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Newz of the World
English - March 22, 2014 11:39 - 1 hour - 25.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
While many governments continue to play diplomatic games over the Crimea, we look at the fiscal costs. The US changes its agreement on internet domains, or so it seemed. UNHCR releases its asylum statistics for 2013. A beloved Afghan journalist is murdered along with his family. A detailed discussion of Bitcoin and the Mt. Cox trouble. Ethiopia is well on their way to building the largest dam on the Nile. This week's NEWZ Source: The Daily Beast.
Crimea Costs — US ICANN — Asylum Seekers — Afghan Journalist — Mt. Gox — Ethiopian Dam — The Daily Beast
While many governments continue to play diplomatic games over the Crimea, we look at the fiscal costs. The US changes its agreement on internet domains, or so it seemed. UNHCR releases its asylum statistics for 2013. A beloved Afghan journalist is murdered along with his family. A detailed discussion of Bitcoin and the Mt. Cox trouble. Ethiopia is well on their way to building the largest dam on the Nile. This week's NEWZ Source: The Daily Beast.
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Tim Pritlove
(Berlin, Germany)
Links:
The Costs of Crimea Joining Russia
Why the US Isn’t Necessarily Handing Over The Internet to the World
Syria, Afghanistan and Russia Top the Asylum Seekers List
Beloved Journalist Killed in Kabul Hotel
Inside the Mt. Gox Bitcoin Scandal
Ethiopian Dam Achieves Construction Milestone
NEWZ Source: The Daily Beast
Cover image by Jason Saul