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CNSNews.com
| over 3 years ago
A small chain of islands in the Indian Ocean is often cited as a threatened area by some environmentalists who claim that global warming will lead to catastrophic events, including rising sea levels that could put the Republic of Maldives underwater...
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Androscoggin News
| over 3 years ago
The Maldivian president and ministers held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the tropical archipelago's existence. Aiming for another attention-grabbing event to...
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St Petersburg Times
| over 3 years ago
Members of the Maldives� Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth...With a backdrop of coral, the meeting was a bid to draw...
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The Hindu
| over 3 years ago
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is travelling on Wednesday on a five-day official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Besides the review of the state of India-Maldives bilateral relations, Mr. Nasheed’s special...
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Democracy Now
| over 3 years ago
Maldives, the lowest lying nation on earth, could be submerged by rising sea levels due to global warming. We air excerpts of a recent discussion between President Nasheed Mohammad and Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland and former UN High...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
He is visiting India on the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and would be the guest of honour at 'Delhi High Level Conference on Climate Change and Technology Transfer', the sources said. During his five-day visit from October 21-25,...
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Uinta County News
| over 3 years ago
Maldives government meets underwater (Agencies) Updated: 2009-10-19 08:11 The Maldives government has held a cabinet meeting underwater in a bid to attract attention to the problems caused by global warming...The island nation is currently situated...
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Press TV
| over 3 years ago
Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet spent half an hour on the seabed signing a document calling for carbon emission cuts. Communicating with white boards and hand signals, the Maldives government officials warned international leaders of the serious...
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Sify News
| over 3 years ago
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who staged the world's first underwater cabinet meeting at the weekend, is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change. Nasheed, 42, dived with his cabinet to the sea bottom Saturday in an...
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United Press International
| over 3 years ago
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet met 20 feet under the sea surface Saturday to dramatize the country's vulnerability to climate change. The officials wore wet suits and used scuba gear to breath, ABC News reported.
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
The Maldives government is holding a cabinet meeting underwater in a bid to attract international attention to the dangers of global warming. President Muhammad Nasheed, dressed in full scuba gear, is holding the 30-minute meeting on Saturday at a...
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Uinta County News
| over 3 years ago
THE Maldives held the world�s first underwater cabinet meeting yesterday to plead for help to stop rising sea levels that could destroy the archipelago within 100 years. Desperate for attention before a crucial UN climate change conference in...
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Japan Today
| over 3 years ago
Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed and government ministers on Saturday dived into the sea for a special cabinet meeting held underwater to push for “stronger climate change resolutions in the upcoming Copenhagen summit,” Nasheed’s office said in a...
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Zee News
| over 3 years ago
World's first underwater cabinet meet held in Maldives Updated on Saturday, October 17, 2009, 15:53 IST Colombo: Maldivian cabinet on Saturday met at the bottom of the sea, marking the first ever such meeting to be held underwater, which framed an...
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Voice of America
| over 3 years ago
In an effort to highlight climate change, the Cabinet of the government of the Maldives, an Indian island nation, has held a meeting under water. Meetings of government ministers can sometimes be a dry affair. That certainly was not the case during...
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BBC South Asia
| over 3 years ago
Maldivian ministers signed a climate change document under water With fish darting amongst them in a blue lagoon, the Maldivian president and his top team have staged an elaborate stunt to publicise climate change.
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CNN
| over 3 years ago
With fish as witnesses, the president of Maldives and his Cabinet wore scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting to highlight the threat climate change poses to the archipelago nation. The meeting, chaired by President...
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Androscoggin News
| over 3 years ago
Underwater politics: Raising climate change awareness in the Maldives In a move guaranteed to prevent filibustering, the government of the Maldives took their weekly cabinet meeting below the waves. The meeting highlights the Maldives' precarious...
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Chicago Tribune
| over 3 years ago
The Maldivian president and ministers held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the tropical archipelago's existence. Aiming for another attention-grabbing event to...
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Uinta County News
| over 3 years ago
Cabinet dives for climate change Updated on 17 October 2009 Source PA News Members of the Maldives' Cabinet have donned scuba gear and used hand signals at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 3 years ago
President Mohamed Nasheed plunged first into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, followed by his ministers, all clad in scuba gear, for the nationally televised meeting in this archipelago known as an idyllic holiday getaway for the rich. Nasheed and his...
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Hindustan times
| over 3 years ago
Maldives held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Friday to raise awareness about the threat to the archipelago on account of global warming. The cabinet chaired by President Mohamed Nasheed held the meeting about five meters underwater...
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Uinta County News
| over 3 years ago
17:30, Saturday October 17, 2009 Politicians in the Maldives have sunk to new lows, as the President and his government ministers donned scuba gear for a cabinet meeting at the bottom of the sea. The stunt was designed to highlight the threat that...
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Times Online
| over 3 years ago
After weeks of training and a comprehensive insurance policy, Mr Nasheed, 42, and his ministers will dive to draw attention to the risk their country faces of being submerged. The event is part of a campaign to make governments agree to limit carbon...
