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Somali-American accused of plotting to bomb Oregon tree-lighting event
(CNN) -- A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon, on Friday evening, the Justice Department announced.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/27/oregon.bomb.plot/index.html?hpt=T1
Questions:
1.what's the name of the accused person?
2.which is his native country?
3.what was his plan?
4.what did the Justice Department said in the written statement?
5.was the bomb fake?
Questions:
1.what's the name of the accused person?
2.which is his native country?
3.what was his plan?
4.what did the Justice Department said in the written statement?
5.was the bomb fake?
Gold rush triggers deadly lead poisoning in Nigeria
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/30/nigeria.gold.mining.lead.poisoning/index.html?hpt=C2
Questions:
1.what is Mohammed Abubakar looking for in those grasses?
2. Is he going to continue with his work?
3.why is he going to do so if he son died due to his work?
4.In which country is the news talking about?
5.Did he found some solution to save the life of his son?
BBC
Do you care where your rubbish ends up?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/africahaveyoursay/2010/11/do-you-care-where-your-rubbish.shtmlQuestions:
1. Answer this question from the article you've just read "How does your town or city manage its rubbish?"
2.what has been happened during all this 20 years of dumping rubbish in the Kenyan capital?
3.where has the largest dumpsite in the country has been located?
4.Do you care what happens with refuse once it leaves your house?Answer this question from the article you've just read.
5.Do you find it difficult to dispose of your household waste?(Question from the article)
Pope's condom comments welcomed by campaign groups
Catholic reformers and groups working to combat HIV have welcomed remarks by Pope Benedict that the use of condoms might not always be wrong.
Questions:
1.what did the Pope said their use might be for?
2.what are the catholic reformers and groups working for?
3.what did the Vatican spokesman said ?
4.what was the statement of Fr Federico Lombardi?
5.complete this statement "The reasoning of the pope cannot certainly be defined as a ....................."
3.what did the Vatican spokesman said ?
4.what was the statement of Fr Federico Lombardi?
5.complete this statement "The reasoning of the pope cannot certainly be defined as a ....................."
HELLO MAGAZINE
Susan Boyle eclipses Madonna with US success
http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/19-11-2010/55162/
Japan nuclear crisis 'over in nine months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13107846
The BBC's Roland Buerk says that people are pleased that they have been given some idea of how long the crisis could last
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) aims to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within nine months.
The utility said it also plans to cover the reactor building, which was hit by a huge quake and tsunami on 11 March.
Nearly 14,000 people died and another 14,000 are still unaccounted for.
Tepco unveiled its roadmap as Hillary Clinton briefly visited Tokyo to pledge America's "steadfast support" for Japan's reconstruction.
'Cold shutdown'Radiation levels in the sea near reactor 2 rose to 6,500 times the legal limit on Friday, up from 1,100 times a day earlier, Tepco has said, raising fears of fresh radiation leaks.
A UK firm's robots, operated via a standard games console, will go into the reactorTsunehisa Katsumata, the chairman of Tepco, Asia's largest utility, told a news conference in Tokyo on Sunday they would need up to nine months to bring the power plant to ''cold shutdown''.
He said the plan would allow the tens of thousands of families evacuated from the area around the facility to return home as soon as possible.
"We sincerely apologise for causing troubles," Mr Katsumata said. "We are doing our utmost to prevent the crisis from further worsening."
Tepco said after cold shutdown it would focus on encasing the reactor buildings, cleaning up contaminated soil and removing nuclear fuel.
Japan's government had ordered Tepco to come up with a timetable to end the crisis, now rated on a par with the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
But the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo says it is still not certain that the nine-month deadline can be achieved.
He says the immediate priority for Tepco is to stop radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
The utility said it was sending remote-controlled robots into one of the reactors on Sunday to gauge radiation and temperature levels.
UK defence contractor QinetiQ said it had provided the machines, which are controlled using a standard games console.
The robots can carry out tasks such as rubble clearance, demolition and radiation testing.
Japan is a world leader in such technology, but its robots are not adapted for dirty work such as meltdowns at nuclear plants, experts say.
US thankedEmergency workers have been unable to enter any reactor building since the disaster.
Before the disaster, Japan-US ties had been strained by a dispute over military basesOur correspondent says Japan's recovery bill has been estimated at $300bn (£184bn) - already the most expensive disaster in history.
But the government said last week that figure might be an underestimate.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Clinton said in Japan she believed the country would emerge stronger from its worst crisis since World War II.
She met Prime Minister Naoto Kan and had tea with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace, said to be a rare privilege for a non-head of state on a Sunday.
America has won Japanese admiration for sending scores of US ships and aircraft as well as 20,000 troops to help the relief effort.
Operation Tomodachi, or Faccused of reneging on a promise to remove at least one of the bases.
Questions:
1) what 's the plan of the Utility
2)How many people where been killed?
3)What did the chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata said at the conference on sunday in Tokyo?
4)What was his plans?
5)what did Tepco said ?
Al-Qaeda 'confirms Bin Laden's death
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool takes in the scene at a protest in Abbottabad
Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader, Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums.
1)Who was been shot to death on Monday?
2)Who buried the dead body?
3)Who was reponsable of the death?
4)With which type of bullets was he shot?
5)How many people gathered at central Abbottabad?
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