W E B H I T S

Allow me to recommend these web sites...

News

• From Beirut to the Beltway - the blog of a Lebanese journalist living in the United States.
• Live from an Israeli bunker - A live blog from an Israeli bunker via laptop and wifi. Provides a unique and unprecedented insight into the rapidly escalating situation in the Middle East. The posting "Iran and Hezbollah: Iran is Hezbollah" provides a particularly interesting potted history of modern Iran from an Israeli perspective. For alternative perspectives, see American myopia: American policy on Hizbollah (a symposium paper by Margaret Hall from the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, dated April 2006) the Strategic Forecasting analysis Red Alert: Hezbollah's motives, Lebanese German engineer Ayman Ghazi's history of the political parties in Lebanon, the AllExperts article Lebanese Civil War and the Wikipedia articles Lebanese Civil War 1975-1990 and Hezbollah.
• Israelly Cool: inside the mind of an Ozraeli, by a 31-year old Australian-born Israeli, is providing regular (pro-Israeli) updates on the latest news about the conflict.
• Today we are all Lebanese - a joint statement by an alliance of Syrian bloggers about the current Lebanon crisis.

• BBC news     ITV News     Sky News
• The website of the Durham Adveriser (local newspaper for County Durham, UK)
• World Cup Blog - an American-based unofficial website for the 2006 soccer World Cup, comprising a blog for each of the 32 teams in the tournament, as well as one about the referees and and another for general tournament news.
• Sky Sports football (soccer) headlines
• The United Nations Organisation News Centre
• OneWorld Global News site
• Oxfam News
• The news service of Human Rights Watch, an international, independent, nongovernmental organization committed to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
• Chez Nadezhda, an occasional but high-quality blog commenting on current US, United Nations and other international news.
• MaximsNews: news for the international community, a free online publication on international affairs.
• Agencia EFE, the major Spanish-language news agency, publishes websites in Spanish and for an English-speaking readership.
• AFP (Agence Française de Presse), the Paris-based worldwide news agency.
• Indymedia Paris - the Parisian site of the global independent journalism network Indymedia.org is translated from the original French courtesy of the Google translator. Please note that postings to that site do not appear to be subject to censorship, and so may possibly be offensive in nature.
• Resistance and Maki: debates of ideas - an anarchist ecologist blog from Paris (I think), France (translated from the original French courtesy of the Google translator).
• The Journal of Mateusz Kukulka - his French-language blog, translated from the original French courtesy of the Google translator.
• The English-language website of Deutsche Weile, the German international broadcasting service.
• The Norway Post
• The Official Swedish News & Current Affairs Blog
• Bildt Comments - the blog of Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and special envoy to the Balkans.
• Helsingin Sanomat - the English-language International edition of the Finnish daily newspaper.
• Random Platitudes, the blog of a history lecturer in Copenhagen, has been blogging about the social and political backdrop to the Mohammed cartoons row in Denmark.
• WANTED: any Danish newspaper or blogger willing to acknowledge that the cartoonist of the Jyllands Post is a nincompoop.¹ Please if you can recommend anyone.
• AGI Online, the website of the Italian Journalism Agency.
• The Warsaw Voice - weekly and daily news from Poland.
• PolBlog: Know more...about Poland - Poland's first (almost) daily English-language news blog.
• Malta Today internet edition - daily headlines and weekly comment.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website
• Rom News Network - the best source on Roma / Gypsies on the Internet. Published in Hamburg.
• The St Petersburg Times, the English-language newspaper of St. Petersburg, Russia
• Haaretz - news from Israel
• Semitism.net - a Jewish blog providing news, information and comment on events in Israel and the occupied territories, and in the Jewish and Arab communities worldwide.
• Treppenwitz - a blog from Israel by Mr David Bogner.
• Live from an Israeli bunker - a live blog from an Israeli bunker via laptop and wifi.

• The Palestine Monitor - a Ramallah-based publication founded by the Palestinian Nongovernmental Organization Network.
• The Electronic Intifada aspires to be the leading portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Palestinian perspective. Based in Chicago, it uses a loose network of journalists from around the world, including in Palestine, the US, Canada, and Europe.
• The Palestinian Chronicle - a US-based independent online newspaper focusing mainly on Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Noam Chomsky is an honorary member of its Editorial Board.
• Rafah Pundits Radio - a Palestinian blog from the town of Rafah in the Gaza strip. As of 10th March 2006, this website is back in operation.
• Al Jazeera TV web site
• Al Bawaba.com, the largest independent content producer in the Middle East.
• Arab News Online - the earliest Saudi English-language daily newspaper, published in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran.
• Farah's Sowaleef - a blog from Riyadh by Saudi student Farooha, who describes herself as "exhausted, repressed and bored".
• The Syrian News Wire - Fresh, original, independent news from the streets of Syria and Lebanon, posted by Damascus journalist Sasa.
• From Beirut to the Beltway, the blog of Abu Kais, a Lebanese journalist living in the United States.
• Syrian bloggers: today we are all Lebanese - a joint statement posted by an alliance of Syrian bloggers at the website Syria Planet. This page also includes many replies to the statement from other site visitors.

• Baghdad Burning - a girl blog from Iraq.
• Tell Me A Secret - a blog by Khalid Jarrar from Baghdad, has an account of a recent interrogation of him by Iraqi police (traumatic, but according to his account far, far less so than it might have been). I have no knowledge of Mr Jarrar's character: the account may or may not be accurate, his fears may or may not have been justified. But it sounds like it could have been a case for Amnesty International. Which is appalling, Mr George W. Bush.
• Raed in the Middle - the blog of Iraqi Raed Jarrar, now resident in the United States.
• Today in Iraq - a blog of daily news from Iraq.
• Editor: Myself - A weblog on Iran, technology and pop culture, by Hossein Derakhshan.
• Iran Hopes 2005, a blog by "Windsteed" on Iranian affairs (also known as Iran Votes 2005).
• Under Underground: My Thoughts about nothing - a blog by a student in Tehran.
• AllAfrica.com - the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C.
• Al-Jarida.net - the Moroccan virtual magazine.
• Libya: News and Views is a digest of news about Libya (partly in English although much of it is in Arabic) from a variety of sources. The contact name for the site is one Dr Ibrahim Ighneiwa, whose home page is an excellent guide to Libya, both what's good there and what's bad.
• Egypt Daily News - aggregated news from Egypt.
• The Big Pharoah's blog from Egypt.
• Rantings of a Sandmonkey, specifically "an extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled sandmonkey."
• Chad News Page, a news blog maintained by the Virtual Chad portal.
  
• Alwihda - the monthly news publication of the social democratic FNTR opposition movement of Chad, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• N'Djaména Hebdo - weekly news publication from Chad, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish. I'm not sure if this site is still updated - anyone who knows about the current situation of this publication is welcome to .
• Républicain Niger, the major newspaper of Niger's capital city Niamey, automatically translated from French courtesy of PROMT's online-translator.com.
• The Daily Champion newspaper of Nigeria.
• Sud Tribune - daily news from Togo's capital Lome, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish).
• Graphic Ghana, online daily newspaper from Ghana's leading newspaper publisher, Graphic Communications Group Ltd.
• Ghana Review International
• Sidwaya Quotidien - a daily newspaper from Burkina Faso, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• L'Essor Online, the government-run daily online newspaper of Mali, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• The Point newspaper of Gambia.
• FratMat (Fraternité Matin) - a web publication (in French) reporting on news and sport in the Ivory Coast.
• Le Quotidien, an independent daily newspaper of Senegal, automatically translated from French courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• The Sudan Mirror - an independent Sudanese newspaper published from offices in Kenya and Uganda.
• Press Releases and Commentary Corner - links to press releases and commentaries from or related to Sudan, collected by the website Sudan.net
  
• Sudan.net's latest news on Sudan.
  
• The Sudan Tribune - latest news on Sudan, published in Paris, France.
  
• Passion of the Present - a semi-anonymous blogging community, started in Harvard Law School with the aim of publicising and helping to end the Darfur crisis in Sudan.

• Walta Information Centre - a private news and information service establishment based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• The Weekly Observer - news from Uganda.
• The Daily Nation newspaper, published in Nairobi, Kenya, by the Nation Media Group.
• The Kenya Star online news service.
• News from Somalia on Somalinet, the Canada-based portal which is the largest internet site on Somalia and Somalis.
• Ogaden Online aspires to be the most comprehensive source of information and news on the territory of Ogaden (part of the Somali region in Ethiopia: see here for Wikipedia's article on Ogaden) and on the Horn of Africa in general.
• Ainashe.net - US-based Somali emigré Bill Ainashe's blog normally covers Somali politics, but it is currently the Somalia Food Crisis Emergency and Drought Relief Information Portal.
• East African Media News, published on Tanserve - the first ever entirely Tanzanian portal.
• DigitalCongo.net - news from the MultimediaCongo broadcasting group in Kinshasa, DR Congo.
• The Nation - online daily newspaper of Malawi.
• Mmegi Online - the daily independent newspaper of Botswana.
• The Star of South Africa
• The Fishbowl - thoughts on South African and International politics and culture, from Cape Town resident Jonty.
• UzLand - the Uzbekistan Information Directory.
• Tribune-Uz - independent online publication from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• Radio Tashkent International - the daily electronic publication of the TV and radio company of Uzbekistan.
• Muslim Uzbekistan - "the political, analytical Muslim site".
• Kabul Press - news from RAHA, the World independent writers' home, Afghanistan centre.
• Dawn, a newspaper from Pakistan
• The Hindu of India
• eKantipur, the news portal of the Kantipur Publications media house of Nepal.
• China View (Xinhua Online)
• South China Morning Post of Hong Kong
• Taiwan News Online
• The Japan Times Online
• Asahi News from Japan
• Kushibo-e Kibun - random thoughts and commentary about selected social, political, economic, and medical issues of the day affecting Korea and East Asia (along with North America) blogged by Seoul journalist Kushibo.
• The Marmot's Hole - a blog by an American journalist in Seoul (blog hyperlink address updated 13/11/2005).
• The Pyongyang Times of North Korea
• Pyongyang Square, a Beijing-based North Korean news website
• North Korean News.Net, all the latest breaking North Korean news, collated from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and a dedicated team of journalists.
• North Korean News aggregated by NewsLib, the free news library system. These are generally items published in the world press.
• PK Reports from Pyongyang - feature articles from the Japan-based North Korean news service "The People's Korea"
• The Korea Herald from Seoul, South Korea
• The Korea Times from Seoul, South Korea.
• The Seoul Times
• The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition - a Thailand-based publication on Burma and South-East Asia.
• Mizzima.com, the website of an independent and non-profit news agency covering on Burma and Burma-related issues.
• The Nation, an independent newspaper from Bangkok, Thailand.
• The Phnom Penh Post - independent news and views from Cambodia.
• The English-language website of the Voice of Vietnam radio station in Hanoi.

• Malaysiakini, aspiring to be the leading source of independent news and views on Malaysia.
• Indonesia News.Net
• ABC News Online from Australia.
• Scoop - a fiercely independent internet news agency providing up to the minute news in New Zealand.
• The Pacific Islands Report - from Hawaii, an edited digest of news, commentary and analysis from across the Pacific region.
• News from the Tuvalu Islands, in the front line against the threat of global warming.
• CNN (Cable News Network) - the famous world news service of the United States of America.
• CBC.ca - the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• The Guadalajara Reporter - daily news in English from Mexico.
• El Nuevo Diario daily newspapaer from Nicaragua, automatically translated from Spanish courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• Brazzil Magazine - Fresh news daily from the online English-language magazine dealing with Brazilian politics, economy, behavior, music, tourism, ecology and culture in general.
• InfoBrazil - independent analysis and opinion on Brazilian current affairs.
• La Republica newspaper of Uruguay, automatically translated from Spanish courtesy of Altavista Babelfish.
• Colombia Week, published by a mixture of Colombian and North American staff.
• Venezuela Analysis - an editorially independent website aspiring to become the primary resource for information and analysis on Venezuela in the English language.
• MABB blog on Bolivia and Latin America (and other topics) by Miguel A. Buitrago.
• The Buenos Aires Herald of Argentina.
• GoodAirs: More than a bad translation of "Buenos Aires" - an occasional English-language blog by 2 American journalists in Argentina.
• Falkland Islands News Network - an online portal for news from the Falkland Islands.
• Environment Daily, Europe's environmental news service.
• International News from Agenzia Fides in the Vatican
• MSNBC environment news
• Latest Advances in Hydrogen Energy as published on the site of the International Clearinghouse for Hydrogen-based Commerce, compiled by Mr Richard D. Masters. Mainly concerned with developments in hydrogen fuel technologies for cars.
• James's Alternative Energy Blog - Solar-Energy-Wind-Power.com

• A depressingly topical reference: Latest intelligence reports from the Terrorism Research Center, Inc, an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, information warfare and security.

Useful general interest websites

Featured personal websites/weblogs/rants

• The website of Mr J.D. Lasica, a leading authority on journalism online. The site includes (some links are external) articles and essays by Mr Lasica on online news and citizens' journalism as well as links to a selection of his favourite newspapers, columnists, blogs and other journalism resources.
• The website of Mr Markis Johnson from Ontario, Canada.
• One from the archives: Stu Horswell's cod philosophy and pseudo-wise words (courtesy of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
• Aristotle's Lyceum in Cyberspace, a site by a certain Jeffery Winkler on physics and other scientific and anthropological topics.
• A Frank Guide to Homeland Security Alert Levels by Mr Frank J of the IMAO blog. He's a rabidly right-wing Republican with a gun fetish, but he's funny.
• Alex Breure's Osama bin Laden gallery. This link is dedicated to the inhabitants of Islamabad, Riyadh, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Mombasa, New York, Bali, Istanbul, Madrid, London, Birmingham, Sharm el-Sheik and all other innocent people who have suffered at the hands of pseudo-Islamic terrorism.

Other interesting stuff

• Streetmap.co.uk
• PEACEFIRE, an organisation that is against net censorship because censorship software doesn't do what it sets out to do (and probably can't).
• Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN), an American campaign group that opposes the use of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tagging by Wal-Mart and other retailers to track their products. Among other tactics, it advocates a Tesco Boycott campaign to influence the retailer's policy. The inclusion of this link is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation of CASPIAN's views or strategies: just be aware of the technology and make up your own mind what you think about it.
• The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure - an organistaion that campaigns against the patenting of software.
• webmaster forums - webmaster resources - a global online community for webmasters. Webmaster forums, resources and much more.
  
• Free online broken link checker
  
• Summit Media's Search Engine Spider simulator
  


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