Mohamed Nasheed

Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China

Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule

The Chinese Communist Party passes a resolution that will secure President Xi Jinping's political future. Also, South Africa's last apartheid-era president, F.W. de Klerk, dies at the age of 85. And, Germany registers its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule

Mohamed Nasheed and Jon Shenk on the State of the Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed and Jon Shenk on the State of the Maldives

Former Maldives President Calls for New Elections

Former Maldives President Calls for New Elections

VIDEO: In the Maldives, president claims he was forced to resign at gunpoint

VIDEO: In the Maldives, president claims he was forced to resign at gunpoint

Climate-Crusading Maldives President Resigns

Climate-Crusading Maldives President Resigns

Maldives working to be carbon-neutral by 2020

About two years ago, the Maldives announced the nation would be carbon-neutral by 2020. That's a tall order for a country that spends 15 percent of GDP on diesel fuel, but work is progressing toward that goal.

Maldives working to be carbon-neutral by 2020

Maldives Looking At 'Carbon Neutrality' by 2020

The government of the Maldives plans to make the Indian Ocean island nation "carbon neutral" by 2020. It's an effort to set an example for other countries and help avert the possible inundation of much of the country in the face of rising sea levels.

Maldives Looking At 'Carbon Neutrality' by 2020

In the island nation of the Maldives, China and India trying to assert themselves

China and India are trying to establish a measure of control over the Indian Ocean and a small island nation, the Maldives, is at the center of the tensions between the two.

In the island nation of the Maldives, China and India trying to assert themselves

Even in the Maldives, Climate Change Seems a Remote Threat for Many

The Maldives is one of the countries most imminently threatened by rising seas from climate change. But as Lily Jamali reports, even many people in the tiny Indian Ocean nation don't sense a real threat to their lives and livelihoods.

Even in the Maldives, Climate Change Seems a Remote Threat for Many

China's Climate Fan Fare

At the United Nations Summit on Climate Change in New York, Chinese President Hu Jintao drew praise for his commitment to fighting climate change. But those skeptical of the praise for the Chinese president say both he and US President Barack Obama had li

China's Climate Fan Fare
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For today's answer we were looking for the Maldive Islands, where the first new president in 30 years is busy cutting back on the luxuries enjoyed by his predecessor. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

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