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Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Background Notes are full-text publications, published by the U.S.
State Department, offering details and insight into all countries of the world.
Facts covered include history, government and political conditions, economy,
foreign relations, basic travel information, and U.S. relations with other
countries.
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Find
country profiles, maps, flags and much more!
Countries
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/countries/
Yahoo's list of links to information
about countries of the world.
Global
Statistics
http://www.xist.org/
Want to know the current
population of India or the names of the largest bodies of water in the world?
Search GeoHive, a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human
population, Earth and more.
World
Bank: Countries & Regions
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html
The World Bank Group offers information about countries and regions.
Factual overviews include growth domestic product rates, population and
mortality rates, Infant mortality and life expectancy rates, school enrollment
figures, adult literacy rates, and more.
World
Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Lots of information, put together by the
U.S. Government, on countries from A to Z.
UN
CyberSchoolBus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
Information from the United Nations.
US
State Department: Countries and Regions
http://www.state.gov/countries/
Find
background notes on countries, links to embassies in the US, news about affairs
in all parts of the world, and much more.
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International
Affairs
Facts
on File: Issues and Controversies
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=fof_issues
Issues and Controversies is a comprehensive, dependable online source of
current, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly
debated issues of the day.
A
Harvard Public Library or C/WMARS library card number is required to search it.
Once you have logged in, you can search by keyword or under the Quick
Access menu you can browse by subject which includes both Human and Civil Rights
and International Affairs.
New
York Times & Boston Globe
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/HarvardPublic
Search the New York Times and the Boston Globe for full-text newspaper articles
concerning international affairs. The
New York Times includes coverage from January 1, 2000 through the present day
and the Boston Globe includes coverage from January 1, 1980 through the present
day
A
Harvard Public Library card number is required to search it.
Once you have logged in, you may search the newspapers separately or
together in one search. Other newspapers included in the database are the Boston
Herald and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
AllAfrica
http://allafrica.com/
AllAfrica.com is a multimedia website that posts more than eight hundred stories
on Africa each day. Use the
pull-down menus to find stories by country or topics such as AIDS or women.
Arab
Gateway
http://www.al-bab.com/
Arab Gateway aims to introduce non-Arabs to the Arabs and their culture.
Arab Gateway consists mainly of links to other sites and pages on the
internet but also contains some original material. The links are presented in an
organized, structured way which is intended to make information easy to find.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/
Established in 1910, the Carnegie Endowment conducts research in international
affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Use
the “Doing Research?” links to view and select a topic or region.
East-West
Center
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/
Established by the U.S. Congress more than 30 years ago, the center is a good
source for experts on trade, politics, development, population, and culture of
the Asia-Pacific region. Click on Research to find a variety of publications,
many available for free download.
Free
the Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
This is your first stop for information about modern slavery, current action
against slavery around the world and lots of resources on new slavery. Also
links to information on Child Labor and Children’s Human Rights.
International
Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
The IMF is an international organization of 184 countries that promotes
international monetary cooperation and stable exchange arrangements in order to
encourage global economic growth. The
Country Info link provides access to the numerous IMF publications and the For
Students links provides information and online learning activities about the IMF,
money, and macroeconomics.
Immaculata
High School (Somerville, New Jersey) Child Slave Labor News
http://ihscslnews.org/
The students and faculty of Immaculata High School are very concerned about the
problem of child slave labor. Each year the U.S. History II Honors class
publishes numerous newsletters covering many aspects of child slave labor.
There are many useful child labor and sweatshop links under the Links
section.
The
Middle East Center
http://mec.sas.upenn.edu/index.html
The center’s faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in Middle
East languages, sociology, folklore, history, political science, and economics.
Check out their Useful Links.
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National
Parks
American
Park
Network
http://www.americanparknetwork.com/home
Brief, at-a-glance profiles of some of
America
's favorite national parks.
Mapping
the National Parks
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/yehtml/
200 user-friendly maps from the Library of Congress that document the history,
culture, and geological formations of all of the country's national parks.
National
Park Foundation
http://www.nationalparks.org
This is a multifaceted blend of park profiles, printable travel guides, kid's
programs, maps, interactive photography, and more.
National
Parks Conservation Association
http://www.npca.org
NPCA is the nation's only membership organization dedicated to protecting the
U.S.
park system. Addresses a multitude of topics and includes features on
endangered species, historical highlights, or suggested excursions.
National
Parks
Service
,
U.S.
Department of the Interior
http://www.nps.gov/parks.html
This excellent site provides information on all of the country's national parks
as well as historic sites, monuments, reserves, etc. It's a good site to surf at
leisure and, in the process, discover such things as
Glacier
National Park
's web cams and photo galleries.
U.S.
National Parks Net
http://www.us-national-parks.net
An independent site offersing extensive information on just about every
U.S.
national park. Details about each park include: location,
weather, and accessibility, as well as the park's unique features, such as wolf
guide (
Grand Teton
), the bat flight (
Carlsbad Caverns
), or tide pool tips (
Channel
Island
).
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