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		<title>MDP cries foul over government refusal to honour deal</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/mdp-cries-foul-over-government-refusal-to-honour-deal-101347</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 06:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has called on President Abdulla Yameen to honour commitments made to release former president Mohamed Nasheed and other jailed politicians. ]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Day celebrations kick off with fireworks</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/independence-day-celebrations-kick-off-with-fireworks-101344</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Minivan News]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands watched in awe as the night sky over Malé lit up for more than half an hour with the largest display of fireworks the country has ever seen. 
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		<title>Adhaalath leader transferred to high security prison</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/adhaalath-leader-transferred-to-high-security-prison-101323</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shafaa Hameed]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adhaalath Party (AP) President Sheikh Imran Abdulla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May Day detainee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheikh Imran Abdulla was transferred from a police remand center to a high security prison on Thursday, prompting fears the government has reversed its conciliatory stance on making concessions for jailed politicians. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nasheed&#8217;s sentence was commuted to house arrest before state decision to appeal</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/nasheeds-sentence-commuted-to-house-arrest-as-lawyers-questions-pgs-intent-with-appeal-of-terrorism-conviction-101315</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Minivan News]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appeal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questioning the state's decision to appeal a terrorism conviction against former President Mohamed Nasheed, lawyers revealed today that the opposition leader's 13-year jail sentence was commuted to house arrest on July 19. The sudden reversal of stance on freeing Nasheed may affect ongoing talks, they said. ]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: Happy Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/comment-happy-independence-day-101310</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azra Naseem]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features & Comment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreign freeholds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["The future holds the prospects of foreign military bases on Maldivian territorial waters; becoming embroiled in Indian Ocean security issues and potential naval warfare; forced internal migration; living in slum cities; absolute loss of way of life and identity; and total subjugation to a ruthless dictatorship that will always put money before people," writes Dr Azra Naseem.]]></description>
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		<title>PG to appeal former president&#8217;s terrorism conviction</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/pg-to-appeal-former-presidents-terrorism-conviction-101283</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Minivan News]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[clemency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muhthaz Muhsin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing irregularities and rights violations in the terrorism trial of former president Mohamed Nasheed, the Prosecutor General has announced today that he will appeal the criminal court’s verdict.]]></description>
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		<title>Only one head of state to attend Maldives independence celebrations</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/sri-lankan-president-only-head-of-state-to-attend-maldives-independence-celebrations-101225</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shafaa Hameed]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While President Sirisena had accepted President Abdulla Yameen's invitation, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was unable to attend "because of certain events in his country." An invitation for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is still open, foreign minister said. ]]></description>
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		<title>Government tight-lipped over rumors of a pardon for Nasheed</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/government-tightlipped-over-rumors-of-a-pardon-for-nasheed-101281</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaheena Rasheed]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Mohamed Anil today dampened talk of an imminent pardon for former president Mohamed Nasheed and the commutation of ex defense minister Mohamed Nazim’s jail sentence to house arrest, saying he is yet to receive any information on the matter. ]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign freeholds will not threaten Indian Ocean security, assures President Yameen</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/foreign-freeholds-will-not-threaten-indian-ocean-security-assures-president-yameen-101252</link>
		<comments>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/foreign-freeholds-will-not-threaten-indian-ocean-security-assures-president-yameen-101252#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmed Naish]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign ownership of land]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After ratifying the second amendment to the constitution today, President Yameen sought to allay fears over foreign ownership of land in the Maldives, assuring the public that freeholds will not threat Indian Ocean security or lead to “enslavement” and scarcity of land.
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		<title>Gayoom&#8217;s call for referendum on foreign freeholds dismissed</title>
		<link>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/gayooms-call-for-referendum-on-foreign-freeholds-dismissed-101267</link>
		<comments>http://minivannewsarchive.com/politics/gayooms-call-for-referendum-on-foreign-freeholds-dismissed-101267#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaheena Rasheed]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abdulla Yameen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gayoom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dismissing former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s call for a public referendum on foreign freeholds in the Maldives, vice president Ahmed Adeeb said today: “The former president has raised his personal concerns. But the president of Maldives today is President Abdulla Yameen.”]]></description>
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