Maldives president resigns after police mutiny

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Maldives president resigns after police mutiny

MALE, Feb 7 – The president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation on Tuesday during a televised press conference after a mutiny by the police and weeks of demonstrations.

“It will be better for the country in the current situation if I resign. I don’t want to run the country with an iron fist. I am resigning,” Nasheed said

Earlier, mutinous police took over the state television broadcaster station, joining opposition protesters calling for Nasheed to step down.

The move by the police marked a major escalation of three weeks of street demonstrations by anti-government activists.

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Maldives president announces his resignation in nationwide TV address.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/maldives-president-announces-resignation-nationwide-tv-address-15527284#.TzDivsjpiSo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/maldives-president-announces-his-resignation-in-nationwide-tv-address/2012/02/07/gIQAURdivQ_story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/maldives-president-announces-resignation-nationwide-tv-address-080800334.html