Winds of change in paradise atolls
Opposition candidate Mohamed “Anni” Nasheed on
Wednesday was announced the winner of the first multi-party
democratic elections in the Maldives, defeating his longtime rival,
30-year incumbent President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
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Gayoom:
At the helm for 30 years
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was born in 1937. Gayoom
attended Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, earning degrees in
law, education, and Islamic studies.
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We are firmly committed to a political solution- President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa told The Hindu in an
interview at ‘Temple Trees’ in Colombo on Monday. “As President of
Sri Lanka,” he explained in this tranquil setting, the official
residence of former Prime Ministers, “I am absolutely clear that
there is, and can be, no military solution to political questions.
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Priority for infrastructure development in Sabaragamuwa
Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Maheepala Herath,
who was elected to the post for the second consecutive term,
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Enable teachers to discipline children
People say there are two sides for everything.
May be there are more than two sides for certain things. If you like
something/someone and support it/that person you see only one side
of whatever it is. That is the nature of almost all human beings.
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