Portals to International News

• United Nations http://www.un.org/english/
• BBC Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
• Economist Magazine Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/
• World News.com http://worldnews.com/
• Watching America - what the world thinks about the U.S. http://www.watchingamerica.com/
• Time Magazine Archive http://www.time.com/time/archive/

U.S. Government Portals to Information about Nations of the World

• The CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
  Summary of reference material on countries that can be searched by country or topic.
• U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ (Full books online)
• State Department’s Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Other Portals to Information about Nations of the World

• Atlapedia Online: maps and statistics http://www.atlapedia.com/
• World Statesmen.org: leaders and flags http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
• InfoNation (United Nations comparisons) http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
• NationMaster http://www.nationmaster.com/
• One World - Nations Online http://www.nationsonline.org/ Portal of gateways to countries includes links to sites on geography, politics, environment, books and cultural information including some newsgroups and search engines with a focus on cities

Cultures

• Connexions: connecting people and issues worldwide http://www.connexions.org
• Internet Public Library’s Culturequest http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
• Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
• Country Reports.org http://www.countryreports.org/

Languages

• Google Translation Tool http://www.google.com/language_tools
• Ethnologue (information about world languages) http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

Human Development Issues

• Globalization101.org http://www.globalization101.org/
• GlobalHealthReporting.org http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/
• UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
  Human Development Indicators: information by country
• UN Development Program http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/
• US Census Bureau: International Data Base http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html
  Population pyramids

Best Travel Sites

• Lonely Planet’s Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
• CNN Travel http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL
• Expedia http://www.expedia.com/
• Fodors http://www.fodors.com/
• Frommers http://www.frommers.com/destinations/
• Geographia http://www.geographia.com/
• Insight Guides http://www.insightguides.com/
• Planet Rider http://www.planetrider.com/
• PlanetWare.com (travel photos) http://www.planetware.com/slidesho.htm
• World City Guide http://cityguide.lycos.com/
• Yahoo! Travel Countries http://dir.yahoo.com/recreation/travel/by_region/countries/
• U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html
• Google Sightseeing http://www.googlesightseeing.com/