Only 34 days remain until the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi, Russia. The torch relay, which began in Greece last September, is
billed as the longest in Winter Olympics history - covering 65,000 km
(40,390 mi) as it passes through 2,900 towns and villages across all 83
regions of Russia. So far, the torch has been carried on foot and aboard
sleds, ships, wheelchairs, camels, a Soyuz spacecraft, a
nuclear-powered icebreaker, and a water jet-pack. The relay will come to
an end on February 7, 2014, at the opening ceremony in Sochi. [37 photos]
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Afghanistan: December 2013
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Western forces continue their long withdrawal from Afghanistan,
scheduled to be complete within a year, save for a small number NATO
advisers and security teams. Recent reports and evaluations of the state
of affairs in Afghanistan indicate a bleak immediate future, despite
billions of dollars of foreign aid. Human rights groups report that
violence against women is intensifying, malnutrition is mysteriously on
the rise nationwide, economic growth has dropped sharply, and continued
foreign aid is threatened by possible instability post-withdrawal.
Gathered here are recent images from this war-weary country, part of the
ongoing series here on Afghanistan. [38 photos]
An Afghan worker inspects hundreds of shipping containers received by
U.S. and NATO troops at a storage yard in Kandahar, southern
Afghanistan, on October 28, 2013. These containers are often used to
transport tons of scrap bought by Afghans from the departing U.S.
military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 
Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the world's largest refugee communities: the more than one million Afghans who have fled years of warfare in their home country. Living in temporary shelters along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border -- and cared for by the the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Pakistan's government, and numerous international care agencies -- this massive and persistent population remains vulnerable to multiple dangers, from outbreaks of disease to violence spilling over from the war next door. Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen has spent the past several years in Pakistan, documenting the lives of these refugees, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable: the children caught up in the chaos as their families try to keep them safe. Muheisen's portraits below are part of the ongoing series here on Afghanistan. [30 photos]
In this Saturday, January 25, 2014 photo, Afghan refugee girl, Nazmina
Bibi, 7, poses for a picture, while playing with other children in a
slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Monday, February 3, 2014
Earth's magnetic field is collapsing and it could affect the climate and wipe out power grids
Forget global warming, worry about the MAGNETOSPHERE: Earth's magnetic field is collapsing and it could affect the climate and wipe out power grids
- Earth's magnetic field has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years
- Could be a sign that the planet's north and south poles are about to flip
- If this happens, solar winds could punch holes into the Earth's ozone layer
- This could damage power grids, affect weather and increase cancer rates
- Evidence of flip happening in the past has been uncovered in pottery
- As the magnetic shield weakens, the spectacle of an aurora would be visible every night all over the Earth
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Deep within the Earth, a
fierce molten core is generating a magnetic field capable of defending
our planet against devastating solar winds.
The
protective field extends thousands of miles into space and its
magnetism affects everything from global communication to animal
migration and weather patterns.
But this magnetic field, so important to life on Earth, has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years. And this, scientists claim, could be a sign that the Earth’s poles are about to flip.
The Earth's protective field extends thousands
of miles into space and its magnetism affects everything from global
communication to animal migration and weather patterns
Video shows dramatic moment men rescue baby buried under pile of dirt and rubble after airstrike in Syria
Associated Press | January 31, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 31 12:07 PM ET
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Nur Media CenterMen
dig 14-month-old Ghina Khalil out of rubble in Aleppo, Syria. The
toddler was pulled out after men pulled aside rocks, concrete rubble and
dust to free her, caught under a smashed building, bombed by the
government forces in the area of Masaraniyeh in Aleppo.
Shocking before-and-after photos show how Syrian government ‘wiped entire neighbourhoods off the map’
Ryan Lucas, Associated Press | January 30, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 30 3:54 PM ET
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BEIRUT — The Syrian government used controlled explosives and
bulldozers to raze thousands of residential buildings, in some cases
entire neighbourhoods, in a campaign that appeared designed to punish
civilians sympathetic to the opposition or to cause disproportionate
harm to them, an international human rights group said Thursday.
The demolitions took place between July 2012 and July 2013 in seven
pro-opposition districts in and around the capital, Damascus, and the
central city of Hama, according to a 38-page report by Human Rights Watch.
The New York-based group said the deliberate destruction violated
international law, and called for an immediate end to the practice.
AP Photo / Human Rights Watch via Digital GlobeThis
combination of two satellite
images released by Human Rights Watch
shows dozens of high-rise residential and
commercial buildings along the
main road between Mezzeh Air Base and Daraya, a
Damascus, Syria suburb
on Feb. 4, 2013, left, and on July 1, 2013, right
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Volcano eruption kills at least 16 people in Indonesia
Volcano eruption kills at least 16 people in Indonesia as ash is sent spewing several miles into the air
- Dead include four students and a journalist who went to see blasts up close
- Only yesterday 14,000 villagers were allowed to return to their 'safe' homes
- Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, has been rumbling for four months
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At least 16 people have been killed by
a violent volcanic eruption on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, which
sent ash spewing several miles into the air.
The dead include a TV journalist, four high school students and their teacher who went to see Mount Sinabung up close after being told it was becoming safer.
Only yesterday thousands of villagers were allowed to return to their homes on the slopes of the volcano despite the fact it has been erupting sporadically for four months.
At least 16 people have been killed by a violent
volcanic eruption on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia which sent ash
spewing several miles into the airThursday, January 30, 2014
Đau đầu với hàng dỏm và thương lái Trung Quốc
Người lao động
Thứ Năm, 30/01/2014 09:53
(NLĐO) - Năm 2013, hàng hóa Trung Quốc nhập vào Việt Nam với con số kỷ lục, đồng thời thương nhân Trung Quốc cũng liên tục hoành hành khiến nhiều người phải lo ngại
Nhập siêu kỷ lục
Hoãn điện hạt nhân, chưa lo thiếu điện
Theo trang tin Stratfor (Mỹ), việc hoãn xây dựng nhà máy điện hạt nhân Ninh Thuận 1 công suất 4.400 MW có thể làm suy yếu an ninh năng lượng của Việt Nam nhưng là hành động đúng đắn để đảm bảo an toàn
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| Sự cố tại nhà máy điện hạt nhân Fukushima Daiichi (Nhật Bản) sau thảm họa sóng thần. |
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The Incredible World Of 3D Street Art
August 17, 2011
3D
street art — alternatively known as pavement, chalk or sidewalk art —
is a form of anamorphic art pioneered by American Kurt Wenner. Sprawling
over sidewalks, walls, and public spaces, artists use chalk or pastels
to render pictures that use mathematical continuation of perspective to
give the illusion of three-dimensionality. Though the medium is widely
regarded as a modern art, street art traces its origins back to the
Renaissance....
Syria's 5,000-year heritage is being buried under the rubble of war
Haunting before and after pictures show how Syria's 5,000-year heritage is being buried under the rubble of war
- Images show once bustling centres of commerce and culture now lying silent
- They include Aleppo's ancient Umayyad Mosque and Souq Bab Antakya
- A once state of the art hospital is now a shell and a key minaret ruined
- Meanwhile, US restarts deliveries of nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition
- But rebels say no aid is reaching the besieged city of Homs
By
Matt Blake
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They are the rubble-strewn relics of a forgotten age of bustling prosperity: a mosque, a minaret, a hospital and a marketplace.
Now in ruins, they have been destroyed by a war that is not only killing generations of Syrians but also history itself.
And as these before and after pictures show, a heritage built over more than 5,000 years is being slowly buried under rubble.
The
ancient Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo was once an imposing testament to
ancient Syrian architecture, and said to be home to the remains of
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.
Imposing: The ancient Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo
was once an imposing testament to ancient Syrian architecture, and said
to be home to the remains of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist
Hạt phù sa Lê Hiếu Đằng
Bauxite Việt Nam
28/01/2014
Hạt phù sa Lê Hiếu Đằng
Phạm Đình Trọng
22.1.2014 Lê Hiếu Đằng giã từ cuộc sống26.1.2014 Lê Hiếu Đằng trở về với Đất Mẹ, với Trời xanh
Tinh anh Lê Hiếu Đằng hòa vào khí thiêng sông núi
Thân xác Lê Hiếu Đằng thành hạt phù sa của sông Sài Gòn.
Khí thiêng sông núi tạo nên khí phách Việt Nam, tinh thần Việt Nam
Hạt phù sa của sông Sài Gòn
Hạt phù sa của sông Hồng, sông Mã, sông Lam, sông Thu Bồn, sông Thị Vải
Tạo nên màu xanh của đồng bãi, màu xanh của đồng ruộng Việt Nam.
Lê Hiếu Đằng còn mãi trong màu xanh bầu trời, trong màu xanh đất đai Việt Nam
26.1.2014.
P. Đ. T.
Friday, January 24, 2014
HÌNH CHỤP TẠI ĐÁM TANG LUẬT GIA LÊ HIẾU ĐẰNG
Blog Huỳnh Ngọc Chênh
Thứ Năm, ngày 23 tháng 1 năm 2014
CHỤP TẠI ĐÁM TANG ANH LÊ HIẾU ĐẰNG
Linh cữu anh Lê Hiếu Đằng được quàn tại chùa Xá Lợi, 89b Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, quận 3 Tp HCM. Lễ viếng từ hôm nay ( 23/1/2014). Lễ di quan và lễ truy điệu sẽ bắt đầu lúc 6 giờ sáng chủ nhật ngày 26 tháng 1 năm 2014
Vịnh Tokyo, Nhật Bản – Phần cuối
14-01-2014
Giữa thế kỷ 20, giai đoạn kinh tế Nhật Bản phát triển bùng nổ, thủ đô Tokyo đi đầu trong quá trình công nghiệp hóa này. Hàng loạt nhà máy và khu công nghiệp đã được xây dựng quanh khu vực vịnh Tokyo. Các nhà máy đã xả một lượng khổng lồ nước thải độc hại chưa qua xử lý ra các con sông chảy ra vịnh hoặc thải trực tiếp ra vịnh. Hậu quả là nguồn nước trên vịnh Tokyo bị ô nhiễm trầm trọng. Môi trường bị hủy hoại, tôm cá trong vịnh cũng theo đó chết hàng loạt.
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