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Urgent: Maldives declares state of emergency: presidential spokesman

Xinhua, November 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency on Wednesday.

"(The) Maldives declares state of emergency for a period of 30 days starting 12 pm (0700 GMT) Wednesday," the presidential spokesman Muaz Ali tweeted. Enditem