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- Sinking island nation seeks a new home
The new president of the Maldives wants to relocate -- his entire country. Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed, who was sworn in Tuesday, inherits an island nation with several problems, foremost among them the possibility his homeland will sink under water if the current pace of climate change keeps raising sea levels.
- Maldives may buy dry land if seas rise
The Maldives, a nation of 1,200 low islands in the Indian Ocean, is planning to set aside tourism earnings so it can buy a haven for its citizens should global warming raise sea levels at a dangerous pace.
- New Maldives president sworn in
A former political prisoner was sworn in as president of the Maldives Monday, two weeks after he unseated Asia's longest-serving leader in the island nation's first multi-party elections.
- Maldives Considers Buying Dry Land if Seas Rise
The nation of 1,200 low islands in the Indian Ocean is planning to establish a fund so that it can buy a haven for its citizens should global warming raise sea levels at a dangerous pace. 
- Plan for new Maldives homeland
The Maldives' new president says he wants to buy a new homeland for his people in case rising sea-levels make them homeless.
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The Maldives were long a sultanate, first under Dutch and then under British protection. They became a republic in 1968, three years after independence. Tourism and fishing are being developed on the archipelago.
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AFP - A former political prisoner who unseated Asia's longest-serving leader as president of the Maldives will be sworn into office Tuesday, taking charge of a nation he fears could soon disappear.
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