Seven Days

A glance at the week that was

We now know

The last remaining survivor of an uncontacted Amazon tribe was attacked by ranchers. He survived.

Tourists are being given bus tours of LA’s gang districts

Consumer prices are down 5.7 per cent since November of last year

Life on Mars

Is there life on Mars? Once again, that great question has been raised, this time by scientists at London’s Imperial College. They say that the amount of methane in the planet’s atmosphere isn’t caused by meteors hitting it, and of the remaining list of possibilities, extra-terrestrial life is still on it. Ultimately, they said that the final tests will need to happen on Mars. Any volunteers?

Life on earth

There was something of a fuss over a spinning spiral, caught on camera, that was treated as a UFO by many of those who saw it and – more importantly – the press. It turns out the mystery object was a Russian missile that had failed just after launch. At least, that’s what the Russian defence ministry claims. They’ve probably succumbed to alien mindprobes.

The numbers

21

Dublin’s ranking, out of 30, on a European list of “green” cities

3

Number of tigers that mauled their German trainer, just as diners were on their starters at a celebrity circus event in Hamburg

"It is the last big push of this crisis"

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan on this week’s Budget