News & Current Events

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abcnews
News from ABC with an easy organizational structure. Includes a fact for the day box.

CNN Interactive
News from CNN organized in a clear, crisp fashion with coverage in a wide number of areas.

The Internet Public Library
A list of links to online newspapers from around the world. Searchable by country and then by publication.

MSNBC
NBC News correspondents from Chicago to Tokyo to Helsinki offer analysis and fresh perspectives on events in this quickly changing world. MSNBC also provides great sports coverage, business news, and the latest weather and traffic reports-right down to your own locale.

The Online News Hour
This is a PBS-Jim Lehrer news broadcast. Coverage includes environmental issues.

OnlineNewspapers.com
From Webwombat in Australia, this site claims 10,000 links. Searchable by continent and country.

Time for Kids
This companion to the Time for Kids magazine connects youth with up-to-the-minute news and current events. The site also includes a dictionary, measurement conversion table, country information and games. Full-text articles are available in English and Spanish.

United Nations Cyberschoolbus
View information about member nations, take a virtual tour, explore issues of human rights relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world. Interactive and well designed for school-age children.