Without condoning the riots that hit London last month, should we perhaps take a step back and question why all these people were protesting? Was it bad parenting or a tipping point that was reached, asks Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21, from New Zealand? Last month’s riots in London, and elsewhere across England, caused a …

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Without condoning the riots that hit London last month, should we perhaps take a step back and question why all these people were protesting? Was it bad parenting or a tipping point that was reached, asks Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21, from New Zealand? Last month’s riots in London, and elsewhere across England, caused a …

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Sport, video games and alcohol consumption all seem to end in violence. But, ponders Amanda McClintock, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, is this toxic behaviour a product of history or a part of our human nature? Ever since the Earth was formed violence has played a role in our everyday lives. We can look …

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Sport, video games and alcohol consumption all seem to end in violence. But, ponders Amanda McClintock, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, is this toxic behaviour a product of history or a part of our human nature? Ever since the Earth was formed violence has played a role in our everyday lives. We can look …

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On 11 September 2001, people around the world spent hours glued to television screens, witnessing the horror unfold in such a surreal manner that it felt as though we were all watching some bad blockbuster movie, writes Alisha Lewis, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand. Ten years on, it’s remembered as one day. Nine Eleven. But the …

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On 11 September 2001, people around the world spent hours glued to television screens, witnessing the horror unfold in such a surreal manner that it felt as though we were all watching some bad blockbuster movie, writes Alisha Lewis, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand. Ten years on, it’s remembered as one day. Nine Eleven. But the …

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As US President Barack Obama says his government intends to start withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of the year, there is growing uncertainty as to Australia’s purpose in the international coalition, writes Amanda McClintock, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland. After the death of three more Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, there is no …

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As US President Barack Obama says his government intends to start withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of the year, there is growing uncertainty as to Australia’s purpose in the international coalition, writes Amanda McClintock, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland. After the death of three more Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, there is no …

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Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …

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Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …

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