nasheed was ousted earlier this year in what he is described as a coup at gunpoint it nasheed's backers say the charges are politically motivated to toward his candidacy in new elections. to see our interview with president nasheed after you was ousted, go to democracynow.org. tens of thousands of people marched in tokyo monday in japan's largest protest against a clear power since last year's fukushima disaster. japan halted nuclear production earlier this year for the first time since 1970, but recent resumed operations by bringing a shuttered plant back online. organizers say up to 170,000 people took part in monday's protest. a female relative has accused george zimmerman, the killer of the unarmed black teenager trayvon martin, of molesting her over a 10-year. . the unnamed woman says the abuse began when she was 6 years old and zimmerman was eight, lasting until she was 16. the woman says she can afford to prosecutors early on in their probe of zimmerman to disclose her knowledge of his family's bias against african-americans. a newly released recordings, the woman said she was co

the country has been in turmoil since february when its president resigned, but that man, mohamed nasheedas ousted. i spoke to him recently. you came to worldwide attention at the copenhagen conference because you -- you really tried to get them to do something about climate change and some people argue that your speech in copenhagen was crucial to actually getting some kind of agreement. why did you feel so strongly on the issue? >> climate change is a real issue that is happening in the maldives. it is not something in the future. we are just 1.5 meters above the sea level and even a slight change in sea levels have a huge impact on the maldives. the predicted rises in sea levels will be disastrous for us. we have a written history that goes back 2,000 years and we have been, as a country, as a civilization for a very, very long time. and we just can't disappear. we must be around and we have to do whatever it takes to see that there are solutions to the issue of climate change. >> one of the strategies people urge sometimes is to say, look, you're trying to get essentially unworkable s