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Maldives Considers Buying Dry Land if Seas Rise
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By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: November 10, 2008
The president-elect of the Maldives, a nation of 1,200 low islands in the Indian Ocean, is planning to establish an investment fund with some of its earnings from tourism so it can buy a haven for its citizens should global warming raise sea levels at a dangerous pace, according to several news reports.

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