I added Al Jazeera to my Google Reader account a couple of weeks ago because I felt like I wasn't getting a very good picture of what was going on the world. I'm happy that I did, because their coverage tends to be a lot more rich in terms of what's going on in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. Their coverage of EU politics in particular is fascinating.
Their editorial decisions are a lot different than that of the US news agencies, in that they seem less interested in trying to dumb down stuff or drop the stories that might be less tantalizing. Their choices for the US stories they pick up is often surprising as well (covering the Kucinich effort to impeach Bush not withstanding).
If you're interested in broadening your horizons, I strongly recommend the site.
"If you add Al Jazeera to your news list then the terrorists have won."
All kidding aside, it would be interesting for me to get another perspective on the news rather than what we get prepackaged here in the US. I'm going to check it out. The curious part of me wants to know, plus the famous line at the beginning of Braveheart has me interested.
"History is written by those who have hanged heroes."