[JustPiper]

Another from MamaD:

This is what they use in Islam for their fact finding:

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
From the Univ. of Texas, in Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

News
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Al Jazeera- http://www.aljazeera.net/
BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/
CNN

Organizations
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EU - http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
IMF - http://www.imf.org/
NAFTA - http://www.naftaworks.org/
NATO - http://www.nato-pa.int/home.html
UN - http://www.un.int/
World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/
WTO - http://www.wto.org/
WTO Watch - http://www.wtowatch.org/

Think Tanks
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Brookings Institute - http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot
Council on Foreign Relations - http://www.cfr.org/
Institute of Policy Studies - http://www.ips.org/index.htm

NOTE: This list is very extensive, I will post some everyday but it does show how clever they use their resources and interesting to see just what they use and know!

[JustPiper]

Those who like to solve cryptic messages, compliments of MamaD:

http://yourmuslim.blogspot.com/