Maldives opposition calls for Indian intervention as president imposes emergency rule

MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) - An exiled former president of the Maldives urged India on Tuesday to send an envoy backed by military to release political detainees after the government of the Indian Ocean archipelago imposed a state of emergency and arrested two senior judges.

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