LibGuides: United Nations Documents: Information about countries

Newspapers

News and Periodical Resources on the Web.
From the Library of Congress, a list of online free news services from around the world.

Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
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Research and articles related to African American, Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern/Persian and Islamic, Asian/Pacific Island, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, Multi-ethnic and Native Peoples. Contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

The CIA's World Factbook provides a lot of information about countries and international organizations.
The UNPAN's (United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance) virtual library legislative page provides links to the government, constitution and public laws for most countries.
Nations of the World from the Law Library of Congress, provides many useful links to official government sites, legal guides and general resources for countries worldwide.
The Government Gazette, from the University of Michighan library, provides links to official government gazettes for most international countries.
Countries of the World - All sorts of unexpected information about countries, dating from 1989. The Country Ranks list is very interesting.
Comparative International Statistics, from the US Census.
NationMaster - pulls data about countries from a variety of economic and political resources.