LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finalized their child-custody settlement Friday, including a $5,000-per-month increase in child support for the pop singer’s ex-husband.
An attorney for Federline delivered the terms of two separate agreements to Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon, who gave his approval late Friday afternoon.
The settlement ends [...]
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LOS ANGELES - Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard.
The Oscar-winning actress was upset when pictures of her holding four-month-old Nahla Ariela Aubry showed up on the Internet [...]
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Once upon a time Maldives was just a long line of insignificant dots on the map of the world; dots which were almost lost in the wide Indian Ocean. In the early known history of the Maldives, the Portuguese and the Ali Rajahs of Malabar had tried unsuccessfully to colonize Maldives and they had [...]
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Political parties operating in the country needs to stand united in order to successfully achieve the desired goals, leader of Maldives National Congress (MNC) Monasa Mohamed Naeem has said.
In an exclusive interview given to Miadhu Daily Monaza Naeem said his party will not compete in this year’s presidential elections. However he informed that his [...]
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Island offices have reported shortage of food items due to difficulties in arranging transport to the islands resulting from severe weather conditions prevalent over the country.
Maavaidhoo Island Chief Hussain Mohamed informed that most of the shops in the island have exhausted their stock of staple foods. He said rough seas and heavy rains are [...]
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President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is to address the nation, today, 26 July, on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day, according a statement from president’s office.
President’s office informed that the address which was earlier scheduled for 1000 hours has now been rescheduled to 1400 hrs and will be simulcast by Voice of Maldives and [...]
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The chances of having a free and fair presidential election before the 10 of October will be greatly diminished if President Gayoom fails to ratify the newly adopted constitution by the end of this month, the Alliance of the opposition, National Unity Alliance (NAU) has said.
Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) presidential candidate of the largest opposition [...]
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People’s Alliance (PA) at its inaugural meeting held yesterday night at Dharubaaruge has elected its president and other senior officials.
Abdulla Yamin, the only candidate to compete for the party presidency, was elected as the President. Yamin was elected as the party’s president with 404 votes out of 413 members in attendance.
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It is unlikely that the new wage structure of school teachers be introduced this year due to budget shortage, finance ministry has revealed during a meeting held with representative of teachers’ association.
Organizing Committee of the Teachers’ Association informed that meeting held at the finance ministry was attended by state minister, ministry’s permanent secretary, directors [...]
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PARIS - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, nearing the end of a fast-paced international campaign trip, warned Iran on Friday, “don’t wait for the next president” to take office before yielding to Western demands to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
“The pressure, I think, is only going to build,” he said at a news conference as [...]
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