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Maldives president declares state of emergency: official

Published February 5, 2018 Updated February 5, 2018 04:36pm

The move gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects, and comes amid a deepening political crisis in the Indian Ocean nation as Yameen refuses to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners.

 

 

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