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Foreign
Governments & Embassies
Chiefs
of State & Cabinet Members:
Search for
these dignitaries of foreign governments.
Constitution
Finder:
"This
database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other
related documents."
The
Electronic Embassy:
Provides information
on the embassies in Washington, DC with links to Web-based
resources where available.
Foreign
Governments Constitutions, Laws, & Treaties:
The U of Michigan provides these links
to a variety of documents regarding foreign governments.
Governments
on the World Wide Web:
A
list of links to international governments and institutions that maintain sites on
the Internet.
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General
Background
Notes:
Background Notes
provides info on geographic entities and international organizations. From the U.S. State Department.
World
Factbook:
Info on various countries from
the CIA World Factbook.
G8
Information Centre:
Information on the G8 trade organization that
includes the USA, Canada, Italy, France, Germany Japan, the UK, and Russia.
International
Organizations Web Sites:
From
the Yearbook of International Organizations. Find the organization name, acronym,
& links to other info.
Internet
Country Guide:
Find
resources on conflict & ethnicity specific to countries
& regions.
Access info by continent and country
National
Anthems:
This site provides national anthem lyrics for a
variety of countries. Site includes English translations and audio files.
Nations of
the World: Anthems, Flags, Maps, Weather:
Links to the above facts on the nations of the
world.
World
Time Server:
Search an extensive list of countries, or one
of major cities, and simply click on the name to find out the
current time.
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Geography
Country
Studies/Area Handbooks:
A continuing series of online books prepared by
the Library of Congress covering 85 countries and offering in-depth
info such
as history demography, and government.
Geographic.org:
Find info on countries,
flags, maps, county codes, and statistics.
Maps
of the Americas:
From the
Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas at
Austin. The maps were produced by the CIA, and they
include relief maps to political maps, both old and new.
World
Factbook:
Info on various countries from
the CIA World Factbook.
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Multiculturalism
Chicano
Visual Arts Digital Image Collection:
Over
1,300 images and their descriptions
from the California Ethnic and Multicultural
Archives (CEMA) UC Santa Barbara's
library.
Immigration
and Multicultural Studies:
Provides links to 50 information facilities
worldwide.
The
Multicultural Pavilion:
Contains articles, quotations, proverbs,
song lyrics, historical speeches and documents, and more to facilitate teaching
of
multicultural issues.
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News & Issues
ABC News
African News Agency
BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
CBS News
CNN Online
The
Drudge Report
International
News
Statistics
Global
Statistics:
A large collection of data,
ranging from in-depth country profiles to the highest mountains in the world, and more.
Search by
continent or the entire world.
InfoNation:
An
easy-to-use database for viewing & comparing statistical
data for Member States of the U.N. Provided by the U.N.
International
Affairs Resources:
Browse annotated links covering many
areas of international affairs. Organized by subject, world area,
and organization type.
For more
materials on this subject available through the Library, visit
Starting Points - Countries.
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