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<p>I was being mentored at my last job by someone that fled Croatia during the war there and NZ was one of 2 places allowing them in at that time; they were unable to take money out of the country, so was just the family and a suitcase, neither spoke English when they arrived, yet now, both are very successful and well respected in their fields, their kids are excelling both academically and sporting.</p>
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The other place that let ppl in was Canada. One of my best friends came from there as a baby with her parents and basically nothing else, settled in Toronto. Her Dad is a gun businessman and set himself up in Canada, smashed it, and 30 years later is worth about $100m, runs an international company that employs thousands.</p> -
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<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;"><strong>BERLIN </strong>- Most of the suspects identified in connection with a series of robberies and <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/news/germany-rattled-by-new-years-eve-sex-assaults-by-arab-men/'>sexual assaults in Cologne during New Year's celebrations</a> are refugees, prosecutors said Monday.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">The crimes, described as unprecedented by authorities, sparked uproar in Germany and a heated debate about the country's ability to integrate almost 1.1 million people who sought asylum there last year.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">The incident has led to both a political and a personal backlash against the mostly Middle Eastern and North African asylum seekers that flooded the country last year.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">Numerous <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/news/germany-migrants-attacked-refugees-sexual-assaults-cologne/'>migrants reported being attacked</a> themselves randomly in the wake of the Cologne assaults, and Chancellor Angela Merkel's soaring popularity <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-15/merkel-s-popularity-drops-to-four-year-low-after-cologne-attacks'>took a major nosedive</a> afterwards. The Cologne sexual assaults even <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-inflammatory-german-migrant-rape-story-made-up/'>almost led to an international incident with Russia</a>.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">Cologne prosecutor Ulrich Bremer said 73 suspects have been identified so far - most of them from North Africa. A total of 1,075 criminal complaints have been filed, including 467 alleging crimes of a sexual nature ranging from insults to rape.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">"The overwhelming majority of persons fall into the general category of refugees," Bremer told The Associated Press, saying recent reports describing only three of the suspects as refugees were "total nonsense."</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">Initially, authorities in Cologne were accused of downplaying the fact that the attackers included many asylum-seekers because of the political sensitivity of the issue.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">The suspects included 30 Moroccan nationals, 27 Algerians, four Iraqis, three Germans, three Syrians, three Tunisians, and one each from Libya, Iran and Montenegro, Bremer said.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">"They have various legal statuses, including illegal entry, asylum-seekers and asylum applicants," he said of the foreign suspects. "That covers the overwhelming majority of suspects."</p>
<p style="color:rgb(32,32,34);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:17px;">Twelve of the 73 suspects are linked to sexual crimes, though only one of those - a Moroccan asylum-seeker who entered Germany in November - is in custody, he said.</p> -
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Meanwhile in Russia ...<br><br><strong><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3461709/Schoolboy-16-live-Russian-porn-star-hotel-month-winning-online-competition-admits-mother-isn-t-happy-it.html">The schoolboy, 16, who will LIVE with a Russian porn star in a hotel for a month after winning a bizarre online competition</a></strong>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3455787/Four-year-old-boy-sentenced-life-jail-committing-four-murders-just-ONE.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3455787/Four-year-old-boy-sentenced-life-jail-committing-four-murders-just-ONE.html</a></p>
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<p class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;">Ahmed Mansour Karni was convicted in absentia of four counts of murder, eight of attempted murder, vandalising property, disturbance of peace and threatening police officers. </p>
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<p>didnt something similar happen in Pakistan last year too with a toddler being charged/accused of murder?</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/79378466/he-was-born-in-a-refugee-camp-now-sudanese-footballer-aliir-aliir-finally-gets-his-chance-for-the-sydney-swans'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/79378466/he-was-born-in-a-refugee-camp-now-sudanese-footballer-aliir-aliir-finally-gets-his-chance-for-the-sydney-swans</a></p>
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Venuzeula doesn't have enough money to print money.<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-27/venezuela-faces-its-strangest-shortage-yet-as-inflation-explodes">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-27/venezuela-faces-its-strangest-shortage-yet-as-inflation-explodes</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Speaking of Leftards, Ken Livingston finally revealed himself to be the absolute arseclown everyone but hard core leftards always said he was. </p>
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<p>Its interesting to see these leftards screaming islamophobia every chance they get but then trying to explain they are not an anti semite but opposed to zionism. </p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/28/naz-shah-row-peers-accuse-labour-of-failing-to-root-out-antisemitism'>http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/28/naz-shah-row-peers-accuse-labour-of-failing-to-root-out-antisemitism</a></p>
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<p>Jegga, they really are a fucking shambles at the moment and I can only see this getting worse. This is a problem for us as the Conservative lot are pretty piss-poor too and as blindly arrogant as can be. We need a strong opposition to keep things in check but we've got this bunch of unelectable mongtards.</p>
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<p>Jegga, they really are a fucking shambles at the moment and I can only see this getting worse. This is a problem for us as the Conservative lot are pretty piss-poor too and as blindly arrogant as can be. We need a strong opposition to keep things in check but we've got this bunch of unelectable mongtards.</p>
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<p>Problem is, opposition leaders know they can just be attack dogs, and only pull out a policy at election time. Until then, being adversarial is easy because the media love that shit.</p>
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<p>They think that, but they dont 'know' that. Mainly as it is bollox in many cases. The NZ opposition have been trying that stunt for 7 years.... hasnt made a blind bit of difference.</p>
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<p>As for the media... you are right they do love that shot. Great eexample on TV this morning. Some fuckwit Green MP having a bitch about the PM's lawyer having better access to the PM than a climate change activist.. no shit... </p>
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<p>The apparent difference between NZ and Australia right now is that no-one seems to be able to hang onto power very long at the top here. It isn't necessarily a weak opposition, either - just that good opposition leaders seem to be having a hard time once they get the job, then slowly have their reputation eroded because of flip-flopping and general lack of unity in their own party.</p> -
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<p>What do you reckon it would be here? 4000 posts is 133 pages, i reckon it would be the same. Someone will be called a nazi waaaaay before that, even if the thread was started about a heart warming and positive topic. </p>