links of the day 08/25/2014 (p.m.)

• ISS: Operation Barkhane - a show of force and political games in the Sahel-Sahara | defenceWeb

• 60 years of the Herc | defenceWeb

• Secretary of State’s website redirected to porn site for over a year | Politics.hu

• Hungarian Politics, Politics Hungary News - Politics.hu

• MPC Blog » The Missed Opportunity of the “Ypres Guidelines” of the European Council Regarding Immigration and Asylum

• Attacks on aid workers worldwide hit worst levels on record

• US donates 10 tonnes of anti-terror equipment to Tunisian National Guard, police force

• Blair branded 'a disgrace' for giving Kazakh dictator PR advice on massacre of civilians by his regime | Mail Online

• Fears grow that Ebola has spread to Congo as ten people with similar symptoms die | Mail Online

• Foley: Secret US Raid Failed To Free Journalist

• 11 Rivers Forced Underground - National Geographic

• Giant Crack Appears In Earth In Mexico

• If You Love Your Coffee, You'd Better Start Stocking Up Immediately - Mic

• Can You Pass Harvard's 1869 Entrance Exam? (We Bet Not)

• Your Ultimate Guide to the Simpsons Mega-Marathon That Starts Today | Magazine | WIRED

• Science Explains Why We Like Old Music Better Than Everything Else - Mic

• The rise of time machine fiction | Prospect Magazine

• LG bets on pricey OLED technology as future of TVs

• Pediatricians' Rx for schools: Later start times

• American Ebola doc: 'I am thrilled to be alive'

• The Price of Oil Crushed Russia Once. Is It About to Happen Again?

• China Activates Homegrown GPS System | China & Beidou Satellites | GPS & Satellite Navigation

• Solar Radio Bursts Could Cripple GPS

• More Nations Crave Independent Satellite Navigation Systems

• Space and NASA News – Universe and Deep Space Information

• Navstar: GPS Satellite Network

• Russian Rocket Launches European Navigation Satellites Into Wrong Orbit - Yahoo News

• America's Top Military Officer Explained The Big ISIS Problem In One Sentence - Yahoo Finance

• In direct plea, top Hamas leader calls on Obama to stop “Holocaust” in Gaza

• Did Britain Just Discover the Future of Space Flight? (BA, NOC)

• As the Black Hawk Fades to Black, Who Will Build the U.S. Army's Next $100 Billion Helicopter? (BA, LMT, TXT, UTX)

• Islamic authority: Extremists no 'Islamic State'

• Chinese media warn US over warplane interception

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.