Red alert over Iceland volcano: Authorities issue aviation warning after small eruption 28 miles from Bardarbunga

• Eruption this morning happened in roughly the same place as one on Friday
• Authorities said lava fountains about 165ft high erupted from the fissure
• The red warning code means no flights are allowed in an area of about 40 square nautical miles north of the area, up to 6,000 feet from the ground
• But aviation officials said the restrictions do not affect commercial flights 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 19:36 GMT, 31 August 2014 | Updated: 08:52 GMT, 1 September 2014 

Tội ác ở Iraq 'quá vô nhân đạo'

BBC

Cập nhật: 15:33 GMT - thứ hai, 1 tháng 9, 2014 

Xung đột Iraq ảnh hưởng đặc biệt nặng nề tới phụ nữ và trẻ em

Liên Hiệp Quốc (LHQ) nói đã nhận được báo cáo từ Iraq “cho thấy các hành động vô nhân đạo quá sức tưởng tượng”.

NGÀY ĐỘC LẬP NÀO?

LS Lê Công Định
01-09-2014
 

Từ lâu tôi luôn tự hỏi phải chăng ngày 2 tháng 9 năm 1945 thật sự là ngày độc lập của nước Việt Nam mới sau gần một thế kỷ làm thuộc địa của Pháp? Trước khi trả lời câu hỏi nghiêm túc này, cần lần giở lại các trang sử hiện đại của nước nhà, để ghi nhận một số sự kiện quan trọng sau đây:

Ngũ Giác Đài: Hoạt động của Mỹ ở Iraq tốn 7,5 triệu đô la mỗi ngày

 VOA

 Chuẩn Đô đốc John Kirby cho biết chi phí ở Iraq đã gia tăng.

30.08.2014 

Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ cho biết các hoạt động quân sự chống lại phiến quân Nhà nước Hồi giáo ở Iraq rất tốn kém, với chi phí bình quân lên tới 7 triệu rưỡi đô la mỗi ngày.

Hiến pháp 2013 – Sửa nhầm hay đổi thiệt?

 Chủ tịch nước Trương Tấn Sang ký Lệnh Công bố Hiến pháp

Hoàng Xuân Phú

Vậy là nó đã được Quốc hội khóa XIII thông qua vào ngày 28/11/2013 và có hiệu lực từ ngày 1/1/2014. Nếu coi là "Hiến pháp mới", thì e rằng ăn quá non nên gạo còn sống sượng. Còn nếu gọi là "Hiến pháp sửa đổi", thì có lẽ hâm quá đà nên cơm cũ đã cháy khê.

Dù muốn hay không, Hiến pháp 2013 cũng chi phối cuộc sống của Nhân dân ta và sự phát triển của Dân tộc ta trong thời gian tới. Do đó, thay vì ca ngợi ngất trời hay chê bai triệt để, nên tìm hiểu những biến đổi về nội dung của Hiến pháp, để đoán biết hệ quả mà phòng xa hay tận dụng, đồng thời để thấy rõ hơn tâm và tầm của bộ máy lập hiến.  Theo tinh thần ấy, bài này trao đổi về hệ quả của một số thay đổi trong Hiến pháp 2013.

UN: 'Very fluid' situation on held peacekeepers

• News

Posted: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:23 pm | Updated: 10:00 pm, Fri Aug 29, 2014.

Associated Press

 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The plight of dozens of U.N. peacekeepers in Syria remained "very, very fluid" Friday, the secretary-general's spokesman said, as talks aimed at their release stretched into a second day.

Some radio contact has been made with the 72 peacekeepers from the Philippines who have been restricted to their positions, Stephane Dujarric told reporters. Another 44 peacekeepers from Fiji remain detained.

Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth

Aug 22, 2014 

Photographer Amos Chapple returns to our site once once again, bringing amazing images from the state of Meghalaya, India, reportedly the rainiest spot on Earth. The village of Mawsynram in Meghalaya receives 467 inches of rain per year. Laborers who work outdoors often wear full-body umbrellas made from bamboo and banana leaf. One of the most fascinating and beautiful features in the region are the "living bridges" spanning rain-soaked valleys. For centuries, locals have been training the roots of rubber trees to grow into natural bridges, far outlasting man-made wooden structures that rot in just a few years. The bridges are self-strengthening, becoming more substantial over time, as the root systems grow. Chapple has previously showed us St. Petersburg From Above, a view of Stalin's Rope Roads, and took us on a trip to Turkmenistan. [18 photos]

In a scene played out every weekday morning, students of the RCLP School in Nongsohphan Village, Meghalaya, India, cross a bridge grown from the roots of a rubber tree. In the relentless damp of Meghalaya's jungles, wooden structures rot away too quickly to be practical. For centuries the Khasi people have instead used the trainable roots of rubber trees to "grow" bridges over the region's rivers. (© Amos Chapple)

Tại sao người ta thích vuốt ve, bao che cho sai phạm? (*)

(minh họa: Ngọc Diệp)

GDVN
Xuân Dương
24-08-2014

(GDVN) – Đã uyển chuyển, mềm mại, dễ vuốt ve như tóc, như khói, như áo dài, như … thì làm sao có thể đều nhau, làm sao có thể vào khuôn vào phép được!

Israel Launches Airstrikes on Gaza After Rockets Shatter Truce

NBCNEWS

First published August 19th 2014, 8:47 pm

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after three fired from the enclave shattered a temporary truce on Tuesday. The Israeli military said it bombed targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the renewed rocket fire, adding that "yet again, terrorists breach the ceasefire." 

Multicoloured laser beams? No, these stunning images reveal the geometric perfection of tulip fields captured from above

• A photographer from Rome, Italy, was inspired to take the images from the air because he was interested in the geometry and colours of the flower-filled fields near Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Simone Sbaraglia, 42 took hundreds of images of the fields over four days in April 2014
• Images resemble the work of famous American abstract painters such as Barnett Newman and Gene Davis
• Photographer says the colourful lines create a sense of simplicity, beauty and harmony in the images

By Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline

Published: 10:56 GMT, 18 August 2014 | Updated: 13:20 GMT, 18 August 2014 

Liberia comes alive in these clever animated GIFs

CNN

Inside Africa

Monrovia animated

Liberia, 2014

 

Francois Beaurain is trying to create a new image for Liberia with his vibrant GIFs. Above is titled 'Child Soldier'.

Courtesy François Beaurain

You can see the animated GIFs here or view the still images here.
For lower resolution images, click here.

Iraqi refugees fleeing ISIS

Photos: Iraqi refugees fleeing ISIS

August 14, 2014 -- Updated 0013 GMT (0813 HKT)

Browse through photos of thousands of refugees trudging across a river to escape ISIS.

Arab neighbors joined ISIIn a breathtaking half hour, CNN takes you behind the scenes of the dramatic rescue from Mount Sinjar as people embark on a flight from terror. Watch "Flight from Terror" on CNN International this Saturday at 1330 GMT (1530 CET), on Sunday at 0300 GMT (0500 CET), 1000 GMT (1200 CET) and on Monday at 0000 GMT (0200 CET) and 0530 GMT (0730 CET).S slaughter, escaped Yazidi says

By Ivan Watson, Sara Sidner, and Ted Rowlands CNN

August 16, 2014 -- Updated 1014 GMT (1814 HKT)

'ISIS want to impregnate Yazidi women and smash our blond bloodline': Fears grow for the 300 women kidnapped from Sinjar

• Jihadist troops bolster forces further south in apparent bid to broaden front with Kurdish peshmerga fighters
• Expert tells MailOnline: 'IS is coming under pressure and they need to show results to fuel their media machine'
• Comes after air strikes and Kurdish forces helped to break siege of Mount Sinjar that allowed 45,000 Yazidis to flee
• U.S. defence secretary Chuck Hagel said mission to rescue others stranded on mountain was now 'far less likely'
• UN declares highest level of emergency for the humanitarian crisis as number of displaced Iraqis tops 1.5million

By Simon Tomlinson and Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor

Published: 09:57 GMT, 14 August 2014 | Updated: 20:34 GMT, 14 August 2014 

Families torn apart by Ebola: Photographer risks his own life to chronicle harrowing scenes in Liberia as doctors warn disease is out of control

 

John Moore (pictured inset in protective clothing), who works for Getty Images, travelled to Monrovia, which is in the grip of the deadly disease. Both Doctors Without Borders and Plan International say that the virus is spreading faster than efforts to control it, predicting the epidemic could last another six months. It comes as the death toll from the condition has now climbed to 1,069. In Liberia, a school (left) has become both a morgue and an isolation ward, where desperate relatives are bringing people stricken by the virus. Pictured centre, a boy tries to rouse his father in their one-room home before he is taken to an Ebola ward. Pictured right, fishermen pull a dugout from the water in the impoverished neighbourhood of West Point. People in the area suspected of contracting the Ebola virus are being brought by health workers to a temporary isolation centre.

'Heroic' mission rescues desperate Yazidis from ISIS

By Dana Ford and Josh Levs, CNN

August 12, 2014 -- Updated 2034 GMT (0434 HKT)