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MALDIVES-ELECTION
Voting begins in Maldives presidential poll: official
MAL, Maldives, Sept 23, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Voting began Sunday in a
controversial presidential election in the Maldives, hours after police
raided the opposition’s campaign headquarters, officials and party workers
said.
Hundreds of men and women lined up to vote before polling booths opened at
8:00 am (0300 GMT) in the capital Male, where President Abdulla Yameen and
his challenger Ibrahim Mohamed Solih were due to cast their ballots.
BSS/AFP/GMR/0926 hrs