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Urgent! Vavilov Centre of Mesopotamia under attack.
(Read about the Horror Seed story in Iraq that will effect us all)

SBS World Guide - Find info on any country.
The World Guide


News and Current Affair Websites
(Publications, Alternative & Mainstream)

To gauge the calibre of any of the media just follow for a time what they portray as important then, think of the world 200 years from now.

For a simple test, watch the front pages of a newspaper or tune into your radio or television for a few weeks.  If you notice that most of that presented as THE NEWS is: football/cheerleaders, road accidents, cops and robber stories or politicians sprouting patriotic drivel without any substance then that medium is a dud.

There are some that would have you gazing at your navel for the rest of your life.

Old saying:
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”
So, be a patriot but don’t be an idiot or an ignoramus.

Here is a look at the media...
(www.fair.org)

Reporters without Borders
Reporteros sin Fronteras
Reporters sans frontieres

Understand what your favorite media outlet is not telling you.
(www.endgame.org)

World Press Photo
(Amazing Photography)

Newseum
(The Interactive Museum of News)

International
Most of the world’s newspapers are here.
An excellent resource from Lithuania.
www.world-newspapers.com
World Newspapers
  – Links to many alternative news sites.
www.world-newspapers.com/alternative-news.html
 
New Internationalist
New Internationalist on line www.newint.org
   - Wars for Africa’s wealth. www.newint.org/issue367/contents.htm
   - Back Issues. www.newint.org/backissue.html
 
Other International Media Sites
The Times UK www.timesonline.co.uk
New York Times www.nytimes.com
Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Moscow Times www.themoscowtimes.com
South China Morning Post www.scmp.com
Middle East Times www.metimes.com
The Jakarta Post www.thejakartapost.com
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Italy www.esteri.it/eng
Reuters UK http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/default.aspx
World Crisis Web www.world-crisis.com/
Better World Links from Germany www.betterworldlinks.org
Duetsche Welle (German News) www.dw-world.de
Indymedia from Britain www.indymedia.org.uk
Mother Jones from the US www.mojones.com
IRIN News - Bridging the Information Gap. www.irinnews.org/homepage.asp
Ecologist Online www.theecologist.co.uk
ZMag www.zmag.org
   - ZMag ZNet www.zmag.org/znet.htm
Beyond the lies www.beyondthelies.com
House of Bush http://houseofbush.com/index.php
Antiwar.com www.antiwar.com
Global Exchange www.globalexchange.org
All Africa www.allafrica.com
Royal African Society www.royalafricansociety.org
Fairtrade www.fairtrade.org
The New Yorker www.newyorker.com
Common Dreams News Center www.commondreams.org
One World www.oneworld.net
   - Archive www.oneworld.net/article/archive/3741


Africa
The future of Africa will affect us all so learn the truth about Africa and the hell that many children are going through.  Africa has valuable resources that are being measured and coveted by many greedy eyes. Click here to learn about the issues in The Congo and Darfur.



Australian & New Zealand Print Media
The Australian www.theaustralian.news.com.au
The Melbourne Age www.theage.com.au
The Herald Sun www.heraldsun.news.com.au
The Sydney Morning Herald www.smh.com.au
The Canberra Times http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/home.asp
The Courier Mail - QLD www.thecouriermail.news.com.au
The Mercury - TAS www.themercury.news.com.au
The West Australian www.thewest.com.au
The Advertiser - SA www.theadvertiser.news.com.au
Crikey Australian www.crikey.com.au
The Bulletin http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au
Green Left Weekly www.greenleft.org.au
Acres Australia - A great rural magazine www.acresaustralia.com.au
Arena www.arena.org.au
Business Review Weekly www.brw.com.au
Financial Review http://afr.com
The News Room – New Zealand www.newsroom.co.nz
The New Zealand Herald www.nzherald.co.nz
Post Courier Papua New Guinea www.postcourier.com.pg


Australian radio programs by the ABC & SBS
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Radio Australia www.abc.net.au/ra
   - Tok Pisin (PNG Pidgin) http://abc.net.au/ra/tokpisin/default.htm
Radio Online www.abc.net.au
   - Program Guide www.abc.net.au/rn
   - News Radio with useful links www.abc.net.au/newsradio
The archives of these radio programs will reveal some fascinating subjects.
Science Show Radio www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/default.htm
   - Story index - earliest records 1995 www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/index/index.htm
Ockham’s Razor Radio www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/default.htm
   - Story index - earliest records 1996 www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/index/index.htm
Earthbeat Radio www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth
   - Past programs - earliest records 1995 www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/index
Bush Telegraph Radio www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/today.htm
   - Story Archive - earliest records 2003 www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/index/archive.htm
Radio National: Background Briefing www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing
Rural Radio www.abc.net.au/rural/news/default.htm
   - Story Archive - earliest records 2003 www.abc.net.au/rural/news/index/archive.htm
   - Rural Links www.abc.net.au/rural/link/default.htm
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)
World News online www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews
Worldwatch Online www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/worldwatch.php
Program Sites www.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html


Australian television programs by the ABC & SBS
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
TV Program Guide www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/tvpub/dailyscheds.pl
Catalyst TV www.abc.net.au/catalyst
   - Past programs - earliest records 2001 www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/default.htm
Quantum TV www.abc.net.au/quantum
   - Past programs - earliest records 1995 www.abc.net.au/quantum/archive.htm
Landline TV www.abc.net.au/landline
   - Archives - earliest records 1996 www.abc.net.au/landline/archives.htm
Compass TV www.abc.net.au/compass
   - Program index - earliest records 1996 www.abc.net.au/compass/series/default.htm
Foreign Correspondent TV www.abc.net.au/foreign/default.htm
   - Archive - earliest records 1996 (also search by region) www.abc.net.au/foreign/archstor.htm
Lateline TV www.abc.net.au/lateline/default.htm
   - Story Archive - earliest records 1998 www.abc.net.au/lateline/archives.htm
4 Corners TV www.abc.net.au/4corners
   - Archive - earliest records 2000 www.abc.net.au/4corners/archive.htm
Media Watch www.abc.net.au/mediawatch
   - Archive - Recent Stories www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/stories
Nexus TV Programs - Asia Pacific www.abcasiapacific.com/nexus
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)
Dateline (Special Broadcasting Service) TV www.sbs.com.au/dateline
   - Program archive – earliest records 2000 www.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php3?archive=1
Insight TV www.sbs.com.au/insight
   - Archive - earliest records 2000 www.sbs.com.au/insight/archive.php3
Program Sites www.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html
TV What’s on www.sbs.com.au/whatson


Australian Skeptics
Home Page www.skeptics.com.au/welcome.htm
Site Map www.skeptics.com.au/sitemap.htm
Media and Internet Watch www.skeptics.com.au/features/weird/media/mw-home.htm
   - Archive 2003 to Present www.skeptics.com.au/features/whatsnew.htm
   - Archive 1996 - 2002 www.skeptics.com.au/features/whatsold.htm



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