Politics of Maldives Political party Political parties in the Maldives were legalized when the Maldivian parliament voted unanimously for the creation of a multi party system on June 2, 2005. This came after decades of authoritarian rule. Prior to this ruling, political parties had not been not allowed under the Maldivian legal system. Registered parties Maldivian Democratic Party MDP Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party DRP Gaumee Itthihaad GIP Adhaalath Party AP Islamic Democratic Party Maldives Islamic Democratic Party IDP Maldives Social Democratic Party MSDP Maldives National Congress MNC Dhivehi Qaumee Party DQP People s Alliance Maldives People s Alliance PA People s Party Maldives People s Party PP Poverty Alleviating Party PAP Social Liberal Party Maldives Social Liberal Party SLP Republican Party Maldives Republican Party Jumhooree Party JP Progressive Party of Maldives PPM See also Politics of the Maldives List of political parties by country External links http www.elections.gov.mv parties.html Register of political parties at the Republic of Maldives Elections Commission. Maldivian political parties Asia topic List of political parties in Category Political parties in the Maldives da Politiske partier i Maldiverne ... more details
infobox china station namerom Wuchang name image New Wuchang Railway Station.jpg imagesize caption New Wuchang Railway Station Complex prov Hubei city Wuhan Place Zhongshan Lu coordinates district Wuchang District districtname Wuchang station code Wuchang open 1916 br 2006 close oldname Tongxiangmen presentname station number StationType operator Wuhan Railway Bureau , br Ministry of Railways of the PRC line Jingguang Railway , Wujiu Railway Connections PlatformType Platform 3 Exit ExitNames stats statsnote bus t4 Wuchang Railway Station , located at the east side of Zhongshan Road ref http www.wuchanginvest.gov.cn article.php?r id 2046 Wuchang Railway Station Complex ref in Wuchang District , Wuhan , Hubei , China is a major railway station administrated by the Wuhan Railway Bureau under the Ministry of Railways China Ministry of Railways . Founded as the Tongxiang Gate Station in 1916, the station was moved several times and settled in the current location on 1957. It is the largest transportion center in Wuhan with daily traffic of 77,000 passengers and 20,000 packages as of 2000 ref http www.whfz.gov.cn 8080 pub dqwx delsz csjsz DQP DYZ 200801 t20080101 19447.shtml Chapter 1 railway facilities ref , and a 80,000 daily passenger throughput record during the Chunyun period as of 2008 ref http english.wuhan.gov.cn html Wuhan News Wuhan News 20081006 2513.html Wuhan Saw 0.46 Million Passengers Yesterday ref . Bus No. 10 and Special Line 561 run between the Wuchang Railway Station and the Hankou Railway Station ref http bmc.hust.edu.cn bicta pages transport railway.html Railway ref . A subway connecting the station and the Wuhan Railway Station is under construction ref http english.wuhan.gov.cn html Wuhan News Wuhan News 20090724 4504.html Construction of 1st Phase of the No.4 Subway to Start ref . In 2010, some timetable systems e.g. www.tielu.org started referring to the Wuchang Railway Station as Wuhan South Station . See also Jingguang Railway , the old ... more details
Citations missing date March 2008 Politics of Maldives The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential system presidential republic , whereby the President is the Head of Government . Executive power is exercised by the government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet government Cabinet Like many presidential democracies, each member of the cabinet need to be approved by the Parliament . The President, along with the vice President, is directly elected by the people to a five year term by a secret ballot. He could be re elected to second 5 year term, the limit allowed by the Constitution. The current President of the Maldives is former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience , Mohamed Nasheed , who defeated President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom , who had ruled the country for 30 years, in the county s first multiparty Presidential election. The Unicameralism unicameral Majlis of the Maldives is composed of 77 members serving a five year term. The total number of the members representing each constituency depends on the total population of that constituency. The last parliamentary election under the new constitution was held in 9 May 2009. A total of 465 candidates 211 from 11 political parties and 254 independents were vying for seats in the People s Majlis. The 2009 elections were the first multi party elections in the country. During the election, 78.87 per cent of the 209,000 registered voters turned out at the polls. The final results gave the DRP and the PA 28 and seven seats respectively, three short of a parliamentary majority. The MDP became the second largest party, winning 26 seats. The National Alliance Maldives Dhivehi Qaumee Party DQP and the Republican Party Maldives Republican Party RP took two seats and one seat respectively. The remaining 13 seats went to independent candidates. The Commonwealth observers who monitored the elections said that they were well conducted . The newly elected People s ... more details
For the 2007 film whose title is short for Dragon Wars D War film Plot date May 2010 Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Dragon War title orig translator image Image Dragon War cover.jpg 200px prefer 1st edition image caption 1994 HarperTrophy edition author Laurence Yep cover artist Bill Dodge country United States language English language English series Dragon fantasy series Dragon genre Fantasy literature Fantasy novel publisher HarperCollins release date 1992 in literature 1992 media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages 313 pp first edition, hardcover isbn ISBN 0 06 020302 1 first edition, hardcover congress PZ7.Y44 Dqp 1992 oclc 24320127 preceded by Dragon Cauldron 1991 followed by Dragon War is a fantasy novel Chinese American author Laurence Yep first published in 1992. It is the fourth and final book in his Dragon series. Yep attempted to put the beauty and gallantry of dragons he had gleaned from his research of them in Chinese mythology into Dragon War . By contrast, in the first three books of the series he had tried to capture their quirkiness and strength . ref cite book author Johnson Feelings, Dianne title Presenting Laurence Yep year 1995 publisher Twayne Publishers location New York, NY isbn 0 8057 8201 X pages 112 ref The story picks up where Dragon Cauldron left off. Exiled dragon princess Shimmer along with Indigo and Monkey attempt to rescue Thorn, whose soul is trapped within Baldy s cauldron. The cauldron is now possessed by the powerful immortal wizard known as the Boneless King, who has possessed the body of the tyrannical human king known as the Butcher and launched an all out war against the dragons with the aid of Shimmer s brother Pomfret. Plot summary The Boneless King captures Shimmer, Monkey, and Indigo. They manage to escape and attempt to retrieve Baldy s cauldron, in which Thorn s soul is now sealed. However the Boneless King turns the tables on them and traps them in an und ... more details
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