Using formal information retrieval methods, International News Connection provides a centralized location on the Web that allows users to access constantly updated international news, through dynamic links to news stories from 14 different news sources. The links are updated every 15-20 minutes. The news stories are classified into seven regional categories: Africa, Asia (excluding China), China,
... [Show full abstract] Europe (excluding Russia), Middle East, Russia, and South America. The system also contains a clustering function allowing users to retrieve news stories similar to a particular one. Keywords: Web news, online news, dynamic information retrieval, automated classification, news filtering, news clustering, news updating behavior