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Events in Male last week were not a sudden unexplained eruption like an allergic reaction. The situation has been simmering for some time now. So while we prevaricated, the US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake was airborne for Male. A seeming...
Feb 15 (TruthDive): Member of Parliament and Government Minister Mervyns Silva of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today criticized Robert Blake saying he is “mad” and has no right to meddle with Sri Lankan affairs. US Assistant Secretary of State for...
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake makes a face during a media conference in Male February 11, 2012. Blake held meetiings with Maldives' new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, ousted president Mohamed Nasheed... View Photo »
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US government backs an independent mechanism to investigate the transfer of power in the Maldives, the US State Department has said. US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake Monday told reporters at a media...
Speaking to his supporters at Monday’s demonstration, Nasheed called Maldivians to civil disobedience if the new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan does not resign for an early election. Maldives’ next presidential election is scheduled for next year. ...
His claim sparked angry demonstrations in capital, Male, which the police put down using baton and tear gas. In far off atolls in this archipelago, Nasheed's supporters captured and burnt down police stations, vehicles and court houses. U.S. Assistant...
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake speaks during a news conference in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The new president of the Maldives said Saturday that he was ready to face an independent investigation into the transfer of power... View Photo »
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a three day tour to Bangladesh. During his stay in Dhaka, Mr. Blake will call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and hold...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's envoy Madhusudan Ganapathi, who flew to Male on a special flight, held a series of meetings over the weekend with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, with Nasheed and Hassan, and...
Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933(1933-09-18)) is an American Emmy-award-winning actor most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta from 1975 to 1978. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife. Full Article
Robert Blake , US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, is pictured on the screen of a tablet computing device during a press conference in Male on February 11, 2012. A top US diplomat arrived in the Maldives on February 11 seeking to help resolve a deepening...
View Photo »U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, right, arrives for a one-day official visit to Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to assess the political situation in the Indian Ocean nation after the...
View Photo »US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake (R) arrives in the Maldivian capital Male on February 11, 2012 as a political crisis deepened in the Indian Ocean atoll nation. The US State Department has said that Blake will seek clarifications over the...
View Photo »Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake makes a face during a media conference in Male February 11, 2012. Blake held meetiings with Maldives' new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, ousted president Mohamed Nasheed and other political parties'...
View Photo »U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake speaks during a news conference in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The new president of the Maldives said Saturday that he was ready to face an independent investigation into the transfer of power in the Indian Ocean nation that...
View Photo »Police officers divert traffic to avoid a road leading to a hotel where Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed meets with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the...
View Photo »Supporters of Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed wait outside a hotel where Nasheed holds a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to...
View Photo »Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, right, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake laugh during a meeting in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to assess the political situation in the...
View Photo »Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, second left, greets supporters as he walks back home in a street parade after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders...
View Photo »Supporters reach to help Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, center, as he returns home in a street parade after a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, unseen, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with...
View Photo »Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, second front right, gestures as he walks past the official residence of President of Maldives, after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official...
View Photo »Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake disembarks from a boat in Male February 11, 2012. Blake is due for meetings with new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Nasheed and other representatives of political parties.
View Photo »Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed walks in a street parade after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to assess the political...
View Photo »In this photo provided by the President's Office, Maldives' new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, left, speaks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake during a meeting in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Hassan said Saturday that he was ready to face an independent...
View Photo »US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake (L) shakes hands with Commander of Security Forces of Jaffna Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe (R) at security forces headquarters in Jaffna on September 13, 2011. US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake toured Sri Lanka's former war...
View Photo »U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake, center, U.S. Consul General in Kolkata Beth Payne, left, and Confederation of Indian Industry Eastern Region Deputy Chairman R.K. Agarwal look on during a seminar organized by Confederation of India Industry in Kolkata,...
View Photo »U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake reacts as he answers a question from media during a seminar organized by Confederation of India Industry in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 17, 2011.
View Photo »Robert Blake , US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, is pictured on the screen of a tablet computing device during a press conference in Male on February 11, 2012. A top US diplomat arrived in the Maldives on February 11 seeking to help resolve a deepening...
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