Topic: Maldives

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

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.

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.

An underwater meeting considers climate change

Maldives holds cabinet meeting underwater to make point on sea rise caused by global warming.

A Pacific island chain with real energy incentive

Tuvalu, a nation of nine islands, is taking steps to completely rely on renewable energy by 2020.

Climate change could redraw national borders

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Philosopher-author Alain de Botton asks: Why do we work?

Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report on the "10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger" last week, just days before World Press Freedom Day, today.

Faced with rising sea levels, the Maldives seek new homeland

Many scientists believe that, given enough political will, humanity can still manage to avoid catastrophic climate change. But the president-elect of the Maldives isn't taking any chances.

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Opinion: U.N. Security Council must act preemptively – on climate change

This global threat requires a war-room mentality.

U.N. Security Council must act preemptively – on climate change

This global threat requires a war-room mentality.

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Maldives celebrates Boy Scout for saving the president

The teenager is being hailed as 'national hero' for thwarting an assassination attempt in the nation of tiny Indian Ocean islands.

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