Buri Gaadiyaa Adam Zahir Resigns

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Prior to the separation of police and armed forces in 2005, Adam Zahir headed the notorious National Security Services (NSS).
He has faced numerous accusations over police abuse. Most recently the family of Hussein Salah, who died after being taken into police custody last year, threatened to sue Zahir for negligence over the death, which they say resulted from police beatings.
Advisor to President Nasheed and former attorney general Hassan Saeed has recently hit out against Zahir by repeatedly accusing him of corruption and criminal activity.more

WONG: A former political prisoner has defeated Asia's longest-serving ruler. Mohamed Nasheed won the first multiparty election in the Maldives.

Maldives Rejects Gay Yoom in Election

Time
The Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives has weathered cyclones and tsunamis, but never before has it experienced sweeping change of the sort ushered in on Oct. 28. By the next day, it was clear that President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom — whose 30-year reign marked him as Asia's longest serving leader — had been toppled in the country's first-ever democratic elections by a man whom he had imprisoned just a decade ago. After coming second in multi-party polls earlier in October, 41-year-old Mohamed Nasheed beat Gayoom in a run-off contest by a nearly 10% margin — a gulf wide enough for the oft-dictatorial Gayoom to concede defeat over state radio even before all the ballots were counted. more

History is made, people power prevails, Dictator Golhaboa is ousted

Wathan Edhey Gothah presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) secured more than 54%, with 96,044 votes and the dictator got 45.8% with 81,368 votes. This is the provisional results after 399 ballot boxes had been counted with just 4 more remaining which amounts to less than 1%. Bye Bye Golhaa!