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Upheaval in the Maldives: 4 things you should know
The Maldives, an archipelago nation best known for its beaches and resorts, is suddenly making headlines after its president stepped down amid protests. What's going on in the Maldives?
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3 good books for February reading
In a short month packed with long, cool nights, what better diversion than a good book? Here are three February releases we think you will like.
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Maldives, hailed as democracy poster child, turns to Islamist fundamentalism
The tropical Maldives, recently held up as a victory for democracy, has taken a nosedive, says its ousted president. He is now looking for international help.
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The Island President: movie review
Global warming gets personal with 'The Island President,' an inspiring – and dispiriting – look at one man's fight to save his country from disappearing under a rising sea.
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A growing answer to rising seas: floating homes
Homes, hospitals, even prisons and golf courses may be built over the water as architects cope with rising sea levels that will affect coastal cities around the world.
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Crisis in Maldives: Police issue warrant for ousted president
The former president of the Maldives awaited arrest in his house on Thursday, vowing to stay and fight against the government he says ousted him in a coup.
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Upheaval in the Maldives: 4 things you should know
The Maldives, an archipelago nation best known for its beaches and resorts, is suddenly making headlines after its president stepped down amid protests. What's going on in the Maldives?
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Maldives president asks for unity while rioting rages on (+video)
Backers of the Maldives former president clashed with police while the country's new leader sought to bring unity to government after months of turmoil.
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Trouble in paradise: Maldives president steps down amid protests (+video)
In the archipelago nation known for its beach resorts, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was forced to resign after the military clashed with protesting police dissidents.
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Is the US dragging its feet on a climate deal?
Some countries and advocacy groups are saying that the United States is seeking to delay the start of a legally binding climate change deal until after 2020, a charge that the US climate envoy denies.
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A 'climate hawk' wonders how to educate his toddler
An environmentalist watches his son play with a garden hose and cringes about water conservation.
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Terrorism & Security
Amnesty International: Death penalty on decline, US in top 5
A new Amnesty International report finds that the use of the death penalty is declining worldwide and that in a number of countries, even when death sentences are issued, they are not carried out.
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3 good books for February reading
In a short month packed with long, cool nights, what better diversion than a good book? Here are three February releases we think you will like.
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Pakistani militants expand abroad, starting in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has arrested suspected members of Lashkar-e-Taiba. The Pakistani militant group was blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks -- and some fear it could target India again and provoke regional tensions.
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Gallery: Largest living things
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At last, a court to try Somali pirates
Most navies catch and release Somali pirates. But Kenya's new pirate court, funded by the UN, aims to bring legal clarity to a complex international crime.
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Press freedom falls around the world
There are bright spots regarding press freedom, but there's been an overall decline for eight straight years, according to a new report. Other political and social freedoms may be waning, too.
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India, Pakistan PMs highlight ancestral ties at SAARC meeting
The prime ministers of India, Pakistan met at the annual meeting of SAARC, a notoriously ineffective regional bloc. But it offered a rare opportunity to highlight the shared ancestry of eight South Asia nations that make up one-fifth of humanity.
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Terrorism & Security
India, Pakistan leaders may meet on sidelines of SAARC summit
Officials in India and Pakistan have indicated that their prime ministers will meet on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Bhutan this week, though it is unclear if the meeting will go beyond handshakes.
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Volcanic ash cloud economics: Europe's winners and losers
As Iceland's volcanic ash cloud hangs over Europe, stranding airline passengers for a fifth day, the train, bus, taxi, and ferry companies are doing a booming business. Would you pay $5,000 for a taxi ride from Norway to Britain?
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Global warming as peacemaker? Disputed island disappears under rising sea.
Rising sea levels have submerged an island claimed by both India and Bangladesh. Global warming appears to have buried the dispute.
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Bluster at UN Human Rights Council, as US and Iran trade barbs
This week at the UN Human Rights Council, the US seeks to draw attention to Iran’s repression of domestic opposition. Iran, meanwhile, launched a fiery attack on the West.
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Afghanistan: Peace talks with the Taliban's Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar heads the smallest of the three main Taliban nsurgent groups. He is holding tentative peace talks with the government of Afghanistan
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For Republic Day, India invites ... South Korea?
For its 61st Republic Day Tuesday, India chose as its foreign honoree the president of South Korea – a nod to his country's role in building badly needed infrastructure and to India’s growing trade within Asia.
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In Pictures: Solar eclipse
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Kyoto to Copenhagen: Why UN's glacial global warming talks need overhaul
Some specialists are calling for an overhaul of the UN global warming process, which yielded only modest progress in Copenhagen.
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