MALE: Abdulla Yameen took power in the Maldives on Sunday after an election victory, ending nearly two years of political turmoil that threatened to turn the honeymoon islands into an international pariah.

Yameen, the half-brother of the islands’ long-time strongman ruler, was due to be sworn in at a presidential inauguration ceremony at around 1 p.m. (8 a.m. in Manila).

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