Global Perspective and then some

"We are in a mess," said Ulrike Guerot, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Berlin. "Germany is not Italy. We are proud to be in a stable democracy. It's completely new for us to have this scattered election result." <more>

On Line Newspapers.com is a portal that allows you to choose a country and read THEIR news coverage (since ours sorta sucks)
Speaking of US News sucking: here's a Rather good perspective from Dan (where good means scary as hell.)

Back to Germany...here are a couple more good news links for the English speaker:
Expatica Germany (this is an English language newspaper for ex-pats in Germany)
International Herald Tribune (World News Updates)

For those who dont feel like clicking thru, QD will sum it up: "It seems like we are completely screwed as a planet, but this is (like Rilke says) the time when we are about to recover from what ails us, so patience grasshoppers, patience, hope and possibly booze... Slainte!