Curated Video
Top US diplomat Robert Blake arrives amid leadership crisis
1. US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake arriving at Male airport
2. Various of Blake walking
3. Blake getting into boat
4. Blake in boat
5. Boat setting off
6. Tracking shot of Male
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake...
Curated Video
Doubts over presidential election runoff after no clear winner emerges
The Maldives election commission announced that a run-off election will be needed after Saturday's presidential vote.
Results showed former leader, Mohamed Nasheed, who was forced to resign as President in 2012, won nearly 47 percent of...
Curated Video
AP interview with visiting Maldives President Nasheed
1. Wide shot of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in office
2. Various shots of Nasheed seated during interview
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives President:
"Countries'' ambitions are not as much as we would like to be....
Curated Video
Islands'' crucial tourism industry devatated by tsunami
Full Moon resort, Maldives.
1. Pan of from sign "Full Moon" hotel
2. Wide shot of bungalow above the sea
3. Various of damage
4. Mid shot of bungalow damage
5. Mid shot of front of the bungalow damage
6. Pan of the devastation on the...
Curated Video
INDIA: NEW DELHI: INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET
English/Nat
India and Pakistan have held their highest level meeting in seven years.
Foreign ministers of the belligerent neighbours met in New Delhi on Wednesday, where they promised to try to tackle hostilities that have sent their...
Curated Video
India and Pakistan prime ministers meet on summit sidelines
1. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani walk out of building for photo-op, shake hands, walk back into building
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan on Thursday met on the sidelines of...
Curated Video
New president of the Maldives expands his Cabinet
1. Wide of ministers about to take oath
2. Mid of Supreme Court Judge Abdullah Arif
3. Wide of swearing-ceremony
4. Close of oath document
5. Mid of female minister taking oath
6. Mid of minister signing
7. Mid of cameramen and...
Curated Video
Presidential elections get underway
Polls opened on Saturday morning in the Maldives as the island nation votes for its 10th President.
The incumbent president and presidential candidate Mohamed Waheed Hassan cast his vote early in the morning as soon as the polls opened...
Curated Video
Foreign ministers meet ahead of leaders' annual summit
1. Wide of Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar arriving
2. Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna arriving
3. Pan of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting
4. Wide of Khar
5. Mid of Krishna (in grey...
Curated Video
4:3 Leaders of Pakistan and India arrive ahead of annual summit
1. Various of plane carrying Indian delegation taxiing on tarmac
2. Wide of plane with awaiting guard of honour
3. Mid of honour guard
4. Wide of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walking down plane steps
5. Maldivian Prime Minister...
Curated Video
Residents of the Maldives head to the polls to elect new president
After two months of political bickering and repeated failure to hold an election, Maldives voters headed to polling stations on Saturday to elect a new president for their vulnerable new democracy.
Voters were lining up in schools being...
Curated Video
Polls close and counting gets under way in the Maldives election
Polls closed on Saturday evening in the second ever multi-party election held in the Maldives.
Election officials sealed the ballot boxes around 4pm local time (1100 GMT) as observers watched in the capital city of Male.
Vote counting...
Curated Video
Intv with former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed
1. Wide of media interviewing former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldives President:
"I understand that there is an arrest warrant on me and that they're coming to pick me up, as I...
Curated Video
WRAP President Nasheed visits; accords signed
1. Wide of official car arriving, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed and his wife Laila Ali being greeted by Indian President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
2. Mid of Maldivian and Indian flags
3. Various of Nasheed...
Getty Images
Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips on coral reef - Maldives
Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips on coral reef - Maldives (South Ari Atoll).The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species can be...
Curated Video
WRAP Police crack down as hundreds protest, president at pro-govt rally
1. Protesters scuffling with police
2. Various of protester being arrested
3. Various of riot police charging at protesters
4. Various of protester being arrested
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) No Name Given, protester:
"We have a...