GlobalSpin: News and Views From Abroad

Polish Embassy Website (with official information on the Polish government, national history, cultural events, and current policy statements; links to Polish Wire Service, Polish correspondents in the U.S. and Polish media)

Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland's largest newspaper; Polish only)

Warsaw Voice (in English, updated weekly)

Polish Hubs (links to government and other sites)

Polish Website (Polish)

A Polish government website

Romania

Monitorul OnLine(Romanian and English)

Romanian Welcome

Photos of Romanian gypsies

Russia

Pravda

Izvestia (Once the Russian government organ, it is now the
Russia Online Source for many Russian links, some English Language articles)

Moscow Times (subscription only)

Russia Journal (The Russia Journal, updated weekly, out of Moscow)

St. Petersburg Times (Online since 1994, English language
newspaper of St. Petersburg)

Integrum World Wide (Largest Online Infomration Service in Russia and former USSR countries; 1300 databases and 35 million documents; on pay per view subscriber basis)

CDI Weekly ( A good compilation of papers from Russia including
the Moscow Times, the St.Petersburg Times and others from CDI in
Washington,D.C.))

Russia Today (New, western-oriented news and business
info.)

Vladivostok News (The Russian Far East's Only English Language Newspaper)

Z magazine's Russia pags

Chechen Leader, Basayev, website

Kavkaz News (News from Chechnya)

Left Russia(leftist Russian Political Magazine)

Serbia
Serbia Info

Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren

Siberia

Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center
(Describes Center and projects targeted at NGOs relations
with business and government)

Ukraine
Kiev's English Language Newspaper

Yugoslavia

Borba (80 year old government paper in Belgrade)

Croatian Official Site

B92 (Independent radio station)

More Yugoslav sites at:

Western Europe

Austria

Die Presse (English language section includes news, opinion, sports)

Belgium

Le Soir (Independent newspaper, French only)

British Isles

England

The Times ( possibly the world's most famous paper)

The Sunday Times (their Sunday Edition)

The British Broadcasting Corporation

Independent Television Network

The Guardian ( left-liberal slant)

The Independent (politically independent)

The Daily Telegraph ( Conrad Back owned tabloid)

The Financial Times (information on world finance)

Ireland

The Irish Times

Nationalist and Leister Times (Founded in 1883, Services the richest buying population)

The Irish Independent

Sinn Fein(We Ourselves, Sinn Fein)

Scotland

The Herald of Scotland

The Record & Mail

The Evening Telegraph &

Scotland's Voice, GUST-Glascow University Student Television
with links to other student stations in the British Isles and a
provocatively named arts show, G-Spot

Denmark

The Copenhagen Post (Danish news and current affairs in English)

Jyllands-Posten (sorry, no English language pages)

France

Le Monde Electronique ( Paris' premier newspaper, in French)

Le Monde Electronique & Diplomatique ( Le Monde's diplomatic analysis and editorial pages in English, some by subscription, some not)

Le Monde Electronique ( Paris' premier newspaper, in French)

Le Figaro ( Paris' other great newspaper, French only)

Political Resources (A listing of French political parties)

Liberation (Left wing in French only)

The Tocqueville Connection (mainstream business website)

French Embassy Washington, D.C.

French Government Paris

Germany

Deutsche Welle (German International News Radio)
English, Spanish, French)

Frankfurter Rundschau (global magazine)

Die Welt (conservative news weekly)

Geo Magazine (Covering Environment, science and culture in
German, French, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Japanese)

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Greece

Athens News (founded 1952 as English language daily, first Greek
paper on the net)

Athens News Agency

The New Star (Coming, News only from Greece)

The New Europe (Business and economic news from Eastern and Central Europe and the Transcaucasus)

Italy

La Repubblica (right wing-Italian only)

La Stampa (left-Italian)

Il Manifesto (communist, Based in Rome, Italian only)

The Offical Vatican City Website

The Netherlands

The Netherlander (English language newswekly)

Norway

The Norway Daily (English language daily news)

Portugal

(Correio da Manha, Lisbon, Portugese)

The News (Portugal's Weekend Newsaper in English)

Spain

ABC ABC Electronico (Madrid conservative, Spanish only)

El Pais (left-wing, newspaper-Spanish only)

Expansion (new business site)

Sweden

The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (Their mission is peace; their home is Sweden; their means is to present you with alternative news and information than that of Western corporate media.)

Switzerland

Tribune de Geneve (Out of Geneva, in French only)

Neue Zurcher Zeitung (German, Zurich, English window includes world news, editorials and background world news items)

Giornale del Popolo (in Italian, out of Lugano)

Middle East

Afghanistan

Afghanistan on the Web

Armenia

The Armenian Reporter (published in New York)

Hyebiz

Bahrain

Al-Ayam

The Bahrain Tribune

Egypt

Al-Ahram (in English)

Middle East Times

Iran

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)

Iran Daily

Iraq

Iraq News Agency

EPIC (Education for Peace in Iraq

Voices in the WildernessA Group Dedicated to Ending the Sanctions

International Action Center page on Iraq

Iraq Action Website

Poetry, Art, Music and Humor

Israel

The Jerusalem Post (right wing)

Ha'aretz (Liberal newspaper))

Ariga (From Israel in English)

Jordan

The Jordan Times

The Jordan Star (Political, economic and cultural
weekly)

Petra News Agency (government news agency)

Baladna

Kuwait

Kuwait Times (From Kuwait in English)

Lebanon

Links to Lebanon
(links to several French, Arabic, and
English language newspapers, magazines, and TV)

From the Lebanese Diaspora

Al Manar (Lebanese TV fromthe Israel-Lebanon front)

Hizbollah (Palestinian Resistance Movement in Lebanon)

Palestine

Palestine Links (the complete guide to Palestinian websites from Birzeit Univeristy)

The Jerusalem Times (Al Amin)

The Jerusalem Media & Communication Center

The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine in Washington, D.C. ( An Educational Program)

Miftah The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of
Global Dialogue and Democracy

Right of Return Established in Recognition of and Promotion of
International Law Protecting the Palestinian Right of Return

Palestine Net

Al Awda ( The Palestinian Right of Return Coalition )

Kul Al-Arab (Arabic only)

Qatar

Gulf Times

Saudi Arabia

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (From Saudi Arabia in English and Arabic)

Syria

Syrian News Agency

Syrian Times

Al Thawa (Arabic Political Newspaper)

Turkey

The Turkish Daily News (from Turkey in English)

News for and from the Kurdish community (in English)

United Arab Emirates

Khaleej Times

Yemen

Yemen Times (Yemen's only English and independent
newspaper)

General

Islam Q&A

Resources for Women in the Middle East

MiddleXpress ( news regarding Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, & Yemen

Ain al-Yaqeen (Weekly Arab Political Magazine based in Saudi Arabia)

Middle East Economic Survey

Middle East Realities (Go to [email protected] for a non-traditional source for
news, from the USA)

Islam Online

Wire Services

Africa

Africa Online (Pan Africa News Agency-"Reporting on Africa by Africans")
Excellent source for many African newspapers

BBC Focus on Africa

Media Institute of Southern Africa
on Afronet

Africa News Online ( a news service funded by New Africa
Advisors, The Ford foundation)

Americas

Resource Center of the Americas

Asia

The Times of Central Asia

Kyodo Wire News Service (from Japan)

Xinhua News Agency (China, by subscription only)

Europe

ANSA (Italian news service English/Spanish pages)

EFE (Spanish Wire Service) (look up English language pages)

Euroweek (Keep your eye on the money, what's current with the
new currency

Itar-Tass (Russian News Service)

Middle East

Khilafah.com(An Islamist Online Magazine)

Al Jazeera

Arab.net (extremely extensive collection of info and links on
the Middle East, Saudi owned)

Arabic News

Website to Arab Political and Cultural Sites

Orient Magazine

World

Agence France Press
Agence France Presse Home in English via Yahoo

Interpress (Leading provider of information on global human
security, by subscription only)

Witness (Online documentary series on Central Asia, based in
France, updated very two weeks)

Nando Times/BBC/Yahoo/Reuters/Newsday

Reuters World

Third World Network (Covers environmental, human
rights, women and gender)

World Megastories (world headlines and stories, U.S. based)

World Socialist Organization (world politics from the socialist perspective)

ZNET (Extensive set of links to left wing websites on many subjects )

Stratfor (An Intellegence website for the Business Community)

BBC Monitoring (BBC Service that selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries and in more than 70 languages)

World Federalist Association ("Global Problems Need Global Solutions", Headquartered in Washington, D.C., WFA is part of the world federalist movement)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (For an "In the Field" look at crises' situations around the world)

Post 911 Websites

( War in Palestine )

What Really Happened? ( A Look at the Stuff They Leave Out )

AntiWar.com ( Libertarian, antiwar website )

Jeff Rense ( Multi-ideological, multi-planetary perspective, news from here and above )

The Birdman ( White vs. black, libertarian vs. Catholic, Jews vs. white, conservative vs. left, and so on and so forth: a no holds barred look at America's divides, ideological and other )

One World (Progressive website with a global perspective)

Advocacy Project (Advocacy for the Exploited)

Al Aqsa Intifada "This site is dedicated to our precious martyrs - may their souls rest in peace."

Alliance for Global Justice (Consortium that includes Nicaragua Network, Chiapas Media Project, and Mexico Solidarity Network)

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

American-Arab anti-Discrimination Committee (defends civil rights for Arab-Americans and promotes self-determination for the Palestinians and calls for the end of the war on Iraq)

Americans for Peace Now (Education on the Middle East, promotes Security through Peace, fundraising for PeaceNow in Israel.)

American Kurdish Information (Seeks to foster friendship between Americans and Kurds, provides education on Kurdistan.)

Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace

Bank Information Center for NGOs

Center on Conscience and War (Provides legal counseling and suport to consientious objectors, political asylum seekers.)

Center for International Policy (Promotes a U.S. foreign policy that is more sympathetic, far-sighted, and non-militaristic.)

Center for International Environmental Law

Council for Economic Policy Reform (Advocates Policy Change for the World Bank and the IMF)

Columban Father's Justice and Peace Office (Addresses issues of social concern in latin America and Asia.)

Committee to Free Lori Berenson

Corporation Watch

Council for the National Interest

The Development Gap (Dedicated to Economic Justice and building local capacity for social change)

Disarmament Clearinghouse (Provides resources for disarmament groups)

FACES (Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (Seeks justice for those affected by environmental contamination at former U.S. military bases.)

50 Years (Activist organization which scrutinizes the policies of the World Bank and the IMF)

Federation of American Scientists (Tracks American Arms Sales)

Free China Movement (Advocates Human Rights in China.)

Food First (Institute for Food and Development Policy)

Global Exchange (Focuses on Fair Trade Issues, IMF-WTO-Corporate Responsibility, Reality Tours)

Hypocrisy.org (Making the world safe for hypocrisy)

Human Rights Watch (Works to end human rights abuses worldwide.)

Institute for Policy Studies (Multi-issue Progressive Think Tank)

International Rivers Network (Protection for the River-Based Way of Life)

International Campaign for Tibet (Promoes human rights and democracy for Tibet)

Jubilee 2000 (Advocating Debt Relief for third World Nations)

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (Seeks to bring the voices of the Maryknoll community and those they serve to bear on U.S. decision making.)

Friends of the River Narmada and its People (Seeks to protect the river-based way of life)

The Preamble Center (Advocates Alternatives and Strategies to Corporate Globalization)

Psychologists for Social Responsibility (Uses psychological knowledge to promte peace.)

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA is a political-social organization of the Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and human rights ih fundamental ism blighted Afghanistan.)

School of the Americas Watch (Watches the School of the Americas Military Training Academy in Georgia and the Human Rights Violations of its Graduates, Advocaates Closing the School

Serendipity ( A libertarian (mostly)webite, dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals from authoritarian governments, exploitative capitalist corporations and intolerant religious organizations )

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (International organization of torture survivors)

Veterans for Peace (An independent veterans organization emerging from the early legacies of the veterans antiwar movement.)

Washington Peace Center (Non-profit, anti-rascist, multi-issue peace and justice organization.)

Whirled Bank (Bank all in a frenzy)

Witness for Peace (politicaly independent, non-profit organization dedicated to principles of non-violence.)

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (Works towards radical restructuring of the press so that people, not corporations have freedom of the press.)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ( WILPF aims to bring together women of different political and philosophical convictions, united in their determination to study and make known and help abolish the political, social, economic and psychological causes of war and to work for a constructive peace.) )

World Commission on Dams (Advocacy Group for Those Displaced by Dam Projects)
Food For Thought

Skewers and Cafe Luna and Luna Books, Washington,D.C.Fine food, stimulating conversation with good friends surrounded by great books.

United Nations

Global Policy Forum( Monitors global policy making at the United Nations)

Global Directories

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