English translations of news broadcasts from a variety of non-US
news services on the WWW. The URL is:
http://wnc.fedworld.gov/
You will need a World Wide Web browser like Netscape, Mosaic or
Lynx.
World News Connection (WNC) [INLINE] offers time sensitive
information gathered from thousands of non-USA media sources,
including political speeches, television programs and radio
broadcasts, and articles from newspapers, periodicals, and books.
Users get the most extensive and in-depth collection of
unclassified military, political, environmental, sociological,
scientific and technical data and reports from around the world
(Iinformation about the USA is NOT included). All the material is
translated into English. Regional categories covered include:
* East Asia
* Near East & South Asia
* China
* East Europe
* West Europe
* Latin America
* Sub-Saharan Africa
* Central Eurasia
WNC is an online search service sponsored by the U.S.
government's Department of Commerce. Numerous search options are
available to paid subscribers. The Free Text Search allows users
to enter only the concept or topic in which they are interested.
The system will then retrieve the full text those articles which
are most relevant to the Free Text Search. The charges for full
text searches begin at $21 for 7 days' searching. Browsing
through the headlines is free.