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ART
General
- Artcyclopedia
- search for artists, works of art, and art museums by name
- ArtChive
- The Artists
- Describes
the
major modern & contemporary visual artists with portraits, brief
biographies, links to articles, essays and interviews; original art,
limited edition artprints, photography and posters,
multimedia and artist's books.
- Grove
Dictionary of Art
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Museums
Around The World
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Museum of Modern Art
- National
Gallery of Art
- Web
Gallery of Art - European painting and sculpture of the Gothic,
Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800), currently containing over
11,600 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are
available.
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Yahoo
List of Artists
Architects/Architecture
Art and
Visual Perception
Latino Art in Chicago
Mexican Art
Mexican Artists
Frida Kahlo
In addition to the following free Internet links,
use the online databases on the main library page. Especially helpful will
be SIRS, Encyclopedia Britannica, Grove Dictionary of Art, InfoTrac,
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BIOGRAPHY
GENERAL
- African
American Biographies - Gale Resources offers biographies of famous
African Americans.
- Artcyclopedia
- search for artists, works of art, and art musems by name
- Biography.com
- The Biography Channel shares over 25,000 biographies.
- A
Celebration of Women Writers - From
the University of Pennsylvania.
- Gallery
of Achievers - Profiles, biographies
and interviews.
- Hispanic
Heritage - Gale Resources offers biographies of famous Hispanic people.
- InfoPlease
Biography - Over 30,000 biographies of varying lengths. Can be
searched by categories.
- Jewish
Virtual Library - Biography - Jewish people from many countries.
- Leaders
and Revolutionaries – TIME’s choice of twenty people who helped define the political and social
fabric of our times.
- Past Time Man
of the Year –
For each of the last 70 years, TIME has presented a Man of the Year--the
single person (man, woman, or even idea) who, for better or worse, has most
influenced events in the preceding year.
- Matthew
Brady's National Portrait Gallery -
Images from the National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institute.
- National
Women's Hall of Fame - Biographies on
women in the Hall of Fame.
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People
Spot - Connects to many biography pages
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PBS
Biographies - Multi-media biographies
on well-known personalities.
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Time
100
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TIME has profiled 100 individuals who
— for better or worse — most influenced the last 100 years.
ANTI-SLAVERY
ACTIVISTS
- John
Brown
- Frederick
Douglass
- William
Lloyd Garrison
- Elijah
Parish Lovejoy
- Harriet
Beecher Stowe
- Harriet
Tubman
- Sojourner
Truth
- Nat
Turner
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
- ABC
News Moneyscope - A multitude of information ranging from the
daily news to stock quotes to various, helpful research
tools. What makes this site unique is that it provides
articles about the daily happenings at public companies. For
the more experienced investor, this offering provides you with the
necessary reading to make more education predictions on how the
charts will shift. Annotation by Matt Fiely.
- Alliance
for Investor Education
- Big
Charts
- CBS
MarketWatch - The latest news and cover stories of the stock
market. Links are available to individual corporations through a
symbol look-up as well as a keyword search to help find
items. Annotation by Lindsay Weinberg.
- Get
the Facts: 20 Questions about Mutual Funds
- Hoover's
Online
- Investor
Guide
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The Mint -
from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation
- Money
101
- Motley
Fool
- MSN
Money - CNBC's investment page has up to the minute stock
quotes, market reports, stock ratings and earnings and historical
information. In addition, stock recommendations are given
and allows users to track a personal portfolio. Annotation
by Jordan Goodman.
- Nasdaq
Stock Market - Known for its large share of
technology related stocks, the NASDAQ site has stock quotes,
initial public offerings, plus a broad array of current market
data and index tracking. There's also a glossary
of financial terms for investors.
- New York
Stock Exchange - Frequently updates stock prices and provides
daily and quarterly highs and lows, accompanied by graphs for the
day, week, quarter or year. Offers current days information
on companies and a link to their website. Annotation by
Amanda Bayless.
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SmartMoney.com
- SmartMoneyUniversity
- A joint publishing venture of Dow Jones & Co., Inc. and
Hearst Communications, Inc. Education for novice investors
on where to begin, how investing works and risk vs. rewards.
Includes a section on short term investment strategy. Annotation
by Alex Stamm.
- Understanding
and Controlling Your Finances
- U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
- U.S.A.
Today Money - Examines all the necessary elements to buying and tracking
good stocks. The four main sections are markets, portfolio, investor
research and managing money. The market section gives good quotes,
graphs and a great way to get a quick summary of a stock. Investor
research give tips on the most active stocks and many links to screen stocks
and mutual funds. Annotation by Amanda Schwartz.
- Yahoo
Finance
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CHICAGO
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ARCHITECTURE
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HISTORY
General
Chicago Fire
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Haymarket Riots
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Pullman Strike
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World's Columbian Exposition Chicago
1893
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Neighborhoods
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COLLEGE AND CAREER
- 2006-2007
Occupational Outlook Handbook
- U.S. Department of Labor offers
descriptions of what workers do on the job, working
conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and
expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
- 2006-2007
Career Guide to Industries - U.S. Department of Labor provides
information on available careers by industry, including the nature
of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in
the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits,
employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide
additional information.
- Occupational
Employment Statistics - U.S. Department of Labor gives
employment and wage estimates at the national, state and
metropolitan area levels.
- Vocational
Information Center - Links to career and technical resources.
- CareerClick
- Descriptions, salaries, employment levels and more on
approximately 700 careers in Illinois.
-
Countdown - Illinois Career Resource Network - Get detailed
descriptions of hundreds of occupations. Including tasks, wages,
settings and outlook.
- Career
InfoNet
- College
Board Looking Forward to Careers
- The
Monster Board for job listings
- Occupational
Outlook Quarterly - "Practical information on jobs and
careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical
language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related
topics such as new and emerging occupations, training
opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics."
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College Essay Writing Tips
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Writing the Successful College Application Essay
- Peterson's--Colleges
and Universities
- Princeton
Review Career Information
- Salary
Calculator
- What
Can I Do with a Major In?
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SAT Preparation -- Over
3,000 multiple choice questions divided into 21 groups. Also
includes a database browser to review and print the questions and
the correct answers.
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COOKING/FOOD
American Regional Recipes
Other sites for Regional
Foods Project
International Recipes
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AllRecipes.com
- Recipes and reviews, as well as
meal ideas, cooking advice, daily menus, and diet and
nutrition resources.
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Mexican
Recipes – Recipes and
Mexican cooking tips From AllRecipes.Com.
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Taste
of Cuba
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Cultural
Diversity: Eating in America:
Puerto Rico – Ohio
State University Extension describes Puerto Rican food habits and cultural
implications.
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LaGasse's
Island Flavors - http://www.elagasse.com/index1.html
An introduction to the culinary delights of Puerto Rico, covering the
basics, recipes, and drinks.
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Caribbean
Jamaican Cuisine - http://www.iriepeople.com/recipes/
Recipes for tasty and popular dishes updated weekly.
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Latin
American Recipes - http://www.ma.iup.edu/Pueblo/latino_cultures/recipes.html
Low-fat recipes published by the National Cancer Insitute.
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About.com:
Cuisine of South America - http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/weekly/aa101900a.htm
Description of the various cuisines with recipes.
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La
Olla Latinoamericana - http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/recipes.html
Family-tested and crowd-pleasing recipes
from Latin America compiled by chef Melissa Biggs.
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Recetas
de España - http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/recipes.html
Recipes for favourite dishes (in Spanish and English).
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CULTURES, COUNTRIES & STATES
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Atlapedia--Contains
full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and
statistics on countries of the world.
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Background
Notes
- Currency
Translator
- How
Far Is It?
- Library
of Congress Country Studies
- Lonely
Planet Destinations
- Map
Collection (Perry-Castaneda Library)
- Map
Collections 1500-2003 - The focus is Americana and
Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress. These images
were created from maps and atlases and, in general, are restricted
to items that are not covered by copyright protection.
- MapQuest
- Maps
and Graphics - United Nations Environment Program
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Nation Master -
Up-to-date statistics and data from the CIA World Factbook, the
United Nations, as well as other such organizations on countries
around the world.
- National
Anthems
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Nations of
the World (Law Library of Congress) - Separate web page for each
country of the world, links to constitutions and laws; links to
executive, legislative and judicial branch web sites, general
sources include are studies, human rights reports, refugee reports,
travel advisories
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Outline Maps of the World
- PDF files from Education Place
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Population
Reference Bureau - Global demographic data. Topics include:
population trends, HIV/AIDS, aging, education, mortality, etc.
- Portals
to the World
- Recipes
Arranged by Country
- States
and Capitols
- States
and Counties QuickFacts - U.S.
Census Bureau offers easy
access to facts about people, business, and geography.
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Statemaster
Statistics on the 50 states
- United
States
-
US Census Bureau
- Statistical Abstract
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WorldBank
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The
World Factbook (CIA)
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Yahoo!
- Regional Links
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AFRICA
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COSTA RICA
- Costa
Rica - Official site of the Costa Rica Tourism Board.
- Costa
Rica Experts - A Chicago-based travel company gives both general and
specific information on travel in Costa Rica.
- Lonely
Planet Costa Rica - History, culture and excellent travel information by
the well-know. International travel company.
DAY OF THE DEAD
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE
General
Mayans, Aztecs and Incas
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
Spanish Language Newspapers
- ABC - One
of Spain's largest national newspapers
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Ambito
Financiero - Financial news from Argentina
- Canarias7 - News from the Canary Islands
- Cinco Dias - from Madrid, Spain
- El Comercio - Asturia, Spain
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El Comercio - Lima, Peru
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Diario La Hora - Afternoon newspaper from
Guatemala
- Diario Clarin - from Argentina
- El Diario de Hoy - from El Salvador
- El Diario de Yucatan - A Mexican daily with
special collection of Mayan culture
- El Economista - Economic news from Mexico
City
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El Espectador - from Bogota, Colombia
- El Mercurio - News from Chile
- La Nacion - One of Costa Rica's national
newspapers
- La Nacion - One of Argentina's national
newspapers
- El Norte - from Monterrey, Mexico
- El Nuevo Diario - from Managua, Nicaragua
- El Nuevo Dia Interactivo - Interactive
version of a Puerto Rican newspaper
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El Pais - from Cali, Colombia
- El Pais
- from Madrid, Spain
- El Periódico de Catalunya - Online version
of this Spanish daily
- La Prensa - Daily news from Honduras
- Prensa Libre - from
Guatemala
- Pulso - Mexican daily newspaper
- La Republica - A daily from Lima, Peru
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La Tercera - News from Chile
- El Tiempo - from Honduras
- Ultima Hora - Independent Paraguayan
newspaper
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El Universal - from Caracas, Venezuela
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El Universal - from Mexico City, Mexico
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GOVERNMENT
General Information
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Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Cases
- The
Amistad Case (1839-1940) -
Background, images and discussion of the landmark case involving slavery
issues.
- Brown
v. Board of Education - Introduction to the Court opinion on the case
involving "separate but equal" educational facilities.
- Brown
v. Board of Education - ACLU description of the "separate but
equal" case.
- Clay
v. United States - Background on the trial of Muhammad Ali who refused
to serve in the Vietnam War.
- Dred
Scott v. Sandford (1857) -
Background, images and discussion of the landmark case involving slavery
issues. Sponsored by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Gideon
v. Wainwright - ACLU explanation of the case involving free legal
counsel.
- In
Re Gault(1967) - ACLU describes the case involving children's
constitutional rights.
- Lau
v. Nichols ( 1974) - U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights
explains the case involving bilingual education.
- Lau
v. Nichols - University of Maryland instructor, Jeff Matthews provides
excerpts from the case involving bilingual education.
- Mapp
v. Ohio (1961) - Background, images and discussion of the landmark case
involving evidence from illegal searches. Sponsored by Street Law and the
Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Mapp
v. Ohio - ACLU description of a case involving illegal searches.
- Miranda
v. Arizona (1966) - Background, images and discussion of the landmark
case involving the rights of people accused of crimes. Sponsored by Street
Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Miranda
v. Arizona - ACLU description of Ernest Miranda's case involving rights
of the accused.
- Plessy
v. Ferguson (1896) - Background, images and discussion of the landmark
case enforcing the "separate but equal" concept. Sponsored
by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Texas
v. Johnson (1989) - Background, images and discussion of the landmark
case involving flag-burning issues. Sponsored
by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Texas
v. Johnson - ACLU d
- Tinker
v. Des Moines (1969) - Background, images and discussion of the landmark
case involving the right of freedom of expression. Sponsored by Street
Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Tinker
V. Des Moines School District - ACLU description of the case
involving symbolic speech of students.
- United
States v. Virginia (1996) - The Supreme Court Historical Society
explains the case involving single-gender schools.
- United
States v. Virginia - ACLU explanation of the case involving
single-gender schools.
- Veronia
School District v. Acton - The Supreme Court Historical Society explains
the case involving drug testing in schools.
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HEALTH AND FITNESS
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HEALTH
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CANCER
DIETS / DIET FADS
DIET
REVIEWS
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BASKETBALL
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SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
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SWIMMING
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VOLLEYBALL
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WEIGHT TRAINING
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HOT TOPICS
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EUTHANASIA
- Death with Dignity Center -
An educational center promoting the legalization of physician-assisted
suicide. Contains articles and highlights pertinent international news
as well as state and federal legislation.
- Euthanasia Prevention Coalition - Opposes
the promotion or legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Highlights
research projects and public awareness activities of the organization.
- International
Anti-Euthanasia Task Force - Purpose of the organization is to assure
that a patient's right to receive care will not be supplanted by a doctor's
right to administer lethal injections.
- National Right to Life
Committee - Highlights current news and press releases as well as the
voting records of legislatures and pertinent federal legislation.
- Oregon Death with Dignity - Works to
propose, pass, and implement a law allowing terminally ill patients who meet
certain standards to hasten their deaths through assisted suicide or other
means.
- Physician-Assisted
Suicide - The Department of Medical History and Ethics within the
University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle provides a series of
questions and answers on physician-assisted suicide (PAS). The information
was compiled as part of the Ethics in Medicine Bioethics Education Project.
- World Federation of Right-to-Die
Societies - Information on voluntary euthanasia, physician-assisted
suicide, and other right to die issues.
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GUN CONTROL
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence - News stories related to gun violence and gun control laws. Covers
terrorists and firearms, gun law loopholes, and the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act.
- Crime Issues:
Self-Defense and Gun Control - The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA),
a nonprofit public policy research institute, presents information
concerning self defense and gun control in the United States on such topics
as background checks, the Brady Gun Law, gun control myths, gun
related deaths, handgun restrictions, self defense, and more.
Presented from an anti-gun control perspective.
- Firearms Table
of Contents - The Pacific Center for Violence Prevention presents
information on firearms.The center includes statistics on firearms,
including statistics on homicide, firearm deaths by state, and guns and
crime.
- Gun Free Kids - An action
center that is sponsored by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. Links to gun
control legislation and other organizations.
- Gun
Laws, Gun Control and Gun Rights -Looks at all sides of the gun control
controversy in the United States. Edited by a team of law professors from
law schools across the United States and around the world.
- Gun
Owners of America - Highlights membership information and state
and federal alerts concerning guns and gun control. Details bills before
Congress related to guns and Congressional gun votes.
- National
Rifle Association - Information about federal, state, and local
legislation relating to guns and gun rights.
- Women Against
Gun Control - Information on a women's pro-gun organization based in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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IMMIGRATION
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PLO, YASSAR ARAFAT, AND THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY
- Declaration
of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements - The
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents the text of the September13,
1993 document.
- Israel-Palestine
Liberation Organization Agreement: 1993 - The Avalon Project of the Yale
University Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, presents the full text of
the Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Agreement of 1993.
- Israel-PLO
Recognition - The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents the text
of correspondence between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and
the Israeli government in which both entities recognized one another.
- Middle
East Network Information Center (MENIC): Palestinian Authority - A
collection of Internet sources collected by the Middle Eastern Studies at
the University of Texas at Austin. The focus is on the arts and the
humanities, the economy, the government, news and media, and women in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- Newsmakers:
Yasser Arafat - President of Palestinian Council ABC News Internet
Ventures presents a biographical sketch of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
highlighting Arafat's dedication to the Palestinian cause and his
transformation from alleged terrorist to diplomat.
- The Palestinian Economic Council For
Development and Reconstruction - Offers access to reports, publications,
and information about campaigns dedicated to the creation of a democratic,
sovereign, and independent Palestinian state.
- Palestinian
National Authority - As part of Political Resources on the Net, Agora
Telematica provides a collection of Internet resources related to the
Palestinian National Authority. Includes sites on law, elections, tourism,
associations, political organizations, and more.
- Palestinian Vision of
Peace - The Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) provides the full text of the article entitled
"Palestinian Vision of Peace," written by Palestinian political
leader Yasser Arafat (1929- ). The article was originally published in the
February 3, 2002 issue of the "New York Times.
- PLO - The
Terrorism Research Center, Inc. presents a profile about the Palestine
Liberation Organization (PLO), the alleged terrorist group run by
Palestinian political leader, Yasser Arafat.
- Terrorism:
Questions and Answers: Palestinian Authority - The Council on Foreign
Relations, Inc. and the Markle Foundation provide a set of questions and
answers about the Palestinian National Authority (PA).
POVERTY
TEEN ISSUES
Teens and Sleep
TERRORISM
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