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Maldives' Underwater Cabinet Meeting Draws Attention to Global Warming and Our Responsibility

"What do we hope to achieve? We hope not to die. I hope I can live in the Maldives and raise my grandchildren here. ...What we are trying to tell the people is that we hope there is a better deal at Copenhagen. ...We must unite in a global effort to halt further temperature rises." - quote from President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. Quote appeared in this BBC article.

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