This news summary is brought to you by Intermicronational World. We are happy to serve as a genuinely alternative news source, and to more than just micronations or alternative polities. Intermicronational World publishes original articles in English and Italian, and often distributes articles in French and Portuguese. Ukraine conflict sides actions may fall within ICC jurisdiction — UN The hostilities in Ukraine may fall within the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. [ITAR-TASS] en.itar-tass/world/743139 Rojava revolution: building autonomy in the Middle East The original Roar Magazine article about backwards Middle East religious politics, and the secular leftist alternative has disappeared, but has been republished here. [Truthout] truth-out.org/opinion/item/25266-rojava-revolution-building-autonomy-in-the-middle-east Russia allocates $6.9 billion to build Kerch bridge The federal target program for development of the Russian Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol envisages around 247 billion rubles ($6.9 billion) to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait. [ITAR-TASS] en.itar-tass/russia/743048 Russia Offers 4 Million Rubles to Crack the Tor Network The Russian government is offering almost 4 million rubles (about USD $100,000) to anyone who can devise a reliable way to decrypt data sent over the Tor anonymity network. [Global Voices] globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/24/russia-tor-privacy-nsa/ Smallest Swiss Cross Made of 20 Single Atoms The manipulation of atoms has reached a new level: physicists were able to place 20 single atoms on a fully insulated surface at room temperature to form the smallest Swiss cross, thus taking a big step towards next generation atomic-scale storage devices. [myScience.ch] goo.gl/WggYRx World-class university education from Russia A major priority of many universities today is the internationalisation of education. However, a Russian university has gone through the process in a very different way. [StRDU] scholar.ac/world-class-education-from-russia.html
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:52:18 +0000
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