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The Maldives cannot represent climate leadership with autocrat at the helm
2015-06-03 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This week sees governments meeting in Bonn, Germany for the last negotiating session in advance of Novembers UN meeting on climate change in Paris billed as the best chance in a generation for a worldwide treaty to tackle global warming. The omens are better than for many years. The political landscape was changed dramatically by last Novembers China-US emissions deal. With the worlds two biggest emitters covered, other pledges have been arriving thick and fast: the task for Paris will be...
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Maldives: "The Island President" Sentenced 13 Years; Can U.S. Film Activists Make Difference?
2015-03-13 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ReelPolitik: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, the central figure in the highly acclaimed documentary "The Island President," was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday after being convicted of a terrorism charge, according to AFP. Despite outcry among documentary filmmakers, and political and climate-change activists, Nasheed was convicted and then taken to Dhoonidhoo prison, near the capital island Male. According to the AFP, Nasheed was defiant. "I appeal to all of you today to stay courageous...
Small Islands Won't Accept Weak Paris Climate Deal, Maldives Official Says
2015-02-12 14:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Small island states have not given up hope of a global climate deal that restricts warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, a senior negotiator representing the Maldives has told RTCC. Maldives ambassador Ahmed Sareer, who recently assumed the presidency of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at UN climate talks, said the future of his country depended on an ambitious deal in Paris later this year. 1.5C is still within reach its clear that science has shown this is possible,...
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Ooredoo launches multiscreen cable TV in the Maldives
2015-01-27 13:00:12| Digital TV News
Ooredoo Maldives has announced the launch of Live TV in partnership with PlayCast Maldives. PlayCast Maldives is providing the service for the first time via Ooredoo 3G+ and 4G LTE network, exclusively to Ooredoo customers.
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Dhiraagu launches multiscreen IPTV in the Maldives
2015-01-25 13:00:05| Digital TV News
Dhiraagu, the leading telecommunications company in the Maldives, has unveiled DhiraaguTV giving the flexibility for customers to watch live TV on smartphones, tablets, and laptops or on their personal computers.
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