Politics in the Maldives will sink to a new low later this month, when the nation’s cabinet holds its first meeting underwater. From the Guardian.co.uk Wednesday 7 October 2009 18.55 BST (found on Google) The country, a collection of atolls and islands in the Indian Ocean, stands less than two metres above sea level, and as climate change causes seas to rise it will probably be the first nation to sink beneath the waves. Under the threat of...

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