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15 April 2011

Here is a page with links to various news and information resources. It is evolutionary and I hope to make it a good place to come to find relevant and favourite news sources. There are the obvious famous ones like Reuters UK, BBC News and Al Jazeera and there are the more obscure like LockerGnome, Ship of Fools and News of the Weird. If you want some news source adding to this page just email me and I will add it. It can be one you like or your own news site.

Salon: From Salon's founder: "The country needs a fighting, independent media more than ever"

CNN: (Cable News Network) One of the world's most significant 24 hour news channels plus some.

TechCrunch: Technology news and analysis. Started in 2005 by the influential Michael Arrington.

LockerGnome: A technology news source. Started by Chris Pirillo in 1996 it is a kind of social networking hub. Chris Piirllo is a technology geek or nerd with huge energy and enthusiasm. His various blogs, newsletters and social networks cover all things technological in home computing and some offbeat things too.

London Evening Standard: That's it really! The London Evening Standard on the web.

Reuters: Probably the most reliable news source in the world.

Groklaw: When you want to know more but don't know where to look.

The Independent: British daily newspaper now owned by the former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev. The Independent is affectionately known as the Indy. The Sunday version less affectionately as the Sindy!

Harakahdialy: Daily website edition of Harakah, the official organ of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)

The Economist: "...authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology."

The Motley Fool: Investment company whos aim is "To educate, amuse, and enrich"

Mashable: Primarily social media news but also business, media, web development, technology, gadgets and more.

BBC: A world famous news and current affairs source.

News of the Weird: Started in 1988 by Chuck Shepherd News of the Weird is a syndication of weird news stories.

CITIZENTUBE: A news and politics aggregate of YouTube videos. They also have a blog at http://www.citizentube.com/

Google News: A computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from more than 4,500 English-language news sources worldwide

Channel 4 News: News from a British public service broadcaster.

Amnesty International News & Updates: Amnesty International campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. This is their news page.

WikiLeaks: The whistleblowers website that changed the world. Also http://wikileaks.info/ for a list of mirror sites since various terrorist organisations (erstwhile governments) keep trying to take WikiLeaks down. Also Wikileaks Twitter Page and WikiLeaks Facebook Page.

Metro.co.uk: Metro was launched in March 1999 as a free, colour newspaper for morning commuters in London. It is now a British local newspaper and web site.

How Stuff Works: Award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind.

The Register: Their slogan: Biting the hand that feeds IT. The IT refers to Information Technology but the site covers many interesting offshoots.

Alex Jones Show: Daily radio show. They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but in the case of Alex Jones, the microphone is mightier than depleted uranium.

Ship of Fools: Started by Simon Jenkins in 1997 as a magazine and launched on the internet in 1983 the Ship of Fools is a disorganized Christian news source questioning beliefs and offering a lot of news articles and views.

The Times: Web site for the British daily newspaper of the same name.

Scotsman.com: Lots of Scottish news!

The Observer: The world's oldest Sunday newspaper. It was bought by the Guardian in 1993 and is liberal in outlook.

Real News Reporter: A kind of handmade aggregate that is worth a dip. They say: "Alternative News for Independent Minds. Opinions, Politics, Blogs, Articles, Videos, and News From Websites from around the world."

The Guardian: A long standing UK newspaper formerly known as The Manchester Guardian.

Al Jazeera: The Arab news channel which has gained massive popularity with its coverage of the troubles in the Middle East. You can watch Al Jazeera Live (in English) and when that is not available (with a message like "Al Jazeera is no longer available via the broadband services Jalipo and VDC") you can get it from LiveStation Al Jazeeera Live.

Democracy Live: The BBC's dedicated site for on demand video coverage of UK's national political institutions and the European Parliament.

The Hill: It is written for and about the U.S. Congress, with a special focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns. and other events on Capitol Hill.

The Wall Street Journal: An American international daily newspaper published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company.

Sky News: They say "First for breaking news".

The New York Times: Founded in 1851 this is a daily newspaper which has won a staggering 104 Pulitzer Prizes. It is the most popular American online newspaper.

The Telegraph: Official web site of The Daily Telegraph which is a UK broadsheet newspaper established back in 1855.

Prison Planet: "The truth will set you free." An Alex Jones web site dedicated to civil liberties issues, global government, conspiracies and a wide variety of current events & topics. There is also PrisonPlanet.TV which is worth viewing.

Financial Times: One of the world's leading business news and information organisations.