Ex-Maldives president rejects US compromise call
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Ousted Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Sunday rejected a US call for compromise and dismissed proposals for a unity government to end political unrest in the Indian Ocean nation.
Nasheed, who insists he was removed in a coup, told supporters overnight in the capital Male that he would press for snap elections instead of recommending his party consider a coalition with his former deputy who succeeded him.
"We want an election and we will campaign for it," Nasheed told large, cheering crowds, who later dispersed peacefully.
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His remarks came hours after US assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs Robert Blake spoke out against snap polls and asked both sides to make "compromises."
More: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-maldives-president-rejects-us-compromise-call-055115572.html
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Commonwealth officials say they will hold urgent talks on a stand-off in the Maldives between President Mohammed Waheed Hassan and his predecessor.
A Commonwealth ministerial watchdog will convene within 24 hours. It has the power to suspend member states.
Former President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced out in a coup on Tuesday. Mr Waheed denies the claim.
A senior US diplomat backed the new authorities, saying the nation was not ready for snap elections.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16998151
As part of the British Commonwealth fuck knows what this has got to do with the USA. 
It's near Diego Garcia, no? We're interested. It's in the Indian Ocean, we're interested. It's on planet Earth, we're interested.
Eventually, you just have to learn to stop worrying, and love the American Empire - it's inevitable 
Why you trying to diminish our empire dipsydoodle, our empire is good, it conveys the Blessings of Civilization.
U.S. in Diego Garcia forever! We ain't goin' nowhere. 
The average elevation of Diego Garcia is four feet above sea level.
Mind the waves. 
