Edmonds Speech & Debate

Remember that extemp is about synthesizing information and offering analysis. These websites, mostly from news organizations, should provide you with a solid base of information. I welcome suggestions from team members!

• Foreign Affairs ForeignAffairs.com/login If you need the password, please contact Dawna or Ali. Posted at 10:34pm on Thu, Oct 15 2009

• Africa Today: Voice of the Continent www.africatoday.com/cgi-bin/public.cgi News from Nigeria, South Africa, and Nigeria Posted at 11:10pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• allAfrica.com allafrica.com/ Daily stories, streaming programming, and searchable archive which includes the archive of Africa News Service from 1997. Posted at 11:15pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• BBC World News www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/default.aspx Posted at 11:17pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Washington Institute for Near East Policy www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php Interesting analysis, cool maps, content rich...I could spend hours on this site. Posted at 11:54pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• The Economist www.economist.com/ Has been called "the extempores' Bible." Posted at 11:18pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Asia News Network www.asianewsnet.net/ The website is somewhat low-fi but has great articles! Posted at 11:23pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Globe and Mail: Canada's National Newspaper www.theglobeandmail.com/ What do you actually know about our neighbors to the north? Posted at 11:31pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• CIA Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ Includes maps and other vital information for all world citizens, especially extemporaneous speakers. Posted at 11:36pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Foreign Policy www.foreignpolicy.com/ It's a magazine. Print the articles, read and highlight, file in extemp tub. Posted at 11:51pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Prensa Latina www.plenglish.com The English version of Cuba's Latin American news agency. Posted at 11:43pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008

• Brookings Institute www.brookings.edu/ The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: * Strengthen American democracy; * Foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and * Secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system. Posted at 11:50pm on Tue, Nov 18 2008