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Current news

ABYZ News Links: www.abyznewslinks.com

Gateway to news websites from countries all over the world.
Al Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net

The Arab satellite television network's English language Web site.
Alternative Resources on the "U.S. War Against Terrorism": www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/Alternative.html

Complied by the International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Roundtable.
Australian Broadcasting Corp: www.abc.net.au/news/world/default.htm

ABC news of Australia, one of the countries that was in the war alongside the U.S & U.K.
BBC News - World Edition: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/

The British Broadcasting Corp. is a good source for brief coverage of international news from all regions of the world.
Conservative News: http://www.warriorsfortruth.com/conservative-news-links.html

Compiled by Warriors for Truth.
C-Span Cable Television: www.c-span.org/

Coverage of all sessions of the U.S. Congress, including hearings, plus UN Security Council sessions, British House of Commons, Presidential speeches, ambassadors' visits, links to video of Parliaments around the world, community events, think tank public sessions, translations of news video from other countries & Booknotes. Events in their entirety, with little or no commentary. No articles - watch three live video channels of what is currently on Cable TV plus archived videos of events.
Diplomacy Monitor: www.diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dm.nsf/opener?OpenForm

The St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida, U.S.A) Web sitethat monitors the global output of communiqués, official statements, press briefings, position papers, interview transcripts and news releases from hundreds of diplomacy-related Web sitesin near real-time and channel it into a synthesized information stream for scholars, diplomats, journalists, researchers, students and others interested in the interaction among nations.
ElectronicIraq.net: http://electroniciraq.net/

Electronic Iraq is a news portal committed to providing a uniquely comprehensive look at Iraq and the violence that has engulfed it. eIraq was launched in February 2003 to provide a humanitarian perspective on the looming conflict in Iraq.
France - Diplomatic News: www.france.diplomatie.fr/actu/actu.gb.asp

News from the French Foreign Ministry in English.
Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk

Includes a Special Report on Iraq from the Guardian newspaper in Great Britain. Provides a liberal and skeptical perspective.
Institute for war & peace reporting: http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=henpicr

Features a weekly newsletter on events in Iraq, and daily updates from the Iraqi press.
Jordan Times: www.jordantimes.com

News from a country located between Iraq and Israel.
Kurdish Media: www.kurdmedia.com

News and information about Kurds and Kurdish Northern Iraq. An "independent information provider, not affiliated with any political or non-political organization."
Middle East Media Research Institute: www.memri.org/iraq.html

News and position papers from a Middle Eastern perspective.
North Korean News: www.kcna.co.jp/e-news.htm

Statements and news from the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Pacific News: http://news.pacificnews.org/news/

News from a leftist perspective.
Topix.net: www.topix.net/world

Internet world news from multiple sources by topic.
United Nations News Center: www.un.org/News/

News prepared by UN staff about Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, North Korea and fighting terrorism. Includes coverage & video.of major speeches and Security Council meetings plus full written text of speeches and reports. Includes a schedule of all upcoming UN meetings.
Voice of America: www.voanews.com/index.cfm

Listen or read the texts of radio reports broadcast around the world from the U.S. government perspective.
World Press Review: www.worldpress.org

Excerpts from news sources all over the world.

For a more comprehensive list of news sites oganized by Multnomah County Library, see: Research : News/Media.