GDACS Alerts The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including news, maps and V. OSOCC
Idealist.org
Part of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization, which connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
Provides "thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad.
The best Nonprofit Career Center on the web."
Paperboy Lists newspapers by Country, U.S. State, Subject.
Gives feeds of many English speaking countries.
Over 100 news feeds. Excellent resource of
most newspapers worldwide.
Independent Indymedia IMC independent media center "collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth".
NewsCloud open community for sharing/discussing news
Biology NewsRSS JSS Latest Biology Articles News & Current Events
Global Voices OnlineRSS JSS sections plus country feeds
"non-profit global citizens’ media project, sponsored by and launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School...
utilizing forms of participatory media such as blogs, podcasts, photo sharing sites, and videoblogs...
and edited by a global team of regional blogger-editors..."
NewsvineRSS JSS sections plus country feeds, your own newsvine group
"...purpose: to build a perfectly different, perfectly efficient way to read, write, and interact with the news...
At Newsvine, you can read stories from established media organizations like the Associated Press, ESPN, and New Scientist as well as individual contributors from all around the world. Placement of stories is determined by a multitude of factors including freshness, popularity, and reputation. Contribution is open to all, and editorial judgment is in the hands of the community."