I find the things that make news elsewhere but are never heard of here to be quite shocking.
Cyberseal, I've thought the same thing myself. Even though I havn't traveled abroad, I do make use of resources such as
http://www.world-newspapers.com/
or
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Lot's of interesting reading in the newspapers across the world. Unfortunately not enough people have the time/will to read a newspaper from another country, let alone from this country.