Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
It is a major Arab website that contains information on the government, history,
geography, business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides
links to other relevant websites.
Catholic Hierarchy: Country
List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Global
Policy Forum (UN Security Council) (http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/wsahara/wsindex.htm)
Provides documents and reports dating from 1999.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works,
etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
"Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images,
maps, and news updates." Search e-library for periodical articles.
Western
Sahara-MINURSO Background (http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/minurso/minursoB.htm)
Background information provided for MINURSO, the United Nations Mission for the
Referendum in Western Sahara. This site is not an official document of the United
Nations. It is maintained by the Peace and Security Section of the Department
of Public Information in cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Sahara and the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
World History Archive (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/)
Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric
perspective.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries. |