In the News - International
This page includes both current issues in world politics and significant issues from the past few years.
Maps of regions in the News
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
United Nations Cartographic Section, political maps of the world
Chechnya
East Timor
East Timor Referendum
Scout Report on East Timor, August 1999.
url: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/1999/scout-990827.html#IntheNews
UNAMET: United Nations Mission in East Timor
Index to web documents on the United Nations and East Timor.
url: http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/etimor.htm
ReliefWeb
Serving the information needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community, ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). For East Timor information, choose the "By Country" link from the home page.
url: http://www.reliefweb.int/
TimorNet
An Information Service on East Timor from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
url: http://www.bapd.org/gtiret-1.html
East Timor in Transition
Comprehensive Yahoo news and links on East Timor.
url: http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/AUNZ/East_Timor/
See also Indonesia
Australia's Role in East Timor
East Timor
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation East Timor news.
url: http://www.abc.net.au/news/etimor/default.html
Europe
See European Union: News and Current Awareness.
Great Britain
Hutton Inquiry
Public Inquiry by Lord Hutton investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly, September 2003.
url: http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/
Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
The assessment of the British Government (released 24 Sept. 2002)
[The Iraq Dossier].
url: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/reps/iraq/cover.htm
url: http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page271.asp
Indonesia
Bali Bombing Archive
ABC News Archive with links to ABC news reports on the Bali bombing.
url: http://abc.net.au/news/indepth/bali/archive/default.htm
Indonesia
Links to sites containing news and information about current events in Indonesia.
url: http://www.politicalresources.net/indonesia.htm
Indonesian Affairs
Comprehensive Yahoo political, economic and religious news and links on Indonesia.
url: http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Indonesia/
See also East Timor
Iraq
Iraq Watch
"Iraq Watch is a comprehensive web site devoted to monitoring Iraq's progress in building weapons of mass destruction. Iraq Watch describes key Iraqi organizations and sites, lists their foreign suppliers, and provides access to U.N. and other documents that describe Iraq's activities."
url: http://www.iraqwatch.org/index.html
War Report
Analyses, key documents, and select newspaper/newsmedia articles on the Iraq war and the Afghan aftermath, compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives (updated frequently )
url: http://www.comw.org/warreport/
Frontline: the invasion of iraq: readings & links | PBS
This PBS site has links to sites on postwar planning, civilian casualties and chronologies of the war and occupation.
url: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/etc/links.html
Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
The assessment of the British Government (released 24 Sept. 2002)
[The Iraq Dossier].
url: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/reps/iraq/cover.htm
url: http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page271.asp
Iraq - Official Texts
Key official documentsrelating to Iraq from a US Dept of State perspective.
url: http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/text2003/
UN Security Council Resolution 1441
url: http://www.un.int/usa/sres-iraq.htm
War with Iraq
University of Richmond site with media and government and opposition links.
url: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/is/library/govdocs/archive/Iraq.html
UN Secretary-General's Mission to Iraq 20-24 Feb 1998
url: http://www.un.org/NewLinks/mission.htm
United Nations Iraq Documents
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/
Iraq Crisis
The International Relations and Security Network ISN.
url: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/dossier/foi/index.cfm
US Government Views of Iraq
Wide ranging collection of US documents on Iraq.
url: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html
See also Middle East
Middle East
UNISPAL: UN Information System on the Question of Palestine
Database of UN documents on Palestine.
url: http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF?OpenDatabase
See also Iraq
Russia
See also Chechnya
United States
News and Current Affairs | Terrorist Attacks | Elections 2004 |
News and Current Affairs
Daily Washington File
url: http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/products/washfile.html
All-Politics
US Political News and Affairs
url: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
Washington Post Politics
url: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/
Terrorist Attacks
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.
url: http://www.9-11commission.gov/
Congressional Report on Terrorist attack of 11 September 2001.
Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001. Released July 2003.
url: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/911.html
Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
This site has links alternative news sites, analysis and commentary.
url: http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/Alternative.html
America's War Against Terrorism
This site has links to the major official sites and documents related to terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
url: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001
"This bibliography is intended to serve as a means of access to information produced by the United States Government concerning the events of September 11."
url: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm
Attack on America: Terrorism
University of Michigan site provides comprehensive list of online sources about terrorist organizations and on terrorism in general.
url: http://www.lib.ecu.edu/govdoc/terrorism.html
Blackest September: the 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
Australian Parliamentary Library site with overview and links to key documents.
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/fad/usterror.htm
Government Publications on Terrorism
Key US official documents on terrorism.
url: http://www.lib.umd.edu/GOV/terrorism.html
Hot Topics - Terrorist Attacks on U.S.
This site has links to the major official sites and documents related to terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
url: http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/index.html
Legislation Related To The Attack Of September 11, 2001
U.S. bills an legislation following the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
url: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm
September11.archive.org
This collection of archived documents was commissioned by the Library of Congress to preserve digital materials covering the events of September 11, 2001.
url: http://september11.archive.org/
Terrorism and U.S. Policy
"National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War" - a National Security Archive site.
url: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/
Terrorist Attack: News and Related Issues
This site has links to the news sites and official documents related to terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
url: http://www.richmond.edu/is/library/govdocs/Terrorism.html
Terrorist Attack on the United States
News sites and official documents related to terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
url: http://www.academicinfo.net/usa911.html
Presidential Election in 2004
See Also:
What's in the News
section of the University of Sydney Library Quick Reference site
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/readyref/news.html
Current Issues
section of the Commonwealth Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade site
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au
Current Issues Briefs
section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library site
Detailed and scholarly anayses of Australian and international events.
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/index.htm
Current Affairs on the Net
section from the Monash University Library site. Good for worldwide information from all WWW sources, including transcripts and wire services.
url: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/CurrentAffairs/
Foreign Affairs / Defence
section of the PBS site in the US. Quality background information on a range of topics from a US viewpoint.
url: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/categories/1.html
Documents in the News
from the University of Michigan Very comprehensive site.
url: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
Newspapers
section of the University of Sydney Library Government Guide
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/government/typesnewspapers.html