The violence on the Indian Ocean archipelago best-known as a beach getaway is
the worst in a struggle between President Nasheed, widely credited with
ushering in full democracy with a 2008 election win, and former president
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, whose 30-year rule was widely seen as autocratic.
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