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Internet specialists

Almost every search engine and internet service provider has some sort of news service. If you find one you like, stick with it! These are some I've used.

TV The BBC is very hard to beat for world news and has archive material for you to search. If you want to know about the latest earthquake (El Salvador, India), the situation in Indonesia or follow up the Galapagos oil spill this is the place to go. Links to connected pages.

BBC Online homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/		News ticker service http://www.bbc.co.uk/inform
News homepage (international, national, regional) http://news.bbc.co.uk/		World news http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/

CNN Interactive US TV station homesite. Integrates maps, photographs, text, satellite images, and video clips to provide coverage of world events. Search engine allows the user to find collections of articles on specific topics. Many articles provide links to other sites about the chosen topic. http://www.cnn.com

Press Association A famous news agency and the source of many national and international stories in the press. http://www.pa.press.net/

Nando Times Link to world news section. http://www.nando.com/

Planet Ark is Reuter's news service dedicated to environmental issues. News archive which you can search on an issue by issue basis. www.planetark.org/index.cfm

Environment News Service From the Lycos network. http://ens.lycos.com/

Global Exchange For economic development issues. http://www.globalexchange.org/

AlertNet A Reuters service which provides global news, communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief community and the public. Anyone can access the public pages, which carry a live newsfeed from Reuters together with articles describing how relief agencies are responding to the latest humanitarian crises. Includes country profiles. http://www.alertnet.org/

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Newspapers

Newspapers Many newspapers around the world are available online. News unlimited is The Guardian’s service, but all the broadsheets have one (many articles now have web addresses at the foot) and regional press can be a good source of a local perspective. The Paper Boy will link you to news publishers worldwide (including local papers in the UK - many have an online archive you can search).

• The Paper Boy http://www.thepaperboy.com
• The Guardian http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk
• The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/
• icnewcastle Aims to serve the whole of the North East. From the publishers of The Journal (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Northumbria) and the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle's evening paper) - has newspaper archive you can search. http://www.icnewcastle.co.uk
• Northern Echo, Darlington-based regional daily, good for Co Durham news http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/
• The Scotsman Scotland's national Edinburgh-based newspaper http://www.scotsman.com
• The Herald Scotland's national Glasgow-based newspaper http://www.theherald.co.uk http://www.sundayherald.com
• Los Angeles Times Similar to online UK newspapers and has a search engine. The site is ideal for researching topics such as air pollution, problems of cities, earthquakes. http://www.latimes.com/

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Linked to paper publications

New Internationalist magazine was launched in the UK in 1970 with the backing of Oxfam and Christian Aid. It became independent in 1979. Each month NI focuses on a different theme, like population or prostitution, Africa or the arms trade, backed by full-colour fact charts, photos and illustrations. Each magazine contains a country profile - an overview of a developing country. http://www.newint.org

The Earth Times is published by the not-for-profit Earth Times Foundation. The print edition was founded by American journalists in the run-up to the 1991 Earth Summit as an independent, nonpartisan newspaper that focuses on the environment, economic development, population, gender issues, and human rights. http://www.earthtimes.org/

New Scientist magazine has a good website with an archive of articles. Much more up-to-date than academic journals, but more authoritative than newspapers. Often makes the news with articles on the cutting edge of research. Includes a special earthquake report. Some of the best links. http://www.newscientist.com

Science magazine Useful if you can get access the paper version in a major library, otherwise you need a subscription to view. Subject collections archived from 1995 - summary or full text available. Keyword search. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.sciencemag.org/

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Geographic regions

Africa Online includes statistical information about the economy, demographics, taxation, and import, export information on Kenya, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Published by Newspread International in Nairobi. http://www.africaonline.com

Americas Minneapolis-based campaigning Latin America site. Excellent country and/or topic based 'lens' allows you to link to news stories (eg NY Times, Amnesty Int, Info Brazil). http://www.americas.org/

Virtual Bangladesh Contains domestic news for Bangladeshis living abroad as well as general information and links to other sites. http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_contents.html

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