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		<title>Parliament&#8217;s paralysing of HRCM is &#8220;unforgivable&#8221;: Saleem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament’s failure to approve a President and Vice President of the Human Rights Commission before going into recess has left the country without a functional human rights body, says former HRCM President Ahmed Saleem.]]></description>
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		<title>Daylight robbery increasing, warns Chief Inspector</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Nazeer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of these crimes are committed by professional thieves known to police, said Chief Inspector Jamsheed, including many who had been convicted and imprisoned but had escaped from custody. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reeko Moosa calls for end of peace talks with DRP</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/politics/reeko-moosa-calls-for-end-of-peace-talks-with-drp-10886</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Nazeer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MDP MP Moosa ‘Reeko’ Manik has called for an end to cross-party peace talks with the DRP, claiming the opposition reneged on an agreement not to propose amendments to the Bill on Courts.]]></description>
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		<title>JSC appoints Commissioner and Vice Commissioner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minivan News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has appointed Supreme Court Judge Adam Mohamed Abdullah as Commissioner and Dr Afrasheem Ali as Vice Commissioner.]]></description>
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		<title>GMR due to pay US$78 million upfront fee in October</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/gmr-due-to-pay-us78-million-upfront-fee-in-october-10876</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minivan News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chairman of the government&#8217;s privatisation Committee and Economic Development Minister Mahmood Razee has said Indian infrastructure giant GMR is due to pay US$78 million to the government by October. The airport was formally leased to the GMR on June 29, following the company&#8217;s successful bid in consortia with Malaysia Airports Holdings, and it will begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: Islamic Sharia is the solution to social evils</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/society/comment-islamic-sharia-is-the-solution-to-social-evils-10873</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibrahim Nazim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just seeing burqa clad women and a few bushy-bearded men on the streets is no reason to accuse the Maldives of becoming a safe haven for Islamic extremists or al-Qaeda terrorists, writes Ibrahim Nazim.]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian and Israeli leaders meet for Obama&#8217;s peace talks</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/palestinian-and-israeli-leaders-meet-for-obamas-peace-talks-10870</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minivan News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palestinian and Israeli leaders begin direct talks in Washington today in what US President Barack Obama has described as "a moment of opportunity that may not soon come again".]]></description>
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		<title>New cemetery to be built in Hulhumale</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/new-cemetery-to-be-built-in-hulhumale-10866</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minivan News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cabinet declared that that a new cemetery be constructed in Hulhumale, after a discussion over the lack of burial space at Male’s Aa-saharaa cemetery.
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		<title>UK appoints new British High Commissioner to the Maldives</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/uk-appoints-new-british-high-commissioner-to-the-maldives-10864</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minivan News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK has appointed John Rankin as British High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Non-Resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Maldives, succeeding Dr Peter Hayes in February 2011.
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		<title>Police arrest &#8220;top drug dealer&#8221; in Laamu Atoll</title>
		<link>http://minivannews.com/society/police-arrest-top-drug-dealer-in-laamu-atoll-10847</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Nazeer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Drug Enforcement Department [DED] claimed to have arrested the top drug dealer of Laamu Atoll during a special operation conducted to curb rising use of atolls for drug transportation and storage.]]></description>
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