Whats the best news sites???

[ElHenni]

I notice that many members get their info from different places with varying slants and expertise. I was wondering if anyone would like to share any decent news sites or specialist sites about politics etc...

[ElHenni]

thanks allot

[Al-khiyal]

A useful site for retrieving news about Algeria is here:

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?search=algeria

Its search engine crawls over 21,000 news sources every 5 minutes and anything relating to Algeria that is found is added to the list. The sources themselves are very diverse.

By using the search function in the box at the top-left you can keep track of events in any country you like.

Another useful link for news is this one:

http://www.allnewspapers.com/

Select your region and country and then look for newspapers, magazines, radio etc.

This site is a good aggregator of news items with an American emphasis:

http://www.cursor.org/

A useful site run by a guy who detests Bush, the articles are not generated by him, he simply selects news items that often fail to appear in the U.S. media:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

Another 'compilation' news site:

http://www.rawstory.com/

What does the world have to say about the U.S.?

http://www.watchingamerica.com/index.shtml


Al Bawaba is OK for keeping an eye on the Arab world, just choose a country from the list at the top, but it isn't too analytical:

http://www.albawaba.com/

Knight Ridder is an American news agency that has a streak of integrity and independence:

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/

Asia Times online is a good source, with excellent articles and analysis:

http://www.atimes.com/


It's a good post you have made ya El Henni, if there is interest I can provide hundreds of useful media links, English, Arabic, French, German, Spanish et cetera, as well as links to political blogs. A 'library' would be useful, sa7?

[Al-khiyal]

Haaretz:

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/

Dar-al-hayat http://www.daralhayat.com/ (Arabic)

Dar-al-hayat http://english.daralhayat.com/ (English)

Al-watan http://www.alwatan.com.sa/daily/2005...rst_page04.htm

asharq alawaat http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?se...article=302939 (Arabic)

asharq alawsat http://www.aawsat.com/english/ (English)

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?code=ennewsen - Iraqi source

http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx Iraq conflict, updated daily

[Lotfi-]

Arabic
http://www.Aljazeera.net

English
http://english.aljazeera.net

Arabic
http://www.elkhabar.com

[Al-khiyal]

Not strictly a news site, but it frequently does carry news articles along with essays and other articles relating to art, literature, politics, religion, science and much else. Some of the pieces have quite a conservative slant but there's no harm in seeing how others see things, eh?

http://www.aldaily.com/ Arts and Letters Daily

[Al-khiyal]

http://www.juancole.com/ Juan Cole's 'Informed Comment' - Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion.


Daily analysis from a U.S.-based academic who has spent some time in the Arab world.