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AFS Intercultural Programs

AFS is the leading high school foreign exchange program, with opportunities to live and study in over 50 countries worldwide. 

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News, Weather and Sports Worldwide
Local Weather
Other Useful Links
Today in American History

NEWS, WEATHER and SPORTS WORLDWIDE

News

ABC, New York

Associated Press - Up to the minute world-wide news

Bangkok Post - News from Thailand, in English

Asahi Newspaper - Local and international news from Japan in Japanese and in English.

BBC, From London, England.

China Daily - read news from China through China Daily the national English-language newspaper.

CNN - The online version of the Cable News Network, worldwide news.

Express Online - German daily with world news, sports, local news and service from Cologne (Koeln), Duesseldorf, Bonn, in German.

Interfax - Central Europe and Asia economic and political news, in English.

International Herald Tribune news from all over the world and in English.

La Nacion - Desde Costa Rica en Espaņol and in English

Le Monde diplomatique - From France in French and with editions in German, English, Arabic and Italian.

Middle East Links - Keep current on events in the middle east with a variety of sites and English newspapers from Jerusalem, Cairo, Baghdad etc.  

National Public Radio Online

Russia Today - An excellent Russian newspaper with links to central Asia and other Eastern European editions, in English.  

The Los Angeles Times - From America's most diverse city.

The New York Times - The Nation's Newspaper.

The Oregonian - The Northwest's newspaper

The Sydney Morning Herald - From Australia.

US News and World Report - Excellent news and economic reporting.

Washington Post - The political pulse of the United States, great international section.

Yahoo - International Newspaper Listing, hundreds of newspapers from around the world.

Weather

The Weather Underground

World and Local Weather from CNN

Sports

ESPN


Last revision November 5, 2006