While in America, I rely on the BBC website(bbc.co.uk) for international news and CNN for news on American political events and documentaries that interest me. I also watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for a good laugh when I have time; which is mostly over the school breaks. When I am at school, I catch a few past episodes online(http://www.thedailyshow.com/) every now and then during my study breaks. During the school year, besides the BBC website, I watch documentaries on CNN or MSNBC as I eat or cook at my apartment. I don't have a cable connection at my apartment so I watch online channels on http://www.justin.tv/directory/news or http://atdhe.net/watchtv.html.
For the local Binghamton news, I skim over The Pipe Dream between my classes and I read the local newspaper in the lounge where I have lunch with my friends. I usually read the cover stories, skim through the sports section and look out for 'deals' at Kohl's or JCPenny.
For Ugandan news, I rely on newvision.co.ug and monitor.co.ug. These are the online links to the main government run newspaper and the main privately run newspaper in Uganda. When I am in Uganda, I read the local newspapers; "The New Vision" and "The Daily Monitor". I actually have time to read the whole paper and look up a new word or two. Time seems to be a lot more forgiving in Uganda, compared to America. For international news, I watch CNN and watch BBC for documentaries. The news shown on CNN in Uganda is a lot more comprehensive than the news shown on the same channel in America. The latter replays the same pieces of American news the whole day, with the exception of a select few extreme stories from other parts of the world.
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