Simon Power is right that governments are elected to govern. But he's wrong to slap down Sian Elias for her comments on prison policy
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World News Brief, Friday July 17
China's economy bounces back; Clinton wants Iran negotiations; Honduran compromise offer; India to build nuclear reactors; and more
Read MoreDo I look like this is the best job ever?
Parenting is amazing, but you don't have to love it every moment of every day. Right?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 16
Taliban shoots down helicopter, British send more troops to Afghanistan; Turks accuse China of genocide; Pakistan-India in new anti-terror talks; Polish PM to lead EU; and more
Read MoreNetball—a dysfunctional game
Is netball too old-fashioned in this aggressive age?
Read MoreNow we have Wafergate
Did the Canadian PM eat the communion wafer, or pocket it? Days before his audience with the Pope, why did Stephen Harper—a Protestant—take communion at a Catholic funeral?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 15
Swat refugees head home (+ campaign analysis); more Uighur violence in China; Burmese leaders to release political prisoners; Taylor takes stand at war crimes trial; and more
Read MoreIntroducing a new pundit
Claire Browning joins the team
Read MoreBarlow: an appeal for justice
It’s too early to say whether the Privy Council’s Barlow decision marks a tectonic shift in the law governing criminal appeals—or a minor refinement—but it does offer much-needed reassurance about appellate courts’ willingness to do justice
Read MoreRemember Hans Kupka: Waikato's new nazi controversy
The case of a "Holocaust Denier on Campus" offered Waikato University some important, difficult lessons. Did it take them onboard?
Read MoreNational's folic tangle
Just as the smacking debate dogged the previous government, the fuss around folate has the potential to knock the gloss off this government if it doesn't act quickly.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 14
Rising death toll in Afghanistan; is Kim Jong-Il dying?; Japan to head to the polls; Obama in Africa; and more
Read MoreThe 2020 vision of crowds
And why they will be disappointed with Nick Smith’s answer to the emissions reduction conundrum
Read MoreHeard the one about the Olympian and the brothel-keeper?
...Turns out he's one and the same man. So does the Olympic committee have the track record to act as the moral guardians of sport?
Read MoreKey’s tour: NZ & Fiji in Pacific hip-hop duel
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World News Brief, Friday July 10
G8 leaders agree historic deal to cut emissions (+ analysis); Australian arrested for stealing Chinese state secrets; suicide bombings kill 34 in Iraq; India build nuclear sub; and more
Read MoreTo folate or not to folate?
Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson's apparent inability to back out of the decision to add folic acid to New Zealand's bread shows the problems with trying to merge New Zealand and Australia's markets
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 9
China sends in the troops; Indonesia goes to the polls; acute water shortages in Mumbai; Nobel winner to mediate in Honduras
Read MoreBruno, Borat and the bumpkins
Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, aka Bruno, is hilarious, insightful and cool in an ironic, knowing way... unless you don't get the joke
Read MoreReality, Sarah Palin style
Is it wrong to hope Sarah "hockey mom" Palin will remain on the world stage simply for our own entertainment? And does that make us as bad as the folks who convinced her she has a shot at choosing the drapes for the Oval Office?
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