The following is a list of good Web sites that will satisfy even the most voracious news junkie.

• www.ceoexpress.com
  Ceoexpress offers a comprehensive listing of Web sites useful for a news junkie. The site also groups them in different category for easy lookup.

• www.time.com
  www.time.com/time/asia
  Time magazine makes an interesting weekend reading, with a comprehensive coverage of the world's socio-political events but from a staunch American's perspective.

• www.newsweek.com
  Newsweek is similar to the Time in coverage but more biased.

• www.harpers.org
  Harper's Magazine has few articles available online but they are worth the read.

• www.atimes.com
  The Hong Kong-based online publication examines political, economic and social issues in Asia from an Asian perspective.

• www.theatlantic.com
  The venerable the Atlantic Monthly continues to offer wits and lively articles, with a wide coverage that includes poetry and language.

• www.newyorker.com
  The New Yorker is relatively similar to the Atlantic monthly but focus on happenings in the Big Apple.

• www.usnews.com
  U.S. News & World Report offers news, news and news - for the news junkies.

• www.economist.com
  British not American. The Economist is a refreshing change and offers commentary and analysis on the socio-economic events in the world.

• www.utne.com
  Utne Reader is an alternative magazine that offers insightful and provocative articles on the arts and media.

• www.motherjones.com
  Mother Jones is one of few non-profit magazines that commits itself to investigative reporting, a winner of a 2001 National Magazine Award in General Excellence

• www.wsws.org
  The World Socialist Web Site is the Internet center of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). It offers analysis of world events, and comments on political, cultural, historical and philosophical issues, from a socialistic perspective. ICFI is founded by Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin's nemesis. The articles are surprisingly refreshing, provocative, and well written, without the trappings of Marxism recondite terminology.

• www.tnr.com
  The New Republic covers politics as well as the arts.

• www.reason.com
  Witty, satirical, and controversial. Reason magazine injects you a heavy dose of scepticism.

• www.spectator.co.uk
  London-based Spectator injects you a heavy dose of scepticism and funnier.

• www.spectator.org
  American's version of Spectator.

• wwics.si.edu
  The highbrow the Wilson Quarterly information magazine offers indepth analysis into the world's politics.

• www.alternet.org
  AlterNet.org is a online magazine of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization that offers independent and alternative journalism. It provides a mix of news, opinion and investigative journalism on a wide range of subjects.

• yaleglobal.yale.edu
  Yale Gobal Online, an online magazine for the Yale Center of the Study of Globalization, examines socio-economic-political issues relating to globalisation.

• www.business2.com
  The Business 2.0 magazine has an excellent directory of business links.

• www.businessweek.com
  The Businessweek offers insightful articles in the world of business.

• www.feer.com
  Far Eastern Economic Review was being banned in Singapore for a couple of times. Got it!

• www.foreignpolicy.com
  Foreign Policy magazine offers indepth analysis of the global events. Definitely for the highbrows.

• www.fortune.com
  Fortune magazine needs no recommendation.

• www.forbes.com
  It goes the same for Forbes magazine.

• www.redherring.com
  Red Herring is supposedly an IT magazine but carrys other non-IT articles as well.

• www.wsj.com
  Wall Street Journal requires subscription but it is well worth the money.

• www.opinionjournal.com
  A sister site of Wall Street Journal that features articles not published in the physical paper.

• www.ft.com
  
• news.ft.com/home/asia
  Another venerable financial newspaper which requires no introduction.

• www.nytimes.com
  The New York Times, still an influential and venerable newspaper despite the Jayson Blair's scandal.

• slate.msn.com
  cagle.slate.msn.com
  Slate is reputedly one of the best online magazines available; it had weathered through the dotcom bust and is still very much alive and going strong. It covers a wide array of subjects and boosts of many prominent contributers like Robert Shiller and Paul Krugman. Remember to check up its cartoon section "cagle.slate.msn.com" that features political cartoons from all over the world. Trust me. You would love it.

• www.latimes.com
  The Los Angeles Times.

• www.csmonitor.com
  The Christian Science Monitor.

• www.truthout.org
  Truthout, a non-profit organisation that offers critical news and commentary on world events.

• www.washingtonpost.com
  The Washington Post.

• www.malaysiakini.com
  Malaysiakini is an alternative Malaysia-based online newspaper which is constantly harassed by the authority.