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Indian Lady Painting
©Jason Wingrove

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Worldwrite.org.uk
Damned by debt relief.
Xplastazmusic.com
X Plastaz home web site

Documents

Balfour Declaration
1917 Balfour declaration Pdf

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AlJazeera.net
Middle East based news site in English
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Guardian Newspaper
English Daily Newspaper Online World Edition
IndyMedia.org
A collective of independent media organizations... Read more 
IPS News
Inter Press Service - a leading civil society news agency... Read more 
LiveLeak.com-News
Video site with news reports from around the world
OneWorld.net
Aiming to provide the best online resource for news, opinion,... Read more 
Online newspapers
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Peace Reporter
Reporting conflicts & good news from the world.
Reuters
World renown News Agency
Sky World News
Part of the News Corporation Group
World Press.org
Guide to the international press,... Read more 

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Al Islam
Muslim Television Ahmadiyya reaching the corners of the earth
AZN Television
The network for Asian American
BBC World
World renown British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN TV
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Reuters Video
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Sky News TV
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BBC World Service
Renown British Broadcasting Corporation World Service
Radio-locator
Links to over 10,000 radio station web pages... Read more 
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Global Radio Directory

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Art Matters
Unesco site combining art with the latest science
Myartspace.com
Online Gallery of artists from around the world

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Everyculture.com
Cultures by country
Geography World
Links to many world cultures
ipl.org
Kidspace@internet public library
The Weekly Gripe
A collection of gripes and issues that affect everyone on the planet, not just people in the UK
World Culture.net
A world blog of people sharing their cultures
World Culture Open
Establishing a Global Network of Cultural Organizations

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Film

Blip.tv
Video hosting site
FourDocs
Documentary hosting site from Ch4 in the UK
Future Shorts
Screening short films from all over the world to an international audience
Global Voices
From the people at Witness a human rights video hub
Green TV
Web TV channel dedicated to the environment
imdb.com
The Internet Movie Data Base. The largest collection of movie information on the internet
Internet Archive
Movie Archive containing over 80,000 films
Magnify.net
Site for designing your own web TV channel
National Geo Video
National Geographic Video Channel
Travelistic.com
Videos for travellers
UN.org
Films fron the United Nations Television and Video
Video Volunteers
Creating a global social media network
YouTube
The worlds largest video hosting site

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Museums

British Museum
Exploring world cultures
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Indianna University museum of world culutures
Museum of World Culture
Swedish museum space celebrating world cultures

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Music

Arc Music
World Music Specialists, with over 600 titles from over 60 countries world-wide.
BBC Music World
World Music home page.
Magnatune
World music download site.
Music Aid
The official Music Aid International website.... Read more 
Songlines
World music magazine... Read more 
Womad
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World Music Central
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World Music Network
Music Network featuring reviews, Mp3s and extensive online shop.
World Music.org
Presenting the finest traditional and contemporary performing arts from around the world.

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Theatre

Google Book Search
Who’s Who in Contemporary World theatre.... Read more 
IATA
International Amateur Theatre Association.
IMTAL
International Museum Theatre Alliance.
IPTN
International Playback Theatre Network.
ISTA
International Schools Theatre Association... Read more 
Komedia
The UK’s leading Arts & Entertainment Organisation.
World Theatre Directory
A directory providing detailed data on World Theatres... Read more 

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Organisations

Actionaid
Development agency working with marginalised people... Read more 
Amnesty International
Campaign for internationally recognized human rights
CRIN
Child Rights Information Network... Read more 
Eldis
Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant,... Read more 
Friends of the Earth
The world’s largest grassroots environmental network
Greenpeace
An environmental activist group... Read more 
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development... Read more 
IFEX
International Freedom of Expression eXchange... Read more 
IMF.org
International Monetary Fund
MSF International
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Oxfam
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Plan International
A development agency... Read more 
Red Cross
Organisation that protects the lives and dignity of victims of war and violence
Relief Web
Hub for time-critical humanitarian information... Read more 
Save the Children
Fighting for children’s rights
SOS Children
The world's largest orphan charity... Read more 
Unicef
Leading advocate for childrens rights
United Nations
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World Vision
Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation... Read more 
WORLDwrite.org
WORLDwrite's mission is to challenge prejudices and stereotypes... Read more 

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Travel

AFerry
The World's Leading Ferry Website
Airwise.com
Check flight schedules, airport guides and travel news
Embassy Worldwide
The largest embassy & consulate database on the internet.
Flytecomm
Free flight tracking service.
International Rail
Official International Rail site... Read more 
Itravelnet
Comprehensive travel sites directory.
Itchy Feet
A free online travel magazine... Read more 
Lonely Planet
World famous travel guides.
Rough Guides
Travel guides to hundreds of worldwide destinations.
WTG
World Travel Guide.

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Links

A little Oasis for the misfits that just can't be categorised.

Crossword Solver
Told you it was random!

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children praying
©Hanna Gezelius
Welcome

Environment

Hell for Leather
Hell for Leather
The toxic trade of leather from Bangladesh

Ghana

Ghana's Roosting Bird
Ghana's Roosting Bird
How rice imports and a lack of subsidies from the government impact on the farming community.

Human Rights

Don’t Stop Me Now
Don’t Stop Me Now
The Calais 'Jungle' and No Borders Camp

Kenya

Good Fortune
Good Fortune
Why is foreign aid still failing communities.

Palestine

Open Heart
Open Heart
About the work of the Palestinian Childrens Relief fund

People

Tomas Nisson
Tomas Nillson
Swedish Designer and Animator Tomas Nillson takes a fresh look at children's favourite "Red Riding Hood"

Dongria Kondh
Mine:
Story of a sacred mountain reveals the hidden story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe in India

Swaziland

Family Vilakati
Family Vilakti
Xanthe Hamilton’s film follows four orphans fending for themselves. Shot in Swaziland in 2005

Tanzania

X Plastaz
X Plastaz
Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki’. African Hip Hop featuring the late mc Faza Nelly

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