(CNN) -- The December 26 tsunami has prompted the first visit by a U.N. Secretary General to the Maldives, a collection of 1200 tiny islands in the Indian Ocean. U.N. leader Kofi Annan has toured ...

Commemorating the victims of the 2004 tsunami. The Maldives was hit hard by the gigantic tidal wave, which killed 82 people and displaced 15,000. Near the harbour, a popular fish market offers the ...

spent their life savings rebuilding a destroyed Sri Lankan village after their own lucky escape from the tsunami. The couple were on holiday with family on Vilamendhoo island in the Maldives ...

In the Maldives, rapid construction of artificial islands is underway to combat coastal erosion that disrupts the lives of people near the shore, but with the construction come new difficulties.

Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi has talked about his ordeal in The Maldives. Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi has talked of his ordeal after being caught by the tsunami that hit the Maldives.