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	Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Maldives is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India, about 700 kilometers south-west of Sri Lanka.
		In 1965, Maldives declared its independence from Britain, and in 1968 the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic.
		The Maldives holds the record for being the flattest country in the world, with a maximum altitude of only 2.3 metres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maldives (1582 words)

	Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Republic of Maldives is a country consisting territorially of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India.
		According to Maldivian legend, a Sinhalese prince named Koimale was stranded with his bride--daughter of the king of Sri Lanka--in a Maldivian lagoon and stayed on to rule as the first sultan.
		After the disaster, cartographers are planning to redraw the maps of the islands due to alterations by the tsunami.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Maldives (901 words)

	Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On 26 December 2004 the Maldives were devastated by a 10 metre high tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (the waves in the Maldives were only 1.5 meters high, due to its geography [1]).
		Main article: Demographics of the Maldives The Maldives hold the record for being the flattest country in the world, with a maximum altitude of only 2.3 metres.
		Unfortunately, the Maldives run the potential risk of being non-existent in the near future due to global warming which can cause a rise the sea level.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Maldives (773 words)

	Military of the Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		maldives hilton maldives military military post wholesale military military press military ranking military records military retirement military position military police military loans military lodging
		Maldives diving Vacances aux Maldives Visite des localités des Maldives, possibilité de circuits touristiques, de safaris-photos et de snorkeling.
		United Nations - New York Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations, with a list of multilateral treaties to which Maldives is a party, and information on the constitutional history of Maldives.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Military_of_the_Maldives.html (287 words)

	PakDef Forums - China's base in the Maldives?
		Pakistan apparently, was instrumental in 'persuading' the Maldives to lease the island to the Chinese.
		While recently, Sri Lankas interaction with Maldives has not been on the scale of India, Male still regards their relations with Sri Lanka to be of significance importance as President Ghayoom once stated Sri Lanka to be the "gateway" for the Maldives' to the world.
		Although the military pesence of a foreign power is not the best way to demonstrate ones commitment to retaining their sovereignty and such a move will shift Males commitment to maintaining a nonalignment stance from a strict approach to a more liberal one.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/printthread.php?t=482 (1749 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Maldives tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Maldive president of the republic's brother calls the United States a heinous rouge state: The expected arrival of US marines to undertake tsunami relief duties in the Maldives is welcomed by most law-abiding and sensible Maldivians.
		About a month before this, a brother of the Maldive president of the republic and cabinet minister who owes his education to US generosity criticized the US in the strongest terms imaginable in an election speech given on a remote island, which he hoped no one outside the island would hear of.
		Maldive authorities appear reluctant to accept assistance from Western aid agencies unless it is in the form of hard cash.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldives_tsunami.shtml (2315 words)

	Key Issues - The Presdent's Office, Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Maldives supports all efforts of the international community to eliminate nuclear weapons and to limit horizontal and vertical proliferation, and is firmly committed to the concept of the establishment of nuclear weapons-free-zones and zones of peace in the world.
		The Maldives is concerned that the United Nations Committee for Development Planning has, in its report in May 1997, recommended the graduation of the Maldives from the LDC list.
		The Maldives is concerned that the criteria used by the Committee to determine LDC status do not take into account the special needs of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and their vulnerability and has stressed the importance of developing and applying a vulnerability index as a basic and meaningful criteria for determining LDC status.
	www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv /v3/pages/body.phtml?ID=21&Table=Head2&PTID=6 (2043 words)

	Economy of the Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Maldives has been running a merchandise trade in the range of $200 to $260 since 1997.
		International shipping to and from the Maldives mainly operated by the private sector with a small fraction of the tonnage carried vessels operated by the national carrier Maldives Management Ltd.
		Over the years Maldives has received economic from multilateral development organizations including the UN Program Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
	www.freeglossary.com /Economy_of_Maldives (1579 words)

	Maldives culture, society, history, translations and politics, news
		Maldives now has a population of almost 350,000, which means more than 10% of the population of the country has experienced torture during Gayyoom's presidency.
		The Maldives government was paid to allow these shortwave broadcasts which were intended for India and Sri Lanka as well as Maldives.
		Because the Maldives is by constitutional mandate an Islamic nation and, as a matter of law, all citizens are Muslim, the code will be the world’s first criminal code of modern format that is based upon the principles of Shari'a.
	www.maldivesculture.com /main.html (5230 words)

	III. State Foreign Policy Objectives--South Asia Region
		Bangladeshi military personnel also take part in courses on defense management, medical training, logistics, maintenance and operations, all of which enhance their value as future peacekeeping participants and their value as potential future partners with the United States.
		As of the publication date of this report, the Maldives is not a State Party to the Rome Statute; therefore, it is not prohibited by § 2007 of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) from receiving military assistance.
		Our military training programs are part of a multi-track program of economic and security assistance to Nepal that includes, among other things, the provision of equipment and training to improve the Army’s ability to address the Maoist military threat.
	www.state.gov /t/pm/rls/rpt/fmtrpt/2005/45676.htm (4348 words)

	Prepositioning ships bring water to tsunami-stricken islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Military Sealift Command ships MV 1st Lt. Jack Lummus and MV 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman provided water and other life-sustaining supplies for the citizens of the Republic of Maldives.
		Two Military Sealift Command prepositioning ships, MV 1st Lt. Jack Lummus and MV 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman, completed a ten- day tsunami relief operation in the Republic of Maldives as part of Operation Unified Assistance.
		The Maldives is a string of more than 1,000 islands located 2,000 nautical miles east from the Dec. 26 earthquake's epicenter.
	www.msc.navy.mil /N00p/pressrel/press05/press06.htm (467 words)

	Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The early history of the Maldives is According to Maldivian legend a Sinhalese prince named Koimale was stranded with bride--daughter of the king of Sri Lanka --in a Maldivian lagoon and stayed on rule as the first sultan.
		Over the centuries the islands have been and their development influenced by sailors from on the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean littorals.
		In 1953 there was a brief abortive attempt a republican form of government after which the was reimposed.
	www.freeglossary.com /Maldives/History (483 words)

	III. DOS Foreign Policy Objectives -- South Asia Region
		Our military training programs are part of a multi-track program of economic and security assistance to Nepal that includes, among other things, the provision of equipment to improve the Army’s ability to address the Maoist military threat.
		Nepali military personnel take courses on civil affairs, infantry, ranger, and special forces training, with a special emphasis on human rights, which significantly enhance their capabilities as peacekeepers and in maintaining domestic stability.
		Sri Lankan military personnel currently take part in career courses for field artillery, signal and intelligence, all of which enhance their value as future peacekeeping participants and increase professionalism within the force.
	www.state.gov /t/pm/rls/rpt/fmtrpt/2004/34220.htm (4089 words)

	Military of the Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military expenditures - dollar figure: $34.46 million (FY02)
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 8.6% (FY02)
		Some information in this article has been taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_the_Maldives (66 words)

	IPCS - Military & Defence
		The Maldives faces no internal/external threat and is not involved in any international dispute.
		The NSS of the Republic of Maldives have recently (2000) taken delivery of a new Hamilton Jet powered Landing Craft.
		As a result of the coup attempt in November 1988, the Maldives undertook a review of its defence requirements by overhauling and modernizing its NSS.
	www.ipcs.org /Military_militaryBalance2.jsp?database=1002&country2=Maldives (254 words)

	Maldives — A Police State: A Report
		Foreign Minister, Dr Shaheed, recently stated in an interview to Reuters that the Maldives GDP was set to fall over 10%, from an 8% growth rate (2004) to —2.4% (2005).
		Almost all countries boasting greater proportion of GDP on military capabilities are currently, or have recently been, engaged in civil war or international conflict.
		The reasoning behind massive military budgets in states such as these is perhaps understandable; the Maldives, however, is an anomaly.
	minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=1348 (511 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Arrest warrant or military summons? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Maldive republican authorities and their multi-million pound foreign spin doctors will be self-congratulating with glee again for the dirty work being done for them by the Maldive opposition movement.
		The letterhead indicated that it was issued by the military at the Maldive Ministry of Defense and National Security.
		The military summons is an illegal document issued by an outfit that does not legally exist.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /editorial_maldive_arrest_warrant.shtml (429 words)

	Asa Travel Maldives - History, Religion & Culture
		Abul Barakaath Yoosuf Al Barbary, an Islamic scholar, visited the Maldives during a time when people lived in fear of the Rannamaari, a sea demon, who came out of the sea once a month threatening to destroy everything unless a virgin was given in sacrifice to him.
		The Portuguese had a keen interest in the Maldives due to the availability of cowry shells, and ambergris, an important ingredient in perfumes, and had been approached by the former Sultan Hassan IX, who was then living in Goa, to help him regain his throne.
		The British government promised the Maldives military protection and non-interference in local administration in exchange for an annual tribute paid by the Maldives.
	www.asamaldives.com /history.html (870 words)

	Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		According to Maldivian legend, a Sinhalese prince named Koimale was stranded with his bride--daughter of the king of Sri Lanka --in a Maldivian lagoon and stayed on to rule as the first sultan.
		In the 16th century, the Portuguese subjugated and ruled the islandsfor 15 years (1558 - 1573) before being driven away bythe warrior-patriot and later Sultan, Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam.
		Although governed as an independent Islamic sultanate for most of its history from 1153 to 1968, Maldives was a British protectoratefrom 1887 until July 25, 1965.
	www.therfcc.org /maldives-3712.html (247 words)

	The face of the Maldives military dictatorship
		Everywhere else in the world the police forces and military are separate.
		He is oppressing Maldives with a brutal security force while the people starve.
		Maldives Culture is an independent internet magazine of Maldivian cultural issues.
	www.maldivesculture.com /maldives_sand03.html (637 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		Military family locator A site set up to collect status and location information from military family members affected and/or displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military is extending its disaster relief effort in Sri Lanka to include the Republic of the Maldives.
		The Maldives, a string of 1,192 coral atolls, is in the Indian Ocean about 300 miles southwest of India’s southern tip.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=26653 (465 words)

	PakDef Forums - China's base in the Maldives? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Last I heard India had plans to install their first overseas base on the Maldives.
		Significance of Chinese military presence to the Maldives
		The reproduction of the contents of this website in whole or in part, in any form or medium without the express written permission of PakDef is prohibited.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=482 (2134 words)

	The Spoof - Military chiefs hide weapons from Blair
		Britain’s military top brass were behind the massive defence cuts announced by the Government.
		And three squadrons of Tornados were last seen in rapid descent over an airstrip on one of the most westerly islands in the Maldives.
		Military sources say the Butler Report into the case for war with Iraq was the last straw for brassed-off top brass.
	www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i5926&rating=1 (491 words)

	Maldives Military expenditures - dollar figure - Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Maldives Military expenditures - dollar figure - Military
		This entry gives current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis, not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
		Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies.
	www.indexmundi.com /maldives/military_expenditures_dollar_figure.html (104 words)

	Disarmament and International Security – First Committee
		France has its military base in Djibouti, where several thousands of soldiers from several European states are stationed.
		Interested parties claim, however, that this would leave the region vulnerable to the conflict that is currently contained by the presence of the “international forces.” An opposing view of the situation is presented by India – one of the regional powers.
		The main aim of the Convention was “to protect military troops from inhumane injuries and prevent noncombatants from accidentally being wounded or killed by certain types of arms.”
	ksumail.kennesaw.edu /~jmoran/Disarm.htm (2685 words)

	Foreign Military Training Report FY 1999 and 2000
		Indian military personnel also take part in courses on military law, medical training, logistics and maintenance, all of which enhance their value as future peacekeeping participants.
		Nepalese military personnel take part in courses on civil affairs, medical training, military police training, defense management and maintenance, all of which enhance their value as a future peacekeeping participants.
		Sri Lankan military personnel take part in courses on civil affairs, defense management and maintenance, all of which enhance their value as a future peacekeeping participants.
	www.fas.org /asmp/campaigns/training/fpo_sasia_all.html (1773 words)

	Homepage of The Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Maldives were long a sultanate, first under Dutch and then under British protection.
		Maldives does not have an embassy in the US, but does have a Permanent Mission to the UN in New York
		Tourism, Maldives largest industry, accounts for 20% of GDP and more than 60% of the Maldives' foreign exchange receipts.
	www.angelfire.com /space/maldiveweb (815 words)

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