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To read how global news agencies covered the tragedies, go to the Global Journalism, Daily News and Columnists pages for links to hundreds of sites. The University of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies has posted a page with links for "those who want to know more about Islam and Muslims in the United States and throughout the world, as well as reactions to Tuesday's events." The links include some to Middle Eastern newspapers.

The World Watch Monitor is good for short chronological updates. Information is designated confirmed or unconfirmed. USAfricaonline.com and NigeriaCentral.com report that a handful of Igbos, Nigerians and Africans do business and work at the World Trade Center. ArabicNews.com offers its perspective.

Related Media Links

CNN: War on Terror Section

CNN: Sept. 11 Memorial Section

Sept. 11-12 Online News Pages
A database of 200 screenshots of online news sites from around the world on Sep 11 and 12.

Christian Science Monitor: Sept. 11 Daily Update and Archives

Middle East Media and Research Institute

IRE and NICAR: Jordan Hotel Bombing Resources
Resources on terrorist organizations and attacks, international reporting sources, guidelines on international sources and articles written for The IRE Journal and Uplink about covering international stories and terrorism.

World Association for Christian Communications
A media watchdog organization from England that offers an alternative perspective than the mainstream media's view of values and religious issues. Has commentary on the coverage of the 9-11 tragedies.

Information Technology, War and Peace

AcademicInfo.net Research Resources
Has links on the 9-11 tragedy and other information.

Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Taliban and Afghanistan Links

NY Times Links to the Global Struggle
Links from the Times' Felicity Barringer.

Afghanistan War Roundup
A news roundup of events from the war in Afghanistan. A well-organized page.

EurasiaNet.org
From The Open Society, this page features information and analysis on the political and economic developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.

Palestine Chronicle

Israelinsider.com

Sina.com

Middle East Times

Ajeeb.com
This site provides instant, free translation of Arabic Web sites into English.

Pakistan Daily Online

Institute for War and Peace Reporting Global Links
Links to hundreds of international media and press agencies.

South Asian Journalists Association: Tips for Covering India Parliament Tragedy
Tips and ideas for those covering the attack by gunmen on India's parliament.

Arab American Media Oasis
The Web page of the Chicago Association of Arab American Journalists & Communicators. Journalist Ray Hanania's great site has several resources about the 9/11 tragedy.

Debka.com
A daily newsletter on the Middle East.

Paul Nixon's Graphic Design Weblog
Has links to 9-11 graphics.

USA Today News Graphics
Graphics from the 9-11 attack.

Afghan-Web.com
A U.S.-based Afghan Web site with lots of news on the war, compiled from all kinds of sources, including Pakistani and Iranian publications.

Arabic News

Middle East Times (Cairo)

The Times of Central Asia

Khaleej Times

Afghan News Network

Turkish Daily News

The Gulf News
Published in the United Arab Emirates, one of three countries to officially recognize the Taliban.

Pakistan News International
Based in a country with much influence over the Taliban leaders of nearby Afghanistan.

9-11 Design: Examples of Web site Front Pages

NFR Magazine
Firefighter-oriented magazine that offers some depth on the 9-11 attacks.

SAJA Roundup on the WTC & Beyond
From the South Asian Journalist's Association, a constantly updated gateway for articles, sources, links, backgrounders on various aspects of the WTC aftermath: the coming war in South Asia, terrorism, backlash against Muslims/Arabs/Sikhs/South Asians and more.

API: Tragedy In Photos, a New Standard
Another perspective on use of graphic images with a newspaper slant and some images to illustrate the points.

Digital Journalist: Ground Zero
A photog's trip to Ground Zero in New York City for a small weekly newspaper.

Online Arabic Translation Tool
Translate content on Arabic sites to English using this resource. Plug in the text or the URL to get the translation.

WebArchivist.org
News summaries and breaking stories.
This site works with the Library of Congress to identify and archive pages and sites related to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Sept. 11.

Crisis Report Translations
Offers translations of reports from the Afghan Islamic Press -- one of foreign media's main sources of information from Taliban authorities.

MediaPeace.org
A Paris-based, United Nations-sponsored institute within the University for Peace, set up by the UN in Costa Rica in 1980. The site includes annotated research sites on issues related to the interactions between media, conflict, peace and security.

Archive.org
Site is indexing Sept. 11 content.

WebArchivist.org
Site is indexing Sept. 11 content.

TelevisionArchive.org
Site is indexing Sept. 11 news footage.

Counterpunch.org Political Site's 9-11 Resources
Links to global news sites.

Alternet.org
AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to "strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism." The site has many 9-11 tragedy resources.

University of Iowa: Visual Records of the Attacks
A collection of links to Web sites archiving visual records of media coverage of the September 11th air attack and its aftermath on the University of Iowa Communication Studies Resources site -- specifically on one of the pages devoted to visual communication and visual rhetorics.