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Probably the best online dictionary site is Cambridge English dictionaries at http://dictionary.cambridge.org Here you will find Cambridge Advanced Leaners’ Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and Cambridge Dictionary of Idioms
Miscellaneous links:
Some TV and radio listening
comprehension links
Some links about Georgia
Some links about the UK
Some sporting links
The best online information sources (imho) :
Probably the most useful goldmines of information about UK and world events include:
www.economist.com The Economist magazine. Although you have to pay a subscription to access some of these articles, you can search free of charge for useful articles in the online archive and then find them in the print editions in your university library.
http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders Useful background information on a variety of topics.
www.guardian.co.uk aka www.observer.co.uk The Guardian and (Sunday) Observer newspapers.
See particularly:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/ (A free archive of articles since September 1998)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Documentaries/ or http://www.guardian.co.uk/specialreports/index/0,2479,181169,00.html (Index of special reports)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/interactive (Interactive guides)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues or http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/archive/0,6729,184781,00.html (Today's issues explained)
http://news.bbc.co.uk BBC News (Use the "Search" box in the top right-hand corner). This is always a good place to start and find basic information and background.
US economic indicators and statistics http://www.economicindicators.gov
UK Statistics Office (Economic Data): http://www.statistics.gov.uk/economic.asp
German Federal Statistics Office: http://www.destatis.de
German Federal Statistics Office (English): http://www.destatis.de/e_home.htm
European Union homepage (German): http://europa.eu.int/index-de.htm
European Union homepage (English): http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
If you prefer sources from across the "Pond", you could try:
www.time.com Time Magazine
http://www.nytimes.com/ New York Times - you have to register, but it is free...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp Newsweek
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/index.htm US Embassy
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