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- al-Ahram (Cairo, Egypt, in Arabic)
- al-Akhbar (Cairo, Egypt, in Arabic)
- Al Hayat (NewsBank Electronic Image Newspaper)
- Al Riyadh (Riadh, Saudi Arabia, in Arabic)
- Argumenty i fakty (Moscow, Russia, in Russian)
- Asahi shinbun (New York, NY, in Japanese)
- Berliner Zeitung (Berlin, Germany, in German)
- Le Canard enchaîné (Paris, France, in French)
- China Daily (Zhonggue ri bao) (Beijing, China, in English)
- Corriere della Sera (Milan, Italy, in Italian)
- Dong-A Daily News (Mi chu Dong-A) (New York, NY, in Korean)
- O Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil, in Portuguese)
- Le Figaro (Paris, France, in French)
- Financial Times (North American edition, New York, NY, in English)
- Frankfurter Allgemeine (Frankfurt, Germany, in German)
- Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada, in English)
- Granma International (Havana, Cuba, in English
- The Guardian (Manchester, England, in English)
- ha-Aretz Tel Aviv, Israel, in Hebrew)
- Hong guan zhou bao (Macroview Weekly) (Taipei, Taiwan, in Chinese)
- Hürriyet (Istanbul, Turkey, in Turkish
- Izvestiia (Moscow, Russia, in Russian)
- Literaturnaia Gazeta (Moscow, Russia, in Russian)
- Le Monde (Paris, France, in French)
- Le Monde diplomatique (Paris, France, in French)
- El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico, in Spanish)
- El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida, in Spanish)
- El País (Madrid, Spain, in Spanish)
- La Prensa (Mexico City, Mexico, in Spanish)
- The People's Korea (Tokyo, Japan, in Korean)
- Ren Min Ri Bao (People's Daily) (Beijing, China, in Chinese)
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich, Germany, in German)
- Sunday Times (Johannesburg, South Africa, in English)
- Sunday Times (London, England, in English)
- Times (London, England, in English)
- Times of India (Bombay, India, in English)
- Tygodnik Solidarnosc (Warsaw, Poland, in Polish)
- Shi jie ri bao (World Journal) (Flushing, NY, in Chinese)
- Die Welt (NewsBank Electronic Image Newspaper)
- Xing dao ri bao (Sing Tao Daily) (Hong Kong, China, in Chinese)
- Die Zeit (Hamburg, Germany, in German)
For additional news sources from other countries, search these databases:
- LexisNexis Academic
Click here for a quick tutorial. - PressDisplay (Newspaper PressDisplay Electronic Image Newspapers)
Includes 500 newspapers, from 70 countries in 37 languages. - Newsbank Electronic Image Newspapers
Current issues of key international newspapers in digital format (Al Hayat, El País). - Russian Newspapers (Digital Archive)
Full-text articles from over 30 Russian newspapers. Also includes archives going back to the 1930s. - World News Connection
"contains full-text translated summaries from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports for the following materials: newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, non-classified technical reports"- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1974-1996)
"Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information." First release : Series 2 includes Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 1974-1980; South Asia (SAS) 1980-1987; Africa (Sub-Sahara) (AFR) 1987-1988; Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) 1988-1996.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1974-1996)
Newspapers from other countries website locators:
- Arts and Humanities: Foreign Language Newspapers
a list of foreign language newspapers from the Arts and Humanities periodicals list.
- BBC Languages
"news and audio in 33 languages"
- Foreign Newspapers
from the American Journalism Review.
- Imooty: The first navigator for European news
"the latest news from the most important newspapers of Europe." Choose news by the topic or the source or you can use the maps to navigate to whichever country in Europe you want to read the news from.
- NewsDirectory
"Your guide to all online English-language media."
- NewsVoyager
"A Gateway to your local newspaper". A service of the Newspaper Association of America.
- NewsLink
Find websites of newspapers from around the world.
- world-newspapers.com
"World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region."
- worldpress.org
Find websites of international newspapers and read selected articles from non-U.S. publications.
To compare global news coverage, try:
- Institute of War and Peace Reporting
Provides alternative news sources and news by journalists outside the United States. Features news articles by local reporters in Afghanistan, Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, Southeastern Europe, Uganda, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, and The Hague. The site is organized into regions, with "press Monitors" featuring a collection of stories appearing each day in the major newspapers of Afghanistan and Iraq. Photo galleries by top photojournalists around the world highlight areas of conflict.Both "Quick Searches" and "Article Searches" are available, with search options including date, language, programme, author, and field. Potentially useful components include the range of news reports from the frontlines, a map and country profile, and in-depth analysis of international issues. This site is most useful for those looking for information on conflict-torn regions of the world or those wanting to bring varied voices into research.
- MidEastwire.com
"Internet-based news service that employs a team of translators around the region to gather important stories from and about the Middle East."
- NewsMap
Tracks current news stories from several countries and charts data in color coded boxes according to news type (world, business, entertainment, sports, etc). At a glance, view which stories made the headlines across the globe and compare and contrast the amount of coverage given to different events in different countries. - Today's Front Pages (Newseum.org)
More than 540 front pages from 47 countries in digital format, updated daily. Also provides links to each newspaper's website. In the archives, view front page coverage of major recent world events (the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and more).
When you can't find a newspaper, try:
- Center for Research Libraries search for newspapers by title or subject.
- Editor & Publisher International Year Book
- Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
- ICON : International Coalition on Newspapers "The database contains over 25,000 records pertaining to global newspapers and holding libraries."
- The Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
- SRDS (Media Solutions)
- UlrichsWeb (Periodicals Directory)
- Willing's Press Guide "a concise and comprehensive index to the pressof the United Kingdom..."

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