N. Korea

Clinton and Jong-il



     On November 24, South Korea was participating in military exercises in a border disputed area with North Korea resulting in a artillery shell retaliation from the North. This retaliation was provoked when a shell from the South entered what the North believes is there territory. This territory is not recognized by the United Nations as North Korea's but instead South Korea's territory. The US and Japan are now urging China to influence North Korea to "settle down", but China is not so eager to intervene. This is because North Korea is very unstable and China does not want to provoke any further negative actions.  

    North Korea on October 21, 1994 in Geneva agreed that: North Korea would freeze its existing nuclear program and agree to enhanced International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, Both countries would move toward full normalization of political and economic relations. Both sides will work together for peace and security on a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. (Steven A, Weapons program).

Brazil's Amazon

The Amazon river

The source of this mighty river is  Calillona, Peru and ends in North eastern Brazil. The 6280km  long river stretches across Brazil along with its 17 tributaries, 17 are over 1600km long. 20 percent of the water deposited into the ocean comes from the amazon. although the Amazon is not the longest it is the widest. Exceeding widths of 6-10km. The amazon river contains thousands of fish, and new species continue to appear due to the the vastness of the amazon.



Band of Holes

                             

     The Band of holes are located in the Pisco Valley of Peru, near the Nazca Lines. They are a mile long stretch of holes varying in 6-7 feet in depth. Archaeologists have speculated that these holes were used for harvesting grain or shallow graves. There are two problems with this though, no remains or artifacts were ever found, and to use as grain storage would be counter productive because of the time and labor that would be placed on each hole. (strangeworldofmysteryblogspot.com)

   So why are these holes just randomly placed here? Due to the uniform fashion of the holes many individuals speculate that they are remnants of ancient alien drilling. They assume this because the Nazca lines are located near the Band of Holes. The Nazca lines are pictures carved into the ground and are only visible from the air.

                                                   

   Why would the ancient Peruvians carve these lines? What are the Banned of holes? Were they ancient drilling holes or signs for the sky? or were they really bad grain storage and just remnants of arts and crafts time?