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Tsunami ‘hits’ Germany before New Zealand
International journalism student SABRINA DANKEL got a mysterious text message early today. She explains: SAMOA AWASH: A main road in the downtown area of Fagatogo, is seen flooded by water from a...
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US voting systems bears little resemblance to NZ
By Regan Roberts and Jean Eltringham New Zealanders could be forgiven for not understanding US voting systems. Unlike New Zealand’s Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP), where New...
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If the world could vote Obama would get a landslide victory
IMAGE:www.brightstarsolar.net Barack Obama shows a healthy lead over Mitt Romney in the American presidential race and in the popularity stakes worldwide. Contrary to the polls however, statistics...
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It’s not all about Israel for Jewish voters in the United States
JEWISH FAVOURITE: Obama visits the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Image: www.thecommentator.com MITT ROMNEY has told the US their president has “thrown Israel under the bus” – but Barack Obama is still...
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Race matters in more ways than one, as election leadup showed
BENEFITS for minority groups, and famous and influential friends, are expected to help President Barack Obama keep the black votes. Perhaps the most outspoken supporter of Obama’s presidential...
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Three TVs, two laptops, one iPad – elections are go!
WITH an audio visual set up like a media newsroom, there is nothing this election party is going to miss. Rather than have their usual Wednesday poker game and a few drinks, Wellington city flatmates...
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Conservatives continue attempts to claim bias against liberals
DOUBLE STANDARDS: MRC questions even media coverage during US elections IMAGE: http://money.cnn.com/ THE leader of the conservative US Media Research Centre says accusations of bias towards Obama by...
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US Presidential election lowest voter turnout since 2000.
DESPITE the close contest, and the partisan atmosphere in American politics, 96 million people did not bother to voting in the latest US election. With just 57.5% of eligible voters casting a ballot,...
View ArticleFacebookers seeing giraffes after Kiwi’s riddle challenge goes viral
A FORMER Tawa man said he was astonished by the success of a Facebook giraffe craze he started. Thailand-based Andrew Strugnell, 24, created the Great Giraffe Challenge, which involves changing your...
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President Trump reality dawns on US and world
Donald Trump the next president of the United States of America 7.55pm – Pennsylvania is being declared for Donald Trump and with it the presidential election. He has also picked up Alaska. Outlets...
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