Maldives unrest

Maldives unrest

Maldives' first democratically-elected president resigned on Tuesday after a police mutiny described by his office as an attempted coup, capping three weeks of political upheaval in the holiday paradise.

"It will be better for the country in the current situation if I resign. I don't want to run the country with an iron-fist. I am resigning," President Mohamed Nasheed told a televised press conference.

Early in the day, rebel police officers joined anti-government protests that have rocked the capital Male for the past three