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- Ask.com It is being called the best
competitor to Google. Sleek and simple like Google, Ask.com gives you
much the same results - and with handy access to a search tools for
images, news, plus encyclopedia and dictionary references. For other
search engines, see JNets'
Search Page.
International research:
- Economist
Country Profiles One of the most newsmagazines in the world offers
extensive news, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more on
many countries, plus background news articles. For similar resouces,
see JNet's Countries
page.
- Human Rights Tools With
the conflict in the Middle East raising controversies over human rights,
this website offers an index to the best ways to get country analysis:
political and conflict analysis, the legal instruments which that country
has ratified, and human rights-relevant news. For similar tools, see
JNet's
Human Rights Page
- GlobalSecurity.org As
tensions rise over North Korea's nuclear program, this site is one of
several sites that can help you track the news and especially provide
background. Another good source is the Nuclear
Threat Initiative For similar tools, see
see JNet's Find News Page and
Countries page.
News:
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BBC Desktop
Alerts The world's largest news gathering organization with one
of the best web news sites also allows you to get the news you want
from the Beeb, when you want it, on your desktop. BBC also offers
you a Daily E-mail
service. You can choose the news you want, all in one personalized
daily e-mail. For other news alerts, see JNet's
News Alert Page.
- InterPress News Service News from
a development perspective with two advantages: lots of good, easy to
use categories (environment, health) from every region of the world
... plus in several languages. For more international news, see JNet's
Find News Page .
- NewspaperArchive Finding
historical archives more than a few years old can be near impossible
on the web. This web site offers 28.9 million newspaper pages from 584
cities going back 238 years. It is not free but less than $30 a year.
There are also several free archives, such as the September11Archive,
which contains more than 15,000 full-image newspaper pages on the World
Trade Center and the events surrounding September 11, 2001.Historic
articles, like the unveiling of the plans for the twin towers in 1964,
can also be found in the archive. Other free archives include Martin
Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and the Titanic. For other tools, see JNet's
Archives Pages.
Google:
- Google Finance One more weapon
in the Google arsenal, this search tool focuses on business news and
analysis. It covers North American stocks, mutual funds and public and
private companies along with charts, news and financial data.Type in
the name of a major company and you get a useful snapshot. Type in a
keyword like "cars" or "movies" and you get a list
of relevant corporations. For other tools, see JNet's
Business Pages.
- Google Alerts: Google
News Alerts have always been a JNet favourite -- the ability to track
your top news stories and set up your own news clipping service is vital
for journalists. The wider Alert
service sends you a 'Web'
alert if new web pages appear in the top twenty results for your
chosen keywords. You can also combine a ''News
& Web" alert, plus set up alerts to monitor chat or Usenet
groups in Google Groups. For more Google Tools, see JNet's
Google page.
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Google News Archives
Google News - -already one of the best news clipping services- -now
offers a free archive search. News archive search provides an easy way
to search and explore historical archives. You can search articles or
a timeline of events and articles. Some of the results from various
publications are free, others are not, but all provide helpful leads.
For similar tools, see JNet's
News Pages and
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