News when we travel

In the old days (maybe 10 years ago) my news lifeline would be the International Herald Tribute, along with some CNN international if we were lucky enough to have it in the hotel. These days we have CNN in the house, and laptops with highspeed internet so with le web we can read the news and our regular papers every day should we choose. So many times when we travel there is some big breaking news story just as we leave or while we are away and we get blanket coverage on CNN or sometimes BBC or Skynews - Michael Jackson's death, the Norway killings, the bombings in London, or the summer Governor McGreevey resigned when I was working for the state of New Jersey, or every four years the World Cup. This summer, already we have major news stories from Nelson Mandela's illness, President Obama's trip to African, civil unrest in Brazil and Egypt, and we can anticipate the birth of the royal heir in England. We always enjoy getting a different view of the world while here and watch CNN International at home, but it does not contain all the same programming we see here. We have added a new twist to watching tv here, with some additional technology (since without it we can't watch netflix or other programs) we are watching some favorite programs at night or movies.