Maldives lifts state of emergency after 45 days
Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday lifted the state of emergency imposed in the country after a period of 45 days. The emergency was imposed after Maldives' Supreme Court ordered the release of nine jailed opposition MPs including the country's first democratically-elected President Mohamed Nasheed. The government had termed the order an attempt to overthrow the President.