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n. - A native or inhabitant of about 1,200 small coral islands in the Indian ocean.

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  • However, now the Maldivan High Council on Islamic Matters has issued a press release claiming that Articles 16 and 18 of the Universal Declaration contravene the...
  • Colombo - Maldivan President Mohamed Nasheed reappointed his cabinet of ministers
  • The activities continue even at night with moonlit campfire tales by a Maldivan storyteller or guided stargazing.
  • Egged on by climate alarmists, successive Maldivan leaders since the 1980s have pleaded for vast sums of international aid to save them from rising sea levels.
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