Countries of the World

What follows is a list of countries throughout the world with links to some of the mass media associated with that country. Please feel free to add to this list and let us know who owns the organization.

News Agencies and Media Around the World:

Afghanistan  http://www.abyznewslinks.com/afgha.htm - news links

http://knowledge.insead.edu/Afghanmediabattleground081226.cfm - Afghanistan media

http://www.afghangovernment.com/ - lists the government now in power

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Opium_economy_in_Afghanistan  - drug traffic in Afghanistan

http://topics.cnn.com/topics/afghanistan_war - the Afganistan War

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

• Buenos Aires Herald- English, daily newspaper

Armenia

Australia 

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTzdojMxNWE&feature=related This is a video of different videos and pictures of Australia
• Australia has 1500 species of spiders...AHHH!!! http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_spiders.html
•  http://player.video.news.com.au/theaustralian/#peQhhbuzvTDYbOXsSLbxv9Km5giYjnYZ Buffy the blind dog goes under the knife for an eye surgery and going down in history.
• http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25487482-421,00.html Woman bites australian cop and begs for jail time!!
• http://www.pria.com.au/ Public Relations Institute of Australia

Austria

Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955.The origins of Austria date back to the ninth century, when the territory later known as Upper and Lower Austria became increasingly populated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria

Azerbaijan

The Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

• The Reporter- weekly newspaper (the official language of Belize is English)

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HIjo8v4MfA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

• Popular Brazilian song Samba top-5 Europe; Popular dance Samba.
• The Wall Street Crash--The View From Brazil
• IMF -- Brazil Does the Chic Thing and Lends the IMF US$ 10 Billion
• Fidel Castro --Fidel Castro seeks Latin American support to end U.S. embargo
  
• Oil & Politics
  
• Brazilian Economy gains strength
• Conservation or Colonialism?
  

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma (Myanmar)

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html#Econ

Chile has a market-oriented economy characterized by a high level of foreign trade and a reputation for strong financial institutions and sound policy that have given it the strongest sovereign bond rating in South America.

China

• Government-owned News Service Xinhua

Colombia

Comoros 

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962, during the Cold War.Cuba it is called the "October Crisis." The Cuban and Soviet governments decided in September 1962 to place nuclear missiles on Cuba in order to protect it from United States harassment

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt#Music

Most Egyptian music are played with harps and flutes including two indigenous intruments the ney and the oud. Percussion and vocal music are also apart of the local tradition. Their music is a rich mixtre of Mediterranean, African, and Western elements.

El Salvador

Ecuatorial Guinea

Eritrea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLybkLp4ypw

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

• Agence France Presse, (AFP) the oldest news agency in the world; government-chartered, public corporation, independent of the government by law but with a history of government ownership.
•  
  Yves Saint Laurent , Iconic Fashion Designer who recently passed away. Leaves behind historic Furniture & art collection.
• Recession, French happy to be avoiding a recession.
• French Protests Spread
• Music  "prince" Alain Bashung dies
  

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany- This link talks about Hilter and the Holocaust movement.

http://books.google.com/books?id=nV-N10gyoFwC&dq=germany&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=eBW664mOK4&sig=vnzR3s-b8sXboxB1b29vQ6CMXJk&hl=en&ei=AbYJSrmZG6C0Nem13d4L&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#PPR14,M1

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPiCVuSOzmI&feature=PlayList&p=0A2CE9C36BB90580&index=1 Celtic Woman singing The Prayer
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArCnMMP-R-c&feature=PlayList&p=73C671505024A549&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=61 BeWitched C'est La Vie
• http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/countries-urged-to-share-swine-flu-samples-410934.html Story on the swine flu
• http://tcal.net/archives/2007/02/15/disney-slams-cease-and-decist-on-galway-students-for-sister-act-play/ School told by Disney that they could not perform.
• http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090512/ap_on_hi_te/eu_ireland_wikipedia_hoaxer Irish student gets scolded for changing wikipedia

Israel  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/History/Facts%20About%20Israel-%20History  - Israel History

http://israel-media.com/shop/ - Israeli Media

http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp487.htm Israeli public relations

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs.htm Israel Foreign Affairs

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

• Pop star Ayumi (Ahyoomee) Lee's music video Cutie Honey 
• Conservative Japanese newspaper ranked #1 in circulation http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/
• Place I traveled to on my Japan trip! Hakone, Japan http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5200.html
• Kyodo PR, largest independent public relations firm in Japan http://www.kyodo-pr.eu/
• Pubic relations society of Japan (PRSJ) http://www.prsj.or.jp/english/
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Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea (North)

Korea (South)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

• Inter American Press Association (IAPA)- a nonprofit organization that defends freedom of the press in the Americas. 
• Mexican Media on High Alert After Attack on Televisa - an article about the attack on the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world.
• Visit Mexico- tourist website
• Pop group- Belanova video One, two, three, go!  

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

The Netherlands 

• Dutch Rock band WC Experience singing "Summer of '69"  in Dutch
• Conservative Netherlands National Newspaper  Algemeen Dagblad http://www.ad.nl/
• Liberal Dutch Newspaper De Telegraaf http://www.telegraaf.nl/
• IABC Europe/Middle East http://europe.iabc.com/
• Website on Dutch culture with emphasis on the province of Holland http://us.holland.com/

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papau New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

• Portugal's official tourist website
• Tourism commercial
• The Portugal News- English, weekly newspaper

Qatar

Romania

Russia

• Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, formerly the Telegraph Agency of the Soviety Union (TASS), news agency that has a long history of government ownership and continues to be a government entity that produces official news. Known as Itar-Tass today.

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain 

• The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The constitutional history of Spain dates back to the constitution of 1812. After the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, a general election in  1977 convened the Constituent Cortes (the Spanish Parliament, in its capacity as a constitutional assembly) for the purpose of drafting and approving the constitution of 1978.