News lists  are great  for immigrants,  to keep in  touch with  your home
country. Let's  say you move  to a country  where the two  evening papers
have headlines such as, hmm what was it today?
 
Paper 1: The last picture of Lotta, 16, before she was murdered!
         [an old story already, about which everything which could
         possibly be told has been told and re-told and re-re-told]
 
Paper 2: Lotta, 16, murdered 3 months ago [big mug shot]
 
Let's further assume that a major European country is taking a referendum
on whether to join  the EC or not, and that the  papers in question cover
it as follows:
 
Paper 1: Lotta, 76, wins 5 millions at the lotto - her first impressions!
         [1"x1" statement in a corner about the referendum, which passed]
 
Paper 2: Lisa, 42, paralysed after taking the wrong pills!
         [a one-liner just above the price on the first page tells you
         that the referendum passed]
 
Your options are to  go to an international news stand  where you can buy
your country's press, or to forget about it. Chances are there will be no
international news stand close to your subway station in the suburbs, and
maybe none close to your office. So, you forget about it.
 
That's  when you  learn about  <home-country>[log in to unmask] Wow!  All the
news, in your language. No need to  take the subway to the station to get
local papers,  and it's  free. You  can get  a digest  and read  it every
morning with  your coffee.  You can  always read the  local paper  in the
subway.
 
  Eric