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Voices of Aleppo.
Charlotte d'Ornellas is an independent French journalist who compiled a translated video of interviews with people from Aleppo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8DJJDCGQ9g More of her reporting can be found here.
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The Standard’s ten most popular posts of 2016
It is that time of year again, time for reflection and pondering on what was most popular this year on the Standard and why. Following are links to the ten most popular posts of 2016 and in keeping with the feel of the time it…
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Open Mike 31/12/2016
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Obama’s last days
At noon on January 20, 2017 Donald Trump will, barring some cataclysmic event, be sworn in as President of the United States. Until then Barak Obama remains in control. There is a convention in western democracies, or at least in New Zealand and the United…
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The ten most commented on posts of 2016
It is that time of year again where a certain level of introspection is compulsory and people try and work out what they did well and what they did not so well this year. Here at the Standard for the past three years the most…
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Open Mike 30/12/2016
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Open Mike 29/12/2016
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Netanyahu accuses New Zealand of committing a declaration of war
Holy strained rhetoric batman. Looks like Israel wants to get the dukes up and pick a fight with New Zealand over its decision to take a very principled stand and tell Israel that its homeland creating policies breached international law. From Stuff: Israeli leader…
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Open Mike 28/12/2016
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Pauline Hanson declares jihad on Vegemite
Someone with a terrific sense of humour sent Pauline Hanson a halaal branded container of Vegemite for Christmas. Originally I thought she accepted the gift in the humour it was intended and was playing along. https://twitter.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/811781583405359104 And maybe she is having a big deep chuckle…
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Israel threatens sanctions against New Zealand
This story gets weirder and weirder. Fresh from the humiliation of the Security Council deciding that Israel's actions in building settlements on land it had prised away from Palestine during the 1967 six day war was illegal Israel has gone on the offensive. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Open Mike 27/12/2016
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Facebook, fake news and Donald Trump’s election
In a year of many political surprises the election of the Donald must rank at the top of the unexpected list. How did he do it? How after a string of embarrassing revelations, little funding and after most of the senior Republican party including living Republican…
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Open Mike 26/12/2016
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