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Current Events
Last Updated: 7 November 2007
- BBC News: Country Profiles
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles
- User-friendly, up-to-date country profiles; includes links to current news stories
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- http://www.carnegieendowment.org/
- Not really an anti-war site; gives balanced viewpoints on how to end conflict; searchable; menu on the right is very helpful
- Center for Media and Public Affairs
- http://cmpa.com
- Site explores the roll of the press in forming public opinion, especially related to politics
- Center for Public Integrity: Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
- http://www.publicintegrity.org/
- "Featured Projects" (left margin) includes ongoing projects like Katrina, Congressional Travel, Pharmaceuticals; main portion of page is reports on very current topics
- Congress.org
- http://www.congress.org
- Excellent directory to Congress -- includes member contact information, committees, and current bills
- CSRwire
- http://www.csrwire.com
- Clearinghouse for articles and press-releases on corporate social responsibility
- European Parliament On-Line
- http://www.europarl.eu.int
- Milti-lingual web site, lots of information on the current political climate in the EU
- Footnote TV
- http://www.newsaic.com/
- Site that explains current events as portrayed in current popular television
- Freepress
- http://www.freepress.net/
- Media reform site working towards decentralization and unbiased reporting
- Indianz.com
- http://www.indianz.com
- Current events and news focusing on Native American issues and populations
- Medialens
- http://www.medialens.org/
- Discusses the link between the media and advertising; focuses on how corporations influence the news; international scope; only current issue on first page, "archive" link lists other issues
- Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
- http://www.mipt.org/
- Searchable online catalog of information on terrorism and its prevention
- News Directory
- http://www.ecola.com
- English-language directory of news sources from around the world -- includes newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and more
- NFOIC: National Freedom of Information Coalition
- http://www.nfoic.org
- First page links to current news; "Resources" links to state resources as well as an electronic version of Advocate
- Online Newspapers
- http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
- Searchable geographically (worldwide) or by title; links to the paper's own home page
- openDemocracy
- http://www.opendemocracy.net
- Site dedicated to encouraging open discussion and debate about politics, democracy and human rights
- Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
- http://people-press.org/
- Features surveys on press influence of public opinion as well as political commentary
- STATS
- http://www.stats.org
- Site dedicated to confirming the numbers behind the news
- Terrorism
- http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/terrorism.htm
- Extensive list of terrorism links assembled by the US Navel Postgraduate School; emphasis on current war on terror
- United States Institute of Peace
- http://www.usip.org/
- "For the Classroom" leads to simulations, teaching guides, and full-text of current peace agreements and reports
- VOANews.com
- http://www.voanews.com/
- Aimed at giving the world news about United States government and policy
- World News
- http://www.wn.com
- World news broken-down by region and topic; searchable and browsable
- World Weather Information Service
- http://www.worldweather.org
- Global site for official weather information from selected cities world-wide
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