There has been so much controversy and studies done upon the famous ’Last Supper’ that was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was always something that people studied, hoping to find some mystery hidden beneath the surface. But it became more and more popular after Dan Brown released his book “The Da Vinci Code”, a controversial book that tries to prove that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had a child.
Ian Johnson became a legend when a brought his Boise State team the winning points they needed to win the Fiesta Bowl and the proceeded to propose on national television to his cheerleader girlfriend. But there is a problem that has arisen from his proposal, one that neither of them expected to face.
Northwest Airlines has decided to once again cut back on its domestic flight capacity. They beleive that this will help to lower the hours that pilots have to fly. They are hoping that with another cutback they can prevent a surge of in flight cancellations that had struck them at the end of June when they had to cancel more than 1.000 flights.
NASA is improving with each passing day and this week we were given a glimpse of another breakthrough in bionics. NASA was able to create a bionic apparatus, the world’s first artificial muscles. It may not have been a super strong arm like we see in the movies, but the handshake that it performed for the first time was still an amazing sight for everyone to see.
Tragedy struck Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded killing four American soldiers. Two NATO troops were also killed in a different part of the country and a battle has struck in the country’s heartland killing more than 50 suspected militants. Meanwhile, a purported Taliban spokesman said the hard-line militia has extended until Tuesday its deadline on the fate of 23 South Korean hostages who were seized last week.
U.S counterterrorism analysts have discovered that al-Qaida has used its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border to restore its operating capabilities to a level unseen since the months before Sept. 11, 2001. A counterterrorism official familiar with a five-page summary of the document, titled “Al-Qaida better positioned to strike the West”, called it a stark appraisal.
In Pakistan at least 1 million people have been left homeless after a massive flood rampaged their land. The flood, caused by a cyclone and rain since June 23, has caused the death of 211 people. But now that the flood is over the people must now turn their worries to a possible cholera outbreak and poisonous snakes.