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The Decline Of The White Tern

Numbers of the seabird are in rapid decline due to the destruction of its habitat

News In Brief

7 January 2009
  • Allowance For The Blind Tripled
  • 115 Drug Arrests In Past Week
  • JP Seeks To Become Biggest Party

Free Healthcare For Over-65s

One step closer the MDP fulfilling its pledge of universal healthcare

Hundreds Protest Against Majlis Recess

The the main opposition party, the DRP, holds its first ever protest

Gayoom Corruption Allegation Investigated

The anti-corruption commission looks into the former president's purchase of a luxury yacht

Gayoom Slates New Government

In his first address since the presidential elections, the former president criticises the new administration

Dengue Fever Breakthrough

Halving the lifespan of the dengue-carrying mosquito could help reduce the disease, say Australian scientists

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