Riots fill the streets in Maldives after president leaves office

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Posted: 2:38 PM Feb 8, 2012 Riots fill the streets in Maldives after president leaves office Male, Maldives The turmoil continues in the Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation. Reporter: The Associated Press Email Address: katherine.rufener@wndu.com

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The turmoil continues in the Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation.

Supporters of the country's former president have been rioting in the streets of the capital today, and they have seized some remote police stations. They're demanding that he be reinstated.

Allies say the former leader, Mohamed Nasheed, and other top party officials were beaten by police amid the street chaos. He was the nation's first democratically-elected president, and he resigned yesterday after police joined the months of street protests against his rule.

Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint by the armed forces. He promised to fight to return to office.

The country's new president is denying that there was any coup or plot to oust Nasheed. Mohammed Waheed Hassan is calling for a unity coalition to be formed to help the country recover.

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