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America.gov - Engaging the World America.gov features current events in the United States and around the world. The site includes information on the topics of American Life, the Economy, Global Challenges, and International Relations. America.gov is a one stop shop for anyone interested in learning about the hot topics in the United States and abroad. [http://www.america.gov/index.html]
GlobalPost Produced by Global News Enterprises of Boston, the site presents nonpartisan, unbiased information. News stories are submitted daily by 65 paid experienced correspondents in nearly 50 countries. [http://www.globalpost.com]
Washington Post - TimeSpace World Interactive, global map that allows the user to find current articles, photos and videos from around the world. [http://specials.washingtonpost.com/timespace/world/]

Haiti Earthquake 2010 Information from the International Committee of the Red Cross [http://www.icrc.org/web/doc/siterfl0.nsf/htmlall/familylinks-haiti-eng?opendocument]

H1N1 Flu Resource Center Free resources from TheLancet.com [http://www.thelancet.com/H1N1-flu]
Flu.gov All you need to know about the H1N1 flu virus. [http://flu.gov]
H1N1 and Influenza News Evidence-based medical information from EBSCO Publishing

Center for Voting and Democracy: The Electoral College - A Center for Election Reform Emphasizes how the system is set up to handle events when it doesn't work smoothly. Provides a detailed description of the history of controversial presidential elections. [http://www.fairvote.org/]
Committee of 70 The Committee of Seventy is a non-partisan organization working to improve the Philadelphia region by demanding ethical conduct of public officials, educating citizens and safeguarding elections. [http://www.seventy.org]
FactCheck.org A "nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. [http://www.factcheck.org]
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Federal Register: U.S. Electoral College This site assembles a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present, and includes an excellent FAQ section. [http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/]
Project Vote Smart provides detailed factual information about candidates and elected officials in five areas: bios, issues, voting records, campaign finances, and interest group ratings. It also covers local to presidential elections. [http://www.vote-smart.org/]
Tax Policy Center Independent, timely, accessible analyses of current and emerging tax policy issues. [http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/]
Teaching Tolerance A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. [http://www.tolerance.org | http://www.splcenter.org]
VotesPA Pennsylvania Department of State's online voting information and resource center. [http://www.votespa.com/]

Hurricane Katrina News Coverage on how Hurricane Katrina has affected librarians, libraries, and collections. [http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/hurricanekatrinanews/katrinanews.htm]

Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster A select guide to information from the Arts & Science Libraries at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. [http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/indian-ocean-disaster.html]

Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq From the International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. [http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/iraq.html]

9-11-01 News and Legal Resources Information and related services from LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange). [http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm]
Access to Government Information Post-September 11th A listing of government web sites that have been removed for security reasons. [http://www.ombwatch.org/node/182]
ANSER Institute for Homeland Security From ANSER, a non-profit public service research institute. [http://www.homelandsecurity.org/]
Anthrax From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/]
Anthrax From MEDLINEplus. [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html]
Anthrax Pre-publication papers and special issue from Nature. [http://www.nap.edu/terror/]
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program Official program from the Department of Defense. [http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/]
Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism "National Security" Toll on the Treedom of Expression. From the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/antiterrorism_chill.html]
Current Netlore: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the U.S. Internet hoaxes, email rumors and urban legends related to the events of September 11, 2001. [http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blxterror.htm]
FBI Tips and Public Leads Report suspected terrorism or criminal activity. [https://tips.fbi.gov/]
Federal Aviation Administration Information on aviation safety, traveler briefing, air traffic and more. [http://www.faa.gov]
Hot Topics From Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. [http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/sept11/index.html]
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources Resources from the University of Georgia. [http://www.uga.edu/islam/]
Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001 Bills & joint resolutions signed into law; other resolutions approved; legislation with floor action; and, legislation without floor action. [http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm]
National Security Archive National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 55. [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/index1.html]
News From Findlaw.com - Special Coverage: War on Terrorism. [http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/]
The Peacemakers Speak Statements from living Nobel Peace Prize winners on the September 11 attacks. [http://www.thecommunity.com/crisis/]
September 11 Digital Archive Compiles public reactions – personal accounts, images, e-mails and other formats. Keyword search or browse subjects. [http://911digitalarchive.org]
September 11 News Provides images of front covers of U.S. and foreign newspapers and magazines. [http://www.september11news.com/]
Smallpox From MEDLINEplus. [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html]
Terrorism and Security Collection Science and policy issues surrounding terrorism and security. From the National Academies. [http://www.nap.edu/terror/]
World Trade Center Some engineering aspects, including the structural system and informed speculation about why it collapsed. From the University of Sydney, Australia. [http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/civil/wtc.shtml]

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