Media and Communications: Journalist's Toolkit

WDI Online provides access to statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960 for 226 countries, as well as data for regions and income groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators

Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor], 1981-

An excellent source of country information.

Site dedicated to Public Speeches and Speakers of all kinds and includes a Speech Bank, Movie Speeches, Audio Figures of Speech, The Top 100 American Speeches etc.

archive of full-text speeches by influential, contemporary women, includes Nobel Lectures.

Do a site search for speeches.

University of Texas. Includes a large collection of freely available online maps.

Australian Government: Geoscience Australia