Maldives Votes in Controversial Presidential Election

Voters in the Maldives cast their ballots Sunday in a controversial presidential election. Both President Abdullah Yameen and opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih voted early in Male, the capital. Yameen is seeking a second five-year term in office. His path to re-election seems assured with his main rivals either in jail or in exile. He imposed a state of emergency earlier this year after refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to release detained political...

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