A coup d'etat did indeed take place in the Maldives, forcing its leader to resign, according to the new ex-President Mohamed Nasheed.<br /><br />The Indian Ocean resort is still reeling from Tuesday's events as a row rages over what lay behind them.<br /><br />Nasheed says members of the security forces made him step down at gunpoint. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/