Maldivian foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed

Maldivian foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed gestures during an interview with AFP in Male, 17 August 2007. Voting in a landmark referendum got under way 18 August, in the Maldives to decide the future political direction of the tropical Indian Ocean atoll nation, officials said. Polling stations opened at 7:00am (0200 GMT) and will be kept open for 12 hours, the election commission said, as people lined up to cast their ballots in favour of one of two political systems on offer.The vote is seen as an acid test on Asia's longest serving ruler, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who took power in 1978, and follows years of simmering political unrest and calls for change in the former British protectorate. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Maldivian foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed gestures during an interview with AFP in Male, 17 August 2007. Voting in a landmark referendum got under way 18 August, in the Maldives to decide the future political direction of the tropical Indian Ocean atoll nation, officials said. Polling stations opened at 7:00am (0200 GMT) and will be kept open for 12 hours, the election commission said, as people lined up to cast their ballots in favour of one of two political systems on offer.The vote is seen as an acid test on Asia's longest serving ruler, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who took power in 1978, and follows years of simmering political unrest and calls for change in the former British protectorate. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Maldivian foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed
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