News

World News Summary (Yahoo-Reuters)
Samachar
Spotlight on Military News, Canadian Forces College (range of Canadian and international media sources, daily)
DAWN (Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper)
AsiaNow (round-up of Asian news in brief)
Yahoo's Newspaper list
The ClariNet Home Page offers current news over the internet on a variety of topics. NOTE : Only computers on the University of Illinois network will be able to access the ClariNet newsgroups.

References

Air University Library
Asian Studies Virtual Library from ANU
Britannica Online
BUBL Link - Libraries of Networked Knowledge
CIA World Factbook with Country Data
Information Please - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atlas
JAKE - Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
Jeannette Rankin Library Program: U.S. Institute of Peace
Political Science Virtual Library
Population and Economics statistics of selected countries
Sipri Articles Database
The Documents Library links to global statistics and documents.
The University of Illinois' Reference Page
UIUC Education Library: Arms Control and International Security
Yahoo's List of Online Dictionaries
World Factbook (CIA)

Maps

Maps - CIA site and Maps from U-Texas
University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

UT's collection of maps is truly extraordinary. The Castañeda Library holds over 230,000 items, many of which are available online. Virtually every area of the world is covered, including current hotspots. The site is well indexed, and includes historical, relief, and political maps, the latter being compiled from U.S. intelligence sources.

• Indonesia
• Kosovo
• India
• Kashmir
• Pakistan
• Sierra Leone

Geography at the Mining Company The Mining Company maintains an extensive website with geographic, weather, political, population, and a host of other maps.
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) ...Including Town Coordinates through GNS or alternative NIMA site
Distances between Towns