An excellent blog to read is Global Voices.  The goal of this blog is to diversify the on-line conversation.

Sadly, most traditional media fails to report extensively on international issues.  Blogs have become a great vehicle for people in countries around the world to report on local issues.  Global Voices is composed of a team of global 'editors' who review blogs in their region.  Each editor posts interesting articles from a variety of blogs.

For example, when was the last time you heard news on Nepal from a major media outlet?  Well, you should have because there has been extensive civil unrest in Nepal since several members of their royal family were murdered.  In my one month of reading, Global Voices has already linked to several bloggers in Nepal. 

I highly recommend you add Global Voices to your RSS reader.