Elections in some parts of the world are a violent and dangerous affair.  

• Electoral Violence in Nigeria
• Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa
• Election Violence in Sri Lanka
• Violence erupts days ahead of Uganda elections
• Kenya: What Causes Some Elections to Go Violent?

Sorry guys - I didn't realise that this wasn't under a cut.


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I was explaining the good-natured Aussie/Kiwi rivalry/relationship to the Canadian and while I was looking for examples of the Kiwi accent compared to the Aussie accent, I found this ad.

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This clip is so funny. Alas, Australian accents really are like this :)

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I mentioned yesterday that I was watching the Australian political satire series The Hollowmen. I was rewatching episode 3, "A Time For Talk" that was the fascinating episode that deals with how the Central Policy Unit deals with an international crisis - attempting to balance "popularity" with the public by having the PM look "tough" and care ( Read more... )

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So funny :) ( Read more... )