Country Websites

 

HISTORY

CIA World Factbook – Just about all the information you would ever need (politically focused)

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html

 

Infoplease.com Kids’ Almanac – Great place to begin researching information on countries around the world

http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html

 

U. S. Department of State – Provides information on geographic entities and international organizations

http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

 

Library of Congress Country Studies – Excellent source of information on countries around the world

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

 

Portals to the World – Another great site with country information and links to other sites

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

 

Your Nation – Site allows you to compare statistics among several countries

http://www.your-nation.com

 

 

CURRENT

ABC News

http://abcnews.com

 

CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com

 

NBC News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com

 

CNN

http://www.cnn.com