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Africa General Africa Daily
Part of the World news network, Africa Daily has recent news and information on business, environment, internet, politics, Science, Sport and Technology in Africa.
http://www.africadaily.com/

frika.no
Afrika.no is the website of the Norwegian Council for Africa. The site offers a wide range of services and information, including the Index on Africa: a comprehensive guide to Africa on the net with annotated links sorted by countries and subjects.
http://www.afrika.no/

All Africa.com (Africa News Online)
This website is among the Internet's largest content sites, posting over 700 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as a 400,000-article searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).
http:// www.allafrica.com

Channel Africa Online: News on Africa from Africa
A multi-lingual source of reliable information about Africa - with news, music and sport, free of subliminal agendas or foreign interpretations.
http://www.channelafrica.org/

CNN Africa Reports
The CNN Website for news on Africa
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/archive/

USAfrica Online
The first African-owned US-based professional newspaper to be published on the internet. It is listed among the world's hot sites by the international newspaper, USAToday.
http://www.usafricaonline.com/


Asia General

Asia Pulse - The Information Heartbeat of Asia
Asia Pulse is the real-time commercial intelligence and news service for the Asia region. Asia Pulse creates a continuous flow of updated information in 50 industry categories that offers a competitive advantage to doing business in Asia, and an in-depth source to researchers requiring coverage of Asian companies, industries, infrastructure, investments, joint ventures, and trade opportunities.
http://www.asiapulse.com

CNN Asia-Pacific Reports
The CNN Asia website for information on Asia.
http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/

Asian Mall: Top Asian News
AsianMall is a window to Asia. Aside from offering shopping advantages, it provides a personalized platform allowing users the opportunity to learn more about Asia with a constant flow of current information on the latest news, politics, lifestyles, and entertainment.
http://asianmall.com/amall/aboutus/

Asia Daily
An excellent source of news and general information on Asia.
http://www.asiadaily.com/

Time ASIA
TIME ASIA is a news and business publication giving information on Asia.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/

Far Eastern Economic Review Interactive Edition
Far Eastern Economic Review, published weekly in Hong Kong, is Asia's premier business magazine. It is wholly owned by Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. The magazine appears every Thursday.
http://www.feer.com/

The Asian Wall Street Journal
The Asian Wall Street Journal, which is published in Hong Kong, keeps you abreast of the latest developments in business, markets, technology & management.
https://www.awsj.com.hk/awsj/


Other Good News Sources

UNICEF
Updated daily, UNICEF.org discusses the challenges facing the world's children, the actions being taken to improve their situation and the impact of those actions on individuals and communities.
http://www.unicef.org/

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

The National Review
http://www.nationalreview.com/

National Geographic
The National Geographic is the flagship magazine of the National Geographic Society, the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organization. Other magazines include: Adventure, Traveler, World, and the new classroom magazine, National Geographic for Kids.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/index.html

The Multinational Monitor
The Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labour union issues and the environment.  
http://multinationalmonitor.org/

The CIA Fact Book
An excellent resource for statistics and general information on countries.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Google News
Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page.
http://news.google.com/

AdminNet (We spread information all over the Net)
World news with an emphasis on international politics.
http://www.admi.net/