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Current News from South Asia
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Access World NewsFull-text news for over 9,000 news sources including U.S. and international news papers, major wire services, etc. Includes nearly 600 news sources from the countries of South Asia.
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International Newsstream This link opens in a new windowInternational news from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format. Over 800 of the world's top news sources.
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FactivaSearch millions of newspapers, business magazines, and newswires with international and foreign language coverage with all editions of the Wall Street Journal. Financial information for publicly traded companies, stocks, funds, currencies, and common market indexes. Limited to 7 simultaneous users.
Historical News from South Asia
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Times of India, 1838-2010Digital archive of the Times of India (1838-2010 with annual additions of new content). Actual full-page images and full text searchable. The titles included under this heading are: Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1839-1859) and the Bombay Times and Standard (1861-1861).
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South Asian Historical NewspapersTen searchable 19th and 20th century newspapers from what are now India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Years of coverage fall between 1864 and 1922. Titles below.
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South Asian Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSearch 12 newspapers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Includes multiple languages such as Bengali, English, Marathi and Nepali. Dates range from 1850-1992. Titles below.
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Newspapers from the South Asia Open ArchivesSearch six newspapers from India. Titles below.
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Colonial "Native" Newspaper ReportsExplore weekly news summaries from vernacular newspapers across India, translated into English. These cover the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Kārawān - Afghan NewspaperKārawān was published by Sạbahuddin̄ Kushkaki in Kabul City, Afghanistan beginning on September 24, 1968. Here find issues from volumes 2-12.
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Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019Search full text and digital archive of "The Times of London" newspaper for the years 1785-2019. View either a specific article or a complete page with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories.
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers CollectionA digital collection covering British news media from 1757-1817, it contains about 700 newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney. The contents were published mostly in London, and some were published in English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
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Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports This link opens in a new windowCovering high-interest issues from 1957 to 1995, the JPRS Reports are English translations of foreign-language monographs, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, and radio and television broadcasts from regions throughout the world, including South Asia.
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World News ConnectionA service bringing news from around the world, translated into English, between 1995 and 2013. The information is obtained from newspaper articles, television and radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, and non-classified reports.
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