-Day Talks on Resort Island were Aimed at Finding Peaceful Solution to Ongoing Afghan War, Spokesman Says
CBS News | Feb 17, 2010 2:45 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

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