This section includes links to news and other current information like weather and time.
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World Christian news
Christian Monitor
Daily monitors Christian Persecution around the world.Website: www.christianmonitor.org
Christian News Today.com
A US based news website with sections on 'Christian World News' and 'Missions'.Website: www.christiannewstoday.com
Christian Post
Based in the USA, the Christian Post is an independent, inter-denominational, Christian media company which serves to provide direct, and current news information to the general christian public. There is a missions news category.Website: www.christianpost.com/section/missions
Christian Today
Christian Today is a trans-denominational news source, providing reports from the UK and across the globe, with in-depth coverage from nearly all areas of Christianity. Includes sections on Church, Missions, Ministries, Youth and Culture among many others. Updated every day throughout the day.Website: www.christiantoday.com
DCI Global Partnership World News
Latest news from the 'grassroots' via the DCI Global Partnership movement.Website: www.dci.org.uk/main/latest.htm
Ekklesia News Service
Ekklesia runs a syndicated Christian news and events listings service for churches, journalists, organisations and charities. Dozens of churches and organisations now carry Ekklesia's news on their web sites.Website: www.ekklesia.co.uk
Forum 18
Based in Oslo, Norway, Forum 18 News Service is a Christian e-mail and web initiative to defend the religious freedom of all people, regardless of religious affiliation. Subscribe via the website.Website: www.forum18.org
Email: f18news.editor@forum18.org
Global Connections 'Prayer News'
The Global Connections website includes some information for prayer, and there is a world mission news summary in printed form which is updated bi-monthly.Website: www.globalconnections.co.uk/beinformed
Joel News
Joel News publishes news stories and inspiring articles on prayer, revival and church growth.Website: www.joelnews.org
Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA)
MISNA is a news agency specialised in spreading news and detailed information concerning the World's South. All focused on political, economic, social, religious and cultural issues.Website: www.misna.org/eng/default.htm
Mission Network News
Daily news and searchable archives about mission around the world. Also available in email form and can be subscribed to by sending a blank message to the email address below.Website: www.mnnonline.org
Email: mnn-news-subscribe@mnnonline.org
Operation Mobilisation 'News Bytes'
OM have a number of good information resources linked through their site including 'News Bytes', a world mission news service compiled by OM's International Coordinating Team in London. To subscribe to the email version of this news, send an email with 'subscribe newsbytes' in the message line to the email address below.Website: www.om.org
Email: majordomo@om.org
Persecution Now
Persecution Now, a new weekly Podcast from Release International, is a three-minute podcast of the latest news on the persecuted Church. It is drawn from trusted sources and is scripted and produced by experienced broadcast journalist, Andrew Boyd.Website: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5FRui0wGs
WCC Church News Links
The World Council of Churches website has a listing of church and ecumenical news services and papers, journals, magazines, newsletters and bulletins which have web sites.Website: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/links/news.htm
Worldwide Faith News
Worldwide Faith News is a data base of full text official news releases and other documents, including policy statements, from the news offices of national and world faith groups. This collection indexes more than 14,000 documents.Website: www.wfn.org
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UK Christian news
Christian Today
Christian Today is a trans-denominational news source, providing reports from the UK and across the globe, with in-depth coverage from nearly all areas of Christianity. Includes sections on Church, Missions, Ministries, Youth and Culture among many others. Updated every day throughout the day.Website: www.christiantoday.com
Evangelicals Now
Website: www.e-n.org.ukInspire Magazine
This new Christian publication has a website with Christian news items.Website: www.inspiremagazine.org.uk
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World news
Air Security International's 'Hot Spots'
Snapshots of world events provided by Air Security International.Website: www.airsecurity.com/hotspots/HotSpots.asp
AlertNet
AlertNet provides global news, communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief community and the public.Website: www.alertnet.org
The Electronic Telegraph
On-line version of the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.Website: www.telegraph.co.uk
Google News
A news version of Google that searches many sources not reached by other news services.Website: http://news.google.com
The Guardian Unlimited
On-line version of the UK Guardian newspaper.Website: www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
The Independent Online
On-line version of the UK Independent newspaper.Website: www.independent.co.uk
MisLinks
Links to world news sources categorised by continent.Website: www.mislinks.org/info/news.htm
Moreover
As a newsfeed provider, they provide links to news stories in any one of 281 subject categories selected by you (including 'regional' news) from over 1500 sources. They will even email the news to you daily or weekly.Website: http://w.moreover.com
NewsMap
A graphical - and customisable - display of news stories from around the world.Website: www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap
NewsNow
World headlines collected from 120 different sources, updated every 5 minutes! Current Affairs section has most of the 'world' news.Website:www.newsnow.co.uk
Newspapers.com
This US based page provides an easy to use tool for referencing the world's newspapers.Website: www.newspapers.com
Onlinenewspapers.com
This service claims to be the world's largest online nespaper directory.Website: www.onlinenewspapers.com
OSAC Daily Global News
The US Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) provides online news from countries around the world.Website: www.ds-osac.org/globalnews
Paperboy
This service provides links and news from the world's newspapers. The 'world' section of the site includes not only links to newspapers of the world but also provides a translation into English (if needed) using the Alta Vista translation service. The new UK version of the service focuses on UK newspapers.Website: www.thepaperboy.co.uk
ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb provides information and news for the humanitarian relief community and is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Website:www.reliefweb.int
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UK news
British Media Online
Newspapers: national, local, daily, weekly, plus major magazines & portals.Website: www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm
The Missing Link
A comprehensive list of Britain's local newspapers, national newspapers are also at the bottom of this page.Website: www.newspapersoc.org.uk/missinglink
The Newspaper Society
This site provides a comprehensive list of Britain's national, regional and local newspapers.Website: www.newspapersoc.org.uk
UK Newspapers by Post
You can order special overseas weekly editions of UK newspapers which are a good source of information, UK and world news (Weekly Telegraph, Guardian and Express are just a few. 'The Week' publication provides a condensed overview of UK news). However, these can often be bought in major cities and airports throughout the world at a slightly inflated price. The Weekly Telegraph www.globalnetwork.co.ukThe Guardian Weekly www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly
The Express www.express.co.uk
The Week www.theweek.co.uk (Tel: 0845 129 7060)
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World weather
BBC Weather Centre
Weather reports and forecasts for UK and world locations.Website: www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Online Weather
Weather forecasts are available in graphical and text form for the whole world. This information is available online or by email (for a fee). This site's 'Data Centre' also has links to many other weather and natural phenomena related websites and services.Website: www.onlineweather.com
Tel: 01387 721222
The UK Met Office
The met office site includes links to other weather sites and services throughout the world.Website: www.meto.gov.uk
MyForecast
Forecasts, reports and maps for over 58,000 global locations.Website: www.myforecast.com
Email: info@myforecast.com
Tel: ++1 415 777 3303 (USA)
The University of Hawaii Tropical Storm Page
This page has links to many sites throughout the globe who report on tropical storms.Website: http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/tropical/index.cgi?banner=uhmet
Intellicast
A great US weather site with local weather reports from around the world.Website: www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World
The Weather Channel
This US based service can produce a customised weather report for virtually any city or region in the world.Website: www.weather.com
World Meteorological Organisation
This site includes links to many national weather services on the Internet.Website: www.wmo.ch
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World time & calendar information
World Time Server
World Time Server provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet. It makes real time adjustments for Daylight Savings Time. No matter what time zone a country or city is located in, this site is your best resource for determining any time, anywhere.Website: www.worldtimeserver.com
For other time links, see www.escapeartist.com/global7/time.htm