General country information
Africa News Update
The Norwegian Council for Africa's Africa News Update offers news, background and feature articles from African sources twice weekly.
BBC News - Country Profiles
The profiles provide information on history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Language: English
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Global language online support system and online language courses provided by a United States Department of Defense educational and research institution. General information on Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Philippines, Serbia and Syria. Language: English
Law and Government Resources
Directory of law and government resources from countries all over the world; Language: English
Leftist Parties of the World
Information on political parties, organisations and groups which consider themselves to be leftist or have origins in leftist movements; information by country or by political orientation; Language: English
Library of Congress - Country Studies
The country studies of the library of the US congress describe and analyse the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Language: English
world-calendar.com
world-calendar.com is a web-based perpetual calendar. It contains holidays of over 75 countries and holidays of four religions: Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Orthodox. In addition, it includes four other calendrical systems, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, and Islamic, all of which are relative to Gregorian.