READING COMPREHENSION

1.HATES CRIMES

            The number of organized hate groups in the United States increased 20 percents last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. Nearly 9000 hate crimes , more than half of them motivated by race, were reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1996- compared to 7947 incidents in 1995 and 5932incidents in 1994. Last week, James Byrd, Jr., a 49 -year's old black man, was dragged to death in Texas by a chain from the back of a pickup truck. Recently, two black men also became the targets of possible copycat crimes in Illinois and Louisiana.

            Authorities say the three men who have been charged with Byrd's murder my have ties with white supremacist groups, which have grown to over 400 organizations nationwide, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. In fact, the Ku Klux Klan has been granted permission to rally later this month in Jasper, Texas, and the town where Byrd was killed. "These groups are getting better with the public," said Joe Roy, director of the Intelligence Project of the Southern poverty Law Center."They are no longer racist but racialist, not segregationists, but separatists. They are using a lot more attractive buzz words to lead people into their organizations "of the 474 hat groups documented by the Intelligence Project, 127were related to the Ku Klux Klan 100 was neo-Nazi, 42 were Skinheads, 81were Christian Identity, a racist religion, 12 were Black separatists and 112subscribed to a mélange to hate -based doctrines and ideologies.

Tracking Hate Crimes

            The FBI is investigating the Texas case as a possible that crime, defined as an offense motivated buy the dislike of a person's race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. " This was an act of violence that had a much broader implication than just the murder of a single person " said Hillary Shelton , deputy director of the NAACP in Washington DC " A much larger message was being sent by this horrible action" Many civil right s groups attributes the rise in hate  crimes to proliferation of Internet hate sites , racist music lyrics and white power literature- propaganda tools for promoting race- hating ideology that have reached an audience of as many as 2 million people . Since1995, more than 160 hate sites are active online, according to the intelligence project. Less than three years ago, there was only one. "Technology has a lot to do with opening up new recruitment opportunities for these groups," said Roy "It's a place where young people of the computer generation can vent their frustration, exchange ideas and download information to feed their hatred.

1. How many of the hate crimes were about racial differences?
2. How did Mr. Byrd die in Texas?
3. Are the men who killed Byrd connected to any groups? If so, what?
4. How are these hate groups encouraging new people to join?
5. How many hate groups are there nationwide?
6. What do civil rights groups say the reason is for such a increase in hat e crimes.?
7. How many men have been charged with Byrd's murder?
8. Why were two black men targets of crimes in Illinois and Louisiana.?
9. What was the increase in hate groups last year?
10. Who is Hillary Shelton?         

2.PILOT  ACCUSED

            Lotfi Raissi , an Algerian pilot who had been accused of training the suicide hijackers who crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, walked free today after being granted bail at an extradition hearing . Mr.Raissi, 27 who has been held in jail for five months, emerged from the top security Belmarsh magistrate's court complex in south -east London to applause from his family and friends. Minutes earlier, district judge Timothy Workman said Mr.Raissi, who lives near Heathrow airport. Could have conditional bail as he was only facing extradition to the US on two counts of falsifying as application for a US pilot's license. At previous court hearings in London, lawyers acting for the US authorities indicated he was suspected of being a lead instructor for pilots responsible for the September 11 hijackings. And US prosecutor have in the past made clear that the pilot's license accusations were only holding charges. But no terrorism charges have been formally introduced and Mr. Raissi's lawyers successfully argued today that the charges related to pilot's license applications did not justify him being held in prison. Mr. Workman said he appreciated the September 11 investigation was long and painstaking but he said he was allowing bail as the US government was unlikely to bring terrorism charges inAA the near future. Mr. Raissi's family has strenuously denied he was involved in the September 11 terror attacks in any way. Today he was told his family would have to give $10000in surety, that he would have to live at an address specified to the court , that he would have to surrender his passport and not apply for international travel documents . Mr. Raissi's French wife Sonia, speaking after the judge's decision, said that she believed justice had been done. She said " we have been waiting five months and my message to the FBI is , You arrested him for terrorism so why do you want to extradite him for these ridiculous , minor charges? .

            Lotfi's brother, Mohamed, said "The FBI said to he world that he was a big terrorist and they have to now say to the world, that his man is innocent. They have destroyed his life, his future and his dream".

 But James Lewis, representing the US government, told the court Mr.Raissi should not be granted bail. He said "we are concerned with an investigation into an atrocity that shocked the civilized world ...Mr. Raissi is a suspect in that investigation"

            Hugo Keith, representing Mr. Raissi, said "The Americans now seen unwilling to withdraw from their initial position and accept on this occasion, they pursued the wrong person. He is not fundamentalist. He is married to a white Catholic" Prosecutors have alleged that Mr.Raissi had links to Hani Hanjour ,the pilot suspected of crashing Flight 77 into the Pentagon.

            Mr. Raissi was arrested on September 21 and has been held at London' high -security Belmarsh prison ever since. He was indicated by a federal grand jury in Arizona on charges of falsifying applications for a pilot's license and other documents. He allegedly held a 1993 theft conviction and failed to mention that he had undergone a knee operation. He has also been indicated Arizona on 11 more counts, including conspiracy to submit a false immigration claim. A previous attempt to win him bail in the high court in London in December failed. Lawyers acting for the US alleged that there was "a web of circumstantial evidence that points to the involvement of Raissi in a terrorist conspiracy which culminate in the events of September 11" US counsel said Mr.Raissi had "links to the Al-Qsida organization" and was "someone who has both motive and means t escape"

1. When was Mr.Raissi arrested?
2. How long has he been held in jail?
3. Is it confirmed that Mr.Raissi had links to the hijacker of Flight77?
4. What nationality is Mr.Raissi's wife?
5. What did he hide in 1993?
6. Did he succeed in his previous attempt to win bail?
7. What are the conditions of his bail?
8. What nationality is Mr. Raissi and where does he live?
9. Has he been charged with terrorism?

10.What did the US authorities accuse him of doing?

3.BOSNIA INJURIES

            On Thursday in northern Bosnia, two American soldiers were wounded when a land mine exploded. One of the soldiers suffered injuries to his right foot and other was able to walk away from the blast with shrapnel wounds to his lower leg . The incident happened at about 2:30 PM 0930EST in the town of Hadizici, which is located about ten miles south east of Tuzla .

            NATO issued a statement about the incident. The statement said, "two American engineers were injured by an anti-personal mine as they were conducting a joint inspection of a minefield with the Bosnian Serb Army. One soldier stepped on an anti- personnel mine, incurring injuries to one foot.

Concerns have been raised by ERRI and any number of other sources in regard to the dangers of landmines and other improvised explosive devices in Bosnia. According to UNICEF, Bosnia has one of the highest densities of landmines per square mile of any place in the world. UNICEF says that more than 1800000mines may have been laid in Bosnia during the recent years of ethnic conflict. More troublesome to NATO troops than traditional mines, which are made of metal, are mines with plastic cases or improvised mines made from wooden cases and high explosives. The wood and plastic mines are far more difficult to detect with conventional mine detectors.

            In other news regarding to Bosnian peace mission, United States Navy Admiral Leighton Smith made some remarks regarding the six confirmed sniper incidents involving NATO forces since Sunday. Admiral Smith said, "We have got some jerk up there pulling a trigger and he has got a night scope. That makes it tough. But boy, let me tell you , if we do see him he had better be fast and be clad in bullet-proof stuff. Because we will attack with out  warning. There are such things as anti- sniping teams ....people who snipe at our forces are at great risk to themselves. If we see some body pointing a weapon at our forces he will be attacked with out warning.... no warning shots, no' drop your weapon"

             And true to Admiral Smith's words -- French NATO forces later killed a sniper in the suburb where most of the shooting incidents have occurred. A NATO statement said "One gunman was located by the French Special Forces and was later neutralized. This person was seriously wounded. He later died of his injuries in spite of the intervention from a military physician. Another armed civilian was also apprehended by 0ur forces. This individual was disarmed with out any bloodshed".

1. How many confirmed sniper incidents have there been?
2. Where were the two American soldiers inured?
3. Did both of the soldiers walk away from the explosion?
4. Will a warning be given to snipers who shoot at NATO forces?
5. How many mines have been placed in Bosnia during the conflict?
6. Does Bosnia have a large amount of mines per square mile?
7. What happened to the sniper found by French NATO forces?
8. Was the second civilian, who was carrying a weapon ,shot by NATO forces?
9. Which types of mines are more difficult to detect?
10. Was the first sniper shot dead by the French NATO forces?

4. CLONE SYSTEM

            Numerous reports from around the world in Jan/ Feb 2001 of fresh attempts to clone human embryos, ranging from Clonaid saying they hope t implant embryos into surrogate mothers in February to Australian scientists saying they have managed to make a human cloned embryo by combining a empty pig egg with a human cell . Their cloned human embryo divided to 32 cells before being destroyed. In other words it seems that the empty eggs from animal contain all that is needed to activate human genes for successful human cloning. There are huge risks of abnormalities and mutations in these human cloning experiments. We know that these animal-human hybrids are likely to escape legal controls because a court of law would probably decide that this was not human cloning a legally defined .However the outcome - if born - would be a clone baby which has identical genes in the nucleus of every cell to the adult from which the original cell was taken . Interestingly , 1%of the genes in mammal cells are not in the nucleus but in the power packs providing all the electricity for cells . These power generators called mitochondriaa .So technically these human clones made from animal eggs would have 1% animal DNA . Worrying  we know that there are many serious diseases in human caused by faulty genes in the mitochondria . But that is with human mitochondria .What will be the risk of problems with animal mitochondria being used to power every cell in human cloned child that is yet to go?

            Clonaid  says five British couples, including two pairs of homosexual men have asked to be cloned. Peter and lldako Blackborn , computer consultants from Huntingdon Cambrisdgeshire UK have expressed an interest in human cloning as a alternative infertility treatment but which had not say if they are in touch with Clonaid . as the press conference called and announce of the cloning the United States government banned it to practice in the future . The US government pledged that it will harm the civilization of the human being so world should not follow the mal -practices .

            After two months the Korean scientist claimed that he also get success to reproduce a clone baby and he claimed that he will use it for the couple who doesn't  have kids and deserve it .According to the scientist , he will provide who ever the couples deserve, but the donor should give his consents .

The British government strongly condemned the act of the Korean scientist and announced that the UK government does not allow the cloning to spread in the world. Cloning should be only in side the lab.  The international scientists said that it is a big step in the human civilization and should be utilized to find out the cure of all diseases in the future. it also claimed ridiculously that every couple wants Clinton and Bill Gates as their children at the same time the natural system has been disturbed by the pressure of cloning . The world need people of every sector not money maker and politicians. If so, the world will destroy very soon.

            A conference has been organized by some popular scientists in the   New York and concluded with a statement that it is a extraordinary achievement for the whole world with some vital de-merits so all should stand together to utilized the said invention. The  prime responsibility rest upon the politicians who claims to be the supreme of the United Nations organization.

1. What was the conclusion of New York press conference?
2. What was the only vital demerit of the cloning?
3. What was the claimed to of the Korean scientist?
4. Why the US government did banned the cloning system?
5. What is the main problem of cloning system?
6. What does Australian scientist claim?
7. What is the risk in human cloning experiments?
8. For what reason did the scientists prefer to sue and empty pig egg and a human cell for the experiment?
9. What is the specific with mitochondria??
10. Why have scientists shown their interest in human cloning?

5. ARSON IN THE VILLAGE

            On Sunday morning in a hot summer day, one patrol team of CIVPOL monitor received a radio call from the CIVPOL station about an arsoning incident in a bear by village. Someone had called up and informed the station about the incident from a local public call office .The patrol team rushed to the scene of incident. As reaching the scene, they saw a red vehicle speeding away in a very high speed with at least four or five persons inside with at least one man holding something like gun. Arriving at the scene, the monitors saw tow houses burning. Some natives came towards them and informed that some armed people came to the village, set light to the two houses belonging to a local politician and fled in their red car. The situation was immediately reported the CIVPOL station and the local police authority were duly informed. Within few minutes the fleeing red vehicle as stopped at a check point and the perpetrators arrested by the local police.

            The patrol team informed to the fire brigade about the arson case and the Fire brigade team form the local municipality arrived in 15 minutes to the scene and put off the fire. Some local said during the interview that the both house was belong to the local politicians called Mustafa Leader. Leader had some arguments with some rivals during the municipality meeting last Friday about the grazing of the animal in the village of Ruslan. The leader received a threat from the rival of abandon the village as soon as possible or faces the adverse consequences. The leader did not obey the threat and the incident happen. Both house entirely damaged by the arson but the fire bridge could not give the total amount of loss of the house. The CIVPOL interviewed with the house owner and revealed that two houses worth $ 10000 and two camels worth $ 1000, cash worth $99 and utensils worth $45, grains worth $ 129, have been damaged during the arson.  The monitor team assured him relief of compensation from the local authority. 

            The local police team with out aid of UN Police have arrested the red vehicle and recovered a Tomy machine gun and 354 rounds of live ammunitions form the red car. Five suspects including driver also have been arrested by the local but not disclosed in public by the local police. The local police issued a statement in the same day saying that investigation is underway and if information needed contact to regional head quarters the following day.

            The National Labour Party belongs to Mustafa organized a protest rally in the town demanding the full security to the local leader and their property and take legal and strain action to perpetrators. During the demonstration supporters of the party vandalized 4 shops and injured three local security personnel.

 The local authority endorsed compensation to the Mustafa, according to the report of Fire Brigade which cost in the said head but only $ 11000.  The fire brigade did not mention the head of the loss but recommended the whole some of money.

            The local police control the security situation in the town and the police released one suspect with out any legal charge and other four have been sent to the jail by the order of local magistrate on the charge of arson and possession of illegal weapon.

            The red car sent to the auction to pay the compensation of the damage property. The owner of the car complained that his car was stolen from the garage at midnight on the same day, and it is dictatorship of the local authority to auction his car with out investigating properly and he also claimed that he will sue to the local authority in the Apex court.

1.      When did the car stolen?

2.      What was the lost property?

3.      What were the ammunition found by the local police?.

4.      What was the demand of political party?

5.      What had happened during the demonstration of local political party?

6.      What message did the CIVPOL received?

7.      How was the CIVPOL station informed of the incident ?

8.      En- route to the scene, what did the patrol team saw?

9.      What was the monitor action on the scene?

  10. what action did the local police take ?

6. Authoritarian regime

            President Abdurrahaman Wahid granted amnesty  thousands of prisoners Thursday, including some who were ailed for there political beliefs. Minister for law and legislation Yusril Ihza Mahendra said 105 political prisoners, and 3000 others who were jailed for criminals' acts, would be released. He said Wahid signed a presidential decree Thursday and the prisoners would be set free Thursday night and Friday morning.

            "We are releasing the criminal prisoners because it's Christmas time and the New year",he said . He added that the release of the political prisoners' mostly separatist activists from Aceh and Irian Jaya province was part of the government's efforts to release all those who were jailed for political activity under Indonesian's former authoritarian regime. Most of the political prisoners were jailed during the32 -year dictatorship of Suharto , who was ousted from power due to a student uprising in May 1998.

            It is not the self motivated move of the government but international political pressure to released the political prisoners .  There are more than 40% members of the parliament are brought from the security service to show the political honesty to the military department .  Military party called National Unity party is more powerful in Indonesia till now and it has 32 years' background. The civil leadership could not do any thing with out the military aid. So democratic government willing to follow the military advice. 

            The international court of justice has declare to punish some of the criminals who were directly involved in the massacre in Indonesia during the dictatorship of Suharto regime. But it is ridiculous to digest that the than army chief who has been accused of murdering 200 prisoners of political belief, is a member of parliament now. The Amnesty International condemned the act of the government to nominate the army chief Mr. Javal as a parliamentarian and said that the government marginalized the people voice.

            The International Court of Justice summoned  as per the international standard to Suharto to present his opinion in Hague whether he did the crime or not , but it went in vain because Suharto has been admitted to Jakarta Teaching   hospital due to chest and BP problem . Suharto has been accusing of accumulating large sum of money and killing 500 students during the students' uprising.

            The interim president of East Timor Mr. Gusmao also condemned the act of the government to make escort free to the war criminals and said government is deceiving the people of Indonesia. Indonesian government barked against the East-Timor saying that no one could interfere in internal matter of the country. For the information, East -Timor is a fragment of the republic of Indonesia and got independence in 1997 by the acute international political pressure and military intervention by the UN.

             Indonesian   people believe, the criminal who are released on the occasion New year will never involve in criminal activities in the future. Indonesia lies in East of the Asia bordering  China , Australia, Iran and Indian sea respectively East, West, South and North. and it is has the most dense Muslim population with mainly  Hindu religion . Indonesia was colonized by French in 1800 AD and ruled till 1936 and got independence. The military authority ousted the civil government in 1940 by military coup and rules till 1997. The country has notorious history of producing natural drugs like Heroine and Cocaine and it is also called the country of golden triangle, the main transit of drugs , including Burma ,Thailand and Laos.       

1. Which countries are called golden triangle country?
2. Which country is lies in the  south of Indonesia ?
3. What is the formal accusation to Suharto?
4. Why the democratic government does follow the military advice?
5. What was the reply of the government to East -Timor condemnation?
6. Where is the international court of Justice located?
7. why were the thousands of people jailed ?
8. What did Mr. Yusril Ihza Mahendra say?
9. How many political prisoners were jailed?

     10. Who were the released prisoners mostly?

7.  GAMBLE

            November 27, 2001 Bangkok, Thailand: Thai police said on Mondays they have arrested six Filipino gang members for allegedly luring two Japanese and three French tourists to gamble in their house and cheating them out of millions of Baht (thousands of dollars) . The gang members, three men and three women, were arrested on Sunday from a house in Bangkok where all six gang members lived, police Lieutenant General Chat Kuldilok told reporters. Lt. Gen. Kuldilik said the women pretended to be Thai house wives and invited their victims. Whom they met on the street while pedaling handicrafts, to come to their house to teach them Japanese, and to sell them handicrafts. He said the male members of the gang pretended to be millionaires from Brunei who lost huge sums to each other to avoid suspicion by the tourists, Chat said. Four of the five tourists agreed to gamble with the male gang members while the female gang members supposedly were making them fool. Once the tourists had lost all of their money to the gang members they tried to get some of their money back, but the gang members refused. The tourists were told if they told the police or any one else about losing money to them, they would be killed. All the male gang members had knives and showed them to the tourists after telling them this. The tourists left the house and notified Thai police immediately. The tourists informed the police of the gang members' house and were willing to help them in hopes of getting their money back. Upon arrest, the Thai police searched the entire house, but unfortunately the money could not be found. One of the tourists response was," I am happy, even tough we didn't get our money back , I'm just glad the gang members were found by the Thai Police . Hopefully nothing like this will happen to any tourists ever again.

            Police interviewed all the detainees in the police cell and found that other two gangs also committing the same crime using same modus operandi in the capital city. Police started the vigorous checking around the suspected area and arrested one gang with some weapons and valuables in the rented house. Police confiscate six knives and four round of live bullets including four gang members.  Later on police honestly publicized two golden rings, four golden bracelets, six wrist watches and five passports. And issued a statement saying that any one who is belongs to the valuables contact with proofs to the city police officer Mr. Rothan.

             Police registered a legal case to the first 6 members of the gang accusing looting the valuable of the tourists but the local magistrate released all saying that police did not show the proofs of looting.  The second gang members also charged with looting the tourists and illegal possession of weapons .The magistrate send them to the jail for six months on the charge of looting but the magistrate said police should be careful accusing the civilian who has only live bullets not a pistol or revolver.

            The police assured that the looting case will come down after the arrest of 2 looting gangs and vows that they will do enough to arrest who are involved in looting case. Police said that tourist should be careful with the people who were involved in prostitution. Bangkok is famous for sex tourism in East Asia.  Most of the prostitutes are brought form the Philippine in the name of house wife . In this racket the local administration and police and pimps are also involved.

1.      How may gang members arrested?

2.      What are the valuables had been confiscated?

3.      Why the Bangkok city is famous for?

4.      How many culprits were sent to jail and how many released?

5.      How the gang member did pretend themselves?

6.      What were the nationality of the victims ?

7.      What was the tourist said after not getting his money?

8.      What did general Chat said about the accident?

9.      What were weapons confiscated.

          10. How many tourists had gambled with cheaters?

8.  EBOLA

            Sunday, December 9, 2001 An outbreak of fever in the West African nation of Gabon has been confirmed as the deadly disease Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday. It is world's first documented outbreak of Ebola since last year in Uganda, where 224 people - including health workers - died from the virus. Ebola is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to humankind, causing death in 50 to 90 percent of all clinically ill cases. "It's been confirmed by a laboratory in Gabon" WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told the press. "We have reports that seven people have died" Hartl said WHO has already sent a team to help the coastal nation and that a second team of four specialists would leave Geneva for Gabon on Monday. The out break is in remote Ogooue Ivindo province in northeastern Gabon, he said. Gabon was last afflicted in an outbreak in 1996-97 that killed 45 of the 60 people infected. "We have had very little information" Hartl said. The conformation came from a laboratory in France ville, also in eastern Gabon. A team from the Gabon Ministry of Health and the International Center of Medical Research in  France Ville went to the province last week when they first received reports of that the outbreak might be Ebola, Hartl added. On Friday, Hartl said there were unconfirmed reports of a possible outbreak in nearby Congo. Ebola is passed through contact with bodily fluids, such as mucus, saliva and blood, but Ebola is not airborne. The virus incubates for four to 10 days before flu-like symptoms set in. Eventually, the virus causes severe internal bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. There is no known cure for Ebola, but patients treated early for dehydration have a good chance of survival. WHO says more than 800 people have died of the disease since the virus was first case in Gabon was documented in 1994 the agency says. After the 1996-97 out break in Gabon it wasn't documented again until it appeared in Uganda last year. WHO recommends the suspected cases is isolated from other patients and that strict barrier nursing techniques be used to shield health workers from exposure. Gloves and masks must be worn and disinfected prior to reuse, the agency says. Patients who die from the disease should be promptly buried or cremated. The virus has also been transmitted to people from handling ill or dead infected chimpanzees, WHO says. Police are worried there may be widespread panic in the area because of the confirmed reports. There have been rumors of possible riots and / or break -ins. Police officials said tat when out breaks such as this occur, people become frightened and assume the worst and that is when people start to try and upraise against the police . However, no reports have been made in regards to riots and/ break -INS, but police have been told to be prepared for the worst. The Goban Government called emergency cabinet meeting and declared Ivindo province as "forbidden Province". The government begs international support and relief to get rid of the diseases.  it is requested to all media house not to make undue publicity to  the outbreak ,which can terrorize the general public and can hamper  to maintain the security situation in  the country. Gabon a Central African Republic also facing starvation, malnutrition, political instability, and draught from a long decade.  The neighboring countries Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Somalia are also suffering from internal conflict and could not do as requested by the Gabon.  The first world showing their interest  on the request and ready to provide the assistances or relief  but they have an eye or vested interest on the natural resources of the Gabon republic which is rich in diamond, gold , natural gas , petroleum mine .

1.      What did government request to Media?

2.      Which province was declared as "forbidden province" ?

3.      Why the neighboring countries could not assist the Republic of Gabon?

4.      When the disease was documented first in the Africa?

5.      What was the rate of death causing Ebola?

6.      What were the symptoms of Ebola?

7.      How the Ebola is transmitted to another person.

8.      What was the resource of the Ebola?

9.      Why did the first world countries showing their interest to Gabon?

10. How many medical teams are going to be assign to assist the Gabon republic.    

9. TALIBAN ARRESTED

            US forces detained seven suspected Taliban fighters yesterday outside the American military base at Kandhar airport in southern Afghanistan after it came under attack , defense officials said. They said the men were detained for questioning after patrols were sent out to investigate the attack. A small number of other people who might have been involved in the gunfight escaped, according to the officials, who asked not to be identified. No American troops were injured, they said. A Reuters television cameraman, Taras Protsyuk, said he heard heavy gunfire and a number of explosions at the Kandhar base . He said the shooting lasted about 30 minutes and was at its most intense for a period of about five minutes ." I have seen the tracers and there were some light explosions like hand grenades ", he said " Americans appeared to be firing at a point in the hills to the West Side of the air base." Operation in Afghanistan by the US military and its allies to mop up remnants of the vanquished Taliban and the AL-QUIDA network are based at Kandahar airport .

            There are about 4100 military personnel based at the airport, with the majority from the US. Mr. Protsyuk said the heaviest firing was on the airport's western perimeter, about half a mile from the terminal building. In a separate incident, an American military transport plane crashed in a remote region of the Afghanistan on Tuesday night , injuring all eight crew members but non of them critically ,US  officials said yesterday . Seven of those injured in the crash were able to walk and " non of the injuries were considered life- threatening " ,said Major Brad Lowell, a spokesman for the US central command in Florida . The cause of the crash was not known , although it did not appear to be the result of hostile fire, official said . An American soldier was killed in an accident in Afghanistan yesterday when a piece of heavy industrial equipment fell on him at Bagram air base near Kabul, the US military said . The soldier's name was  withheld pending notification of next of kin. Later on , it was revealed that the detainees were investigated thoroughly and two among seven were sent to " Kwantanamo Bey" a notorious jail used by American military  to dump terrorists. Kwantanamo Bey is in Cuba , a communist nation , ruled by Fidel Kastro , a south American country

            It was provided to USA on lease for hundred years. Remaining among the detainees were sent to the local judicial authority and imposed to the judicial remand for six months . The American soldier killed by heavy equipment was delivered  to home with a national regards by a special US navy plane . The US had  started war against Afghanistan to abolish Taliban regime , who allegedly harboring the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden  in the country . American military could not find the Osama  till now. Osama is Saudi Arabia born billionaire and blind supporter of Muslim belief , he involved in fighting with Soviet Union  who had strong hold in Afghanistan during the second world war and  with the aid of US the Al quada successes to remove Russia from Afghanistan . Bin laden started getting physical and moral support from theUS . later on , the US  did not give his support to Osama so he and his allies attacked on US interest in South Africa killing 1000 innocent people by the suicide bombing and declared Osama a terrorist .  After the 9/11 terrorist attack on twin tower , the US has declared fight against the terrorism and  announce to hand over the Osama to the US by Afgan Government . The Taliban regime  did not obey the order saying that he was the guest of the country and  guest should not be hand over the western country . 

1. Who is Osama bin Laden?

2. What do you know about Kwantanamo Bey?

3. What had happen to arrested seven detainees?

4. Why did America attack Afghanistan?

5. where did the US transport plane crash?

6. Where is the US central command located?

7. How many US military have been killed according to the passage?

8. Where was the heaviest firing occurred?

9. Where is the Kandhar air port located?

10.  Who is Taras?

  

10. THE UNITED NATION

            The United Nation is an international organization established to create international security and friendship among the member states. After the Second World War, the allied nation established the United Nation on 24 December 1945 including 51 member states. Now it has 191 member states around the globe. The head quarters of the United Nation lies in New York in the US and the branch for the Europe is lies in Switzerland.

Main objectives of the United Nations are as follows.

1. To maintain international security

2. To maintain friendship among the countries

3. To regards human rights.

It has six main organs

1. International court of justice

2. Secret General assembly

3. Security Council

4. Economic and social council

5. Trusteeship council

6. Secretariat

        

              1. International court of justice.

            The headquarters of International court of justice lies in Netherlands. The UN secretariat lies in New York. The meeting of general assembly starts on third of September and concludes on December. Security council has 15 members among them 5 are permanent members , which are America, China , Russia , French, and Germany and other 10 members are elected by the 191 members states of general assembly for the period of two years . The Economic and Social council has 54 members' states and every member has three years of working period. The headquarters of the Economic and Social council lies in Geneva.

            America, China, France, Germany, Russia the permanent members of the Security council has veto power .Chinese English, French, Russian, Spanish are the official language of the United nation,. Mr. Ban ki Mon is the Secretary General of the United Nations, a South Korea citizen.

            Nepal as a United Nation member state has sent 1241police personnel to serve the United Nation, as civil police, police monitor, police advisor and police trainers. Nepal has established two Form Police Units in Haiti and Sudan as per the request of the United Nation. wins their obedience, confidence, respect and enthusiastic co-operation in achieving common objectives.

11.  UN FAILURE IN BOSNIA

            A long -awaited report into the failure of a Dutch UN peacekeeping force to prevent the murder of thousands of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Brebrenica will be published on Wednesday. The Netherlands is bracing itself for the results of the inquiry in to the worst massacre in Europe since world War second.

            The  BBC's Europe correspondent says Dutch troops are likely to be criticized for their part in event leading up to the 1995 slaughter. In July 1995, Srebrenica was being protected by 110 Dutch troops who were supposed to ensure the safety of the town's mainly Muslim population against surrounding Bosnian Serb forces. The United Nations had declared it a safe area but when it  was attacked, the town fill with out the Dutch UN troops firings shot . Up to 8000 Muslim men and boys were then murdered.

Five years of research

                  While the Dutch troops are likely to be criticized for letting the town fall without a fight , fault is also set to be found with the over all UN commander for failing to order air strikes to protect the enclave. The report is also understood to criticize the Dutch government for showing lack of political will. The 7000-pages report by the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation is the official Dutch history of events in Srebrenica. It has taken more than five years to produce. In a 1999 report, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan blamed the international community for its failure to protect the enclave but insisted that it was impossible " to say whether a more decisive action by the Dutch would have saved lives" .A report two weeks ago by the Interchurch Peace Council ( IKV) in the Netherlands condemned Dutch troops, generals and politicians for failing to evacuate and protect the Muslims.

Scenes from hell

            The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague has ruled that the massacre was genocide. Last August it sentenced Bosnian Serb General Radisav Krstic, considered a key commander in the episode, to 46 years in prison. The judge in the case said the massacre was characterized by " scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history" Survivors' reports, aerial photography and grisly evidence exhumed from mass graves indicate the most victims in the massacre were summarily executed ,Dutch MPs may now call for a public inquiry. Seven military commanders of Royal Dutch army have been sentenced to seven years jail . Ten army personnel have been fired from the service and 20 have been restricted from the promotion as per the report of the criminal tribunal.   The BBC's correspondent Mr. Havel Eastward has been facilitated by the Dutch Government as a friends of mankind . After the massacre in the Srebrenica the Dutch government begs pardon with the Bosnian people and saying that her troops could not do any thing to save the life of the people and she is responsible to the accident.

1. How many Dutch troops were protecting Srebrenica?

2. What ethnic group were the people of Srebrenica?

3. Why the Dutch government begs pardon with the people of Bosnia ?

4. How many people were killed in Srebrenica?

5. How many army personnel were punished?

6. Who is criticized in the report?

7. Where is the International Criminal Tribunal based?

8. Would more positive action by the Dutch troops have saved lives?

9        What sentence was General Krstic given?

10    Who was facilitated by the Dutch government and why?

12.  SWARM ATTACK

            Six people were hospitalized after they were attacked by a swarm of bees in Singapore, a news report said on Tuesday. The bees attacked contractors who were trying to remove a beehive in the tropical city-state .Two police officers who were on the scene to keep back the public, were among those attacked and hospitalized. Police public affairs officers could not immediately be contacted to confirm the report. The incident occurred at approximately 12:30PM on Tuesday afternoon. Two of the people who were injured in the attack were still in the hospital on Tuesday night at 10:00 PM; however they were in good condition. Such incidents are rare in heavily urbanized Singapore. But two years ago , a 51 years old taxi driver died after he was stung by a swarm bees .The driver was changing his back left tire and he removed the deflated tire , a beehive was in the wheel well . Witnesses said that the swarm covered the man's face and hands and repeatedly sting him as he cried out in pain .He died later that night while being hospitalized. Singapore is a very small country covered by the see in the east of Asia and known as a well industrialized country.

            The big industry installations have many nooks and corners where the swarm bees get shelters. firstly people do not care about it because it seems harmless and small in the beginning but after  a year it  appeared in large scale and bees become escort free so they undermine their stung so they try to destroy their hives and got stung and the result  become very adverse. The same accident happened in The US in 1990 when a farmer had gone to his farmhouse to clean the room , he saw that there is a bee hive in the ceiling of the room he thought it was full of honey , unfortunately it was poisonous  swarm bee's hive.  He collected his two sons and a black servant to take the honey . In the mean time when they lit a fire to fly the bees , the swarm bees started stung them . The younger son who was in the door side escaped from the room after having a look at the victims and called the police . The house got in to the gutter by the fire and three injured had been hospitalize in the city centre . The house owner Mr. Kally died during the medical treatment and two had been discharged after 2 weeks with swollen face and bruises for the whole life.  The same accident happened in Nepal too on 23 September 2002. The Raute , who are famous for honey hunter ,had tried to collect honey from the very steep hill near Manang District. they made rope ladder to climb the hill and with the aid of fire they started collecting the honey .

            It was a documentary program filmed by Scottish Director visualized to broadcast in Britain  by BBC. Al together there were 15 men. When the honey hunter was climbing down from the steep hill after the successful visualization of the film. Unfortunately, one of the hunters touched the bees hive. Due to the finished job, they did not prepare for next attack and they all were on very thin cloths and without cloves . Three among five hunters fall down from the cliff and died. Two were severely bitten by the bees were died on the way to hospital and ten crew members of the visualization  were admitted in the hospital and discharged after 2 weeks .  It is said that the bees seems so calm if they are not hurt and if anyone hurt their queen , they become so terrifying and take revenge from the hunter . The queen is the most powerful among the bees. if the queen of the bees  safely removed from the hive it will be so easy to get the honey from the hive   which is considered as medicine  in eastern countries . The working bees always follow the queen bee , if she abandon the hive silently , all the bees left the hive with out revenge. so if you want to get honey remove the queen tactically and calmly.

         

1.      How many people had been killed according to the passage.?

2.      How many people had been injured according to the passage?

3.      Where was the bees's hive in the taxi?

4.      Who was the authentic person to provide informations about injured police officers according to the passage.

5.      What had happened to the two Americans who escaped from the death?

6.      What is the ideal idea to get honey?

7.      What did the team doing in Manning District?

8.      How did the taxi driver killed?

9.      Where was the bees's hive in the room?

10.  Who is the most powerful in the hive?

13.  ARAFAT POLITICS

            Arafat is not the point. As Israelis and Palestinians use ever more lethal means against each other's civilians, the question being asked in Israel and the US is not how to end the occupation, but whether or not to end the career, or even the life, of Arafat. At the time of writing this coverage trend in early February 2002, in a further escalation Israeli tanks have confined Arafat in an area of 200m square in Ram Allah. And have destroyed the remainder of his helicopter fleet that it began to destroy on the attack of his compound on 3 December 2001.

            If Israel killed Arafat or sent in to exile, nothing would change. It seems almost absurd to have to point out that forcing millions of people to live for decades under hostile military rule with no end on sight inevitably produces violent resistance. Only a mind -set that steadfastly refuses to recognize this can become captivated by a lone figure who's real and imagined failings became a smoke screen that obscures the machinery that actually drives the conflict.

            If Israel truly seeks the moral high ground it invokes in the international arena, it should stop seeking a relative high ground whose only elevation stems from the weakness and failing of its historical enemies. Rather Israel should address the most obvious things it dies to perpetuate the conflict.

            The bottom line is that the single most identifiable factor that perpetuates the Israeli- Palestinian conflict in all its forms, both legitimate, is the Israeli military occupation that exists to protect the continuing Israeli colonization of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including Jerusalem.

            Comparisons of Arafat with Bin Laden serve to legitimize Israel's continuing repression of the Palestinians and bear no reality to the dynamics that this particular conflicts, dynamics that Israel has played no small part in creating.

            Israel's killing of civilians is a form of terrorism. The United States  tacit support of Israel's so called retaliation in US support of terrorism .Although Israeli officials are occasionally note don record " apologizing" for the latest " accidental" death of a child , there comes a point -- after a year in which one quarter of the 800 Palestinians killed were children and 50 percent of these children were killed for away from clashes- that it becomes imperative to note that Israel could always simply stop killing children , instead of merely apologizing for it.

            Israel's nightly shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods has accounted for one quarter of the 800 Palestinians killed during the first year of the Second Intifada .  Israel's regular killing of innocent civilians including children as a "by product " of its ironically titled" targeted killings " of Palestinian activists most commonly with rockets fired from combat helicopters at these leader's vehicles while in cit streets offer more examples of the indiscriminate violence that characterizes 'terrorism' as most people understand the word.

            Following a series of suicide bomb attacks in February / March 1996, then Israeli President Weizmann bluntly described Israel's practice of using closure to turn Palestinian towns in to prisons for the entire population: "Sometimes, when you are searching for a needle in a haystack, you have to burn the haystack".

            Israel has been encouraged to carry out similar "retaliation" as in the case of the December 2001bombing, by the knowledge that the United States would not condemn it. America must refrain from "understanding" Israel's violence. This can only have the effect of encouraging the continued Israeli killing of innocent Palestinian civilians.

1. How many Palestinian children have been killed this year?
2. How many Palestinians have been killed during nightly shelling?
3. Are children targeted by the Israelis?
4. Who is Arafat compared to and why?
5. Where is Arafat confined, and what size of area?
6. How many people live under hostile military rule in Palestine?
7. What is the question being asked in Israel and the US?
8. Why is Israel not afraid to carry out retaliation attacks on Palestinians?
9. What happened in 1996?
10. What dies Israel do when it is faced with suicide bomb attacks?

14.  BUS LOOTED

            A bus, which started off in Kathmandu , at 5:30 PM , traveling to Biratnagar , was looted by some Indian dacoits, which had crossed the boarder in order to escape the authorities there. They had been in Nepal for at least a month and had been regularly stopping night buses and robbing the passengers of all their belongings as well as money.

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            When the bus number Ba Ga 3987, first started off from Gongabu Bus Park there was a total of 30 passengers. Just near Thankot 3 more passengers got on. The journey was uneventful until they reached Muggling, where they stopped for dinner. Here, the bus conductor managed to find 4 more people wanting to travel to Biratnagar . After about half an hour stop for dinner, they set off again. At Bharatpur 2 of the passengers got off as they had only booked up to this point. The bus had to wait for about one hour as the engine had trouble and the driver had to fix it .After this they started  of again and had a short tea break at Hetauda where another 2 people got off and one got on.

            At about 2:00 PM in the morning, when most of the passengers were asleep, the driver suddenly stopped as there was a tree across the main road. The passengers all wake up as the bus had come to a sudden stop, and were all looking out of the windows. Two Indian men dressed in black were behind the fallen tree with country made rifles; at the same time 2 also came from the back and two on each side of the bus. At once they told all the passengers to come out of the bus and line up in front of the bus, even though it as a moonlight night, no body could make out the faces of the dacoits, and could tell only by the way they spoke that they were from India. Everybody was told to remove their watches, jewelries and to empty out their pockets and moneybags. One of the men colleted all this while the others told all the passengers to lie down with their faces facing down. During this time the dacoits all disappeared, as nobody wanted to follow them as they might get shot

1.            How many passengers were on the bus when it was robbed?

2.            How many dacoits were there in total?

3.            How long did they stop for dinner?

4.            Why did they stop a second time before the robbery?

5.            How did the passengers know that the dacoits were not Nepali?

5.            Where did the bus start first?

6.            How many got in the Baratpur?

7.            Why did the bus have to stop suddenly?

8.            How many we on the bus at Muggling?

9.            Although it was night time how could the passengers make out how many dacoits there were?  

15. KOSOVO POLICE

            On Monday 17 March 2003 , at 0745 hours , two Kosovo Police Officers were on patrol duty in a police vehicle when they observed a white van type vehicle , license 496KS858 driving very fast. The officers stopped the white van type vehicle for questioning using their blue flash lights. When the driver stopped, the patrol team stopped five meters behind his vehicle, however the van did not turn off its engine. As the officers exited their vehicle, the drivers of the white van type vehicle sped away very quickly. The officers ran back to their vehicle and chased the white vehicle .They were driving on the road to the airport. The police vehicle was driving at almost 120 km/hour but was unable to catch up to the van. Suddenly, the van turned north on to an unpaved roadway. The officers continued the pursuit. The van drove for approximately a hundred meters more. There was a big hole by the side of the road which the van fell into as the driver had lost control of the van, then it rolled upside down into a deep ditch on the south side of the roadway at grid reference 184-846. The officers stopped their vehicle on the opposite side of the roadway and proceeded cautiously toward the offender's vehicle. When they were approximately two meters away form the white van type vehicle they could see that the offender was still in his vehicle but was not moving. There were no sign of blood or injury  to the offender .As the officers got closer they could see three bundles, approximately 35 cm by 20cm by 25cm in the rare cargo area of the vehicle . One of the bundles was ripped open and a dark green plant material was showing, the officers assumed that it was marijuana. The first officer proceeded to the front of the vehicle to check the physical condition to the driver. The offender was breathing but didn't respond to any of the officer's verbal commands.  The officer radioed for an ambulance and the offender was taken to the local hospital. The second officer searched the offender's vehicle and found another bundle under the front seat with a knife. The Knife was 20 cm long with old blood stains. There were no papers or registration found in the vehicle. All material were seized as evidence and taken to police station.

1. What were the 2 officers doing at 0745 Hrs?
2. Why did they ask the van to stop?
3. What was their reason for stopping the van?
4. At what distance behind did the police stop?
5. How many bundles were seen?
6. Approximately what speed was the van traveling when in pursuit?
7. What did the officers assume it to be?
8. Was the knife found before or after the suspect was taken to hospital?
9. What distance did the van travel on the dirt road?

9        How did the man crash the vehicle?

16. GERMANY SOOTING

            Germany was in shock yesterday after 19 years old, masked gunman shot 17 people, including two female students, before killing himself in a school massacre in the eastern city of Erfurt. The black -clad gunman a recently - expelled student of the Gutenberg secondary school, burst into a classroom during an exam yesterday morning around 11 AM and started shooting with a pump action rifle mounted on his back. "He passed us in the corridor with out paying any attention and walked straight into the secretary's office and started shooting." He said. Witnesses said the gunman walked through the building, opening classroom doors and targeting staff, killing nine male teachers, four female teachers, a secretary and two female students all within minutes. Caretakers heard the shots and notified the local police. Two officers arrived on the scene and discovered two dead bodies in the entrance hall. Moments later the gunman appeared and opened fire, shooting dead one of the policemen. A special commando unit immediately surrounded the school, which has nearly 700 students. As the shooting continued, around 180 students were still trapped in the building. Commandos stormed the building shortly before noon and came upon what was described as terrible scenes. 'Bodies lay in the halls, in bathrooms and classrooms' said Mr.Rainer Grube, a police spokesman. The gunman, who had barricaded himself into a room, shot himself as officers approached. 'The gunman killed himself when he saw that there was no way out for him' said Mr., Grube.

            For the students trapped inside the building, their ordeals ended nearly three hours later when they were led, pale and shaking, out of the school to worried parents at the gate. They were all receiving counseling yesterday evening, while four people injured in the attack were brought to hospital. Police were last night still investigating students reports that there was a second gunman. They had no motive for the shootings yesterday evening. Friends of the as yet unidentified gunman described him as an intelligent student who was ' full of life' and often spoke of his wish to become famous. The massacre is one of the most violent attacks in German post -war history, and ranks alongside the 1996 school shooting in Dunblane and the 1999 massacre in Columbine , Arkansas. Yesterday evening Erfurt residents were in shock and German politicians speechless .

'We are stunned at this horrific crime. No explanation we could give would go far enough right now ' said the Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, expressing his sympathy for the families of the victims and the students who witnessed the attack. He ordered the German flag on the Reichstag in Berlin to flown to be flown at half mast. 'We are all in one room .One teacher is dead, we are crying.

1.        Which two other massacres are mentioned?

2.        How many people were injured in the attack?

3.        What time did the shooting start?

4.        What weapons were used?

5.        How many teachers were killed?

6.        Did the gunman target students?

7.         Who notified the police about the shooting?

8.        Who stormed the building and when?

9.        How many police men entered the building initially?

10.    How long it take to gunman to kill the people and was there only one gunman?

17. DEAD BODY FOUND

            Mr. John Edwards lives alone in his cottage in the southern part of Cambridge, UK. He was a retired officer who previously worked for the finance office which was based in London. He had been retired for 5 years now and spent most of his time in Cambridge. He had worked for 34 years and during that time lived in London. By the sides of his cottage, there was a husband and wife living who used to work for Mr. Edwards. The woman would cook his meals and the man would attend to the garden. Mr. Edwards had no close family or friends who would come to visit him regularly .On December 15 , 2002 ,Mr. Edwards was found dead in his study at 0700 hrs. His body was fund by the woman who did his cooking. She had informed the police when she had seen him lying on his desk at 0700hrs. All the doors were closed from the inside so the woman thought in quite suspicious so she looked through the window. This is when she saw Mr. Edwards at his desk. When the police arrived at 0730 hrs. They broke open the door and checked the body. Mr. Edwards was confirmed dead and his body sent for post mortem. By the side of the table there was a bottle and a letter which said that he was taking his life as he was fed up and didn't see any future in continuing. All these materials were sent to the police lab for the necessary testing. The reports all confirmed that Mr. Edwards did take the poison, traces of which were found in his blood and on his lips. On the latter, apart from Mr. Edward's finger prints, there were other prints found as well. When the police checked up they found that it belonged to the husband the woman who cooked for Mr. Edwards. The police found this very suspicious as the husband had said that he never came into the study at any time. The police brought the man in for questioning and under interrogation he at first denied that he had gone to the house ant any time. After 2 hours, he changed his story and said that he was called into the study by Mr. Edwards to post some letters, that's how his fingerprints were on the letter paper. That was at 0600hours that Mr. Edwards asked him to post some letters. So tat they would catch the 7AM post. On further interrogation, the man broke down and confessed saying that they had seen a will written by Mr. Edwards about a month previously stating that estate and all property would be given to the cook after his death since he had no other close relative. The husband had poisoned Mr. Edwards and made it look like a suicide so as to claim the property. Both husband and wife were taken in to custody.

1. What is the date of incidents?

2. What time did the police arrive on the scene?

3. What time did the woman see Mr. Edwards lying on his desk?

4. Whose fingerprints were found on the latter?

5. Why were the police suspicious?

6. What time did Mr. Edwards ask the husband to post some letters?

7. Did Mr. Edwards commit suicide?

8. How did Mr. Edwards die?

9. How long was the husband questioned by police?

10. Why did the husband commit this crime?

18.  CONSPIRACY  IN  MIDDLE  EAST

            In the conspiracy rich Middle East, a wide range of theories about suicide bombings exist. One asserts -- from the basis that suicide attacks are fundamentally self -defeating to the Palestinian people as a whole -- that Israel has been the perpetrator of suicide bombings for the purpose of generating international tolerance of the further destruction of Palestinian infrastructure. The Electronic Intifada finds this to be somewhat of a stretch given the existence of video statements made by suicide bombers, the unchallenged claims of responsibility following bomb attacks, and the publicly declared policy of the Palestinian militant groups credited with the attacks. However, the large scale of subsequent Israeli attacks against Palestinians and the spin that accompanies these military operations leave little doubt that Israel capitalizes on international sympathy to the fullest limits.

            It is also clear that Israel does not need to perpetrate suicide attacks when it has no difficult provoking them. Hamas , which claimed responsibility for the December 2001 suicide bombings stated that they were carried out in retaliation for the November 23 assassination of the group's senior West Bank leader, Mahamond Abu Hnound, in the week preceding the attacks violent responses to Israel's other assassinations of senior Hams leaders have been typical.

            With the pattern established, Israel certainly can not plead "surprise" at Hamas's response to its assassination policy. It should be additionally noted that even with foreknowledge, Israel remains unable to prevent terrorist attacks from being carried out in areas it controls. This point is crucial, as the standard spin that Israel has convincingly sold to the international community is that Arafat can prevent terrorist attacks and their continuance is evidence that he dies not want peace.

Israel displays poor judgement in pursuing its assassination policy against Palestinian militants Hamas is not going anywhere creating martyrs if its leaders will give rise to second generation in their wade Assassination can only perpetuate the cycle of violence.

            Shelling Palestinian authority installations will not stop Palestinian militants .There is no credible justification for targeting Palestinian Authority installations. It is not credible to assert that Nasser Arafat or the Palestinian Authority are behind terrorist attacks in Israeli- controlled areas , as Israel asserts . If there was genuine evidence of this, would it not have been played time and time again on the television screens of the world?

            The reality is that Arafat and the Palestinian Authority have a limited capacity to control militant groups to refrain from attacks against Israel / This will only work as long as Israel's actions against the Palestinians during this voluntary cessation of violence do not exacerbate tensions. 

It is not reasonable to expect the Palestinian Authority to be able to completely stop terrorist attacks from taking place in Israeli -controlled areas .Even when Israel directly controlled every part of the west bank and Gaza Strip, and despite its massive intelligence capabilities, and despite its being unencumbered by any concern for Palestinian human rights, it could not prevent terror attacks against its own civilians. The Palestinian Authority is being set to fail.

1. Can Arafat control the militants?

2. Is Arafat sending suicide bombers to Israeli controlled area?

3. How does Israel deal with militants?

4. Who was responsible for the December 01 suicide bombings?

5. What does Israel claim that Arafat can do?

6. Does Israel have good intelligence information?

7. Can Israel prevent the suicide attacks on its soil?

8. What happens when militant's leaders are killed?

9. Is Hams passive when one of their leaders is killed?

10..What is the Middle East theory about suicide bombings?

19. WOMAN MISSING

                  In a town called Dixon which was 65 miles north East of San Francisco, a woman aged 43, went missing one night. She was a single mother as her husband had died in a car accident 4 years earlier. She had 4 children. On the said night she had left her children at a friend's house while she went out. She had gone out with a male friend from work. This man had a history of heavy drinking. As long as the man did not have a drink he was okay but after a couple of beers he became very abusive. The man had been arrested a number of times for drink driving.

                  On the night the woman went missing the two had been seen at a bar at around 10 PM. However when the man was questioned he said that he had dropped the woman off at the local supermarket, after visiting the bar , as she wanted to get some cigarettes . He said that she did not want a ride home and said she would walk, after which he had not seen her again. Since the man was the main suspect in the missing woman's case the police searched the man's car. They found her fingerprints all on the passenger seat. This was not enough evidence to hold the man. When they searched under the seat, they found a ring which police thought belonged to the woman. Police did not know if the woman was dead or alive and had no clues pointing to this direction. The man stuck to his story so there was no way he could be taken into custody.

                  The Inspector who was in charge of the case had no other clues to pursue the case, people informed him that there was psychic who was said to have powers to see current happenings by feeling the missing person's clothes. The psychic woman was called in and said the woman was dead after feeling her clothes, but could not say where. She said she saw a field where there was a canal running by the side. Since the area where the missing woman lived was a farming community there were plenty of fields with canals running alongside.

A full search was taken out of the area where the woman lived, by the local police but found nothing. Luckily while the search was being conducted a passerby stopped and asked what had happened. When this man was told the details of the crime he told police officials that he had seen the mentioned car in the next district on the night of the crime. Police immediately sent a police team to investigate there. After about 2 hours of searching they found the woman's body in the field near a canal hidden under some trees the man was taken into custody and received a jail sentence for murder.

                              Her children approached to the local police after 7 days of the murder it was 25 July 1994 and registered legal sue against the culprit on the same day. The police said that the man killed the woman named Maria with stabbing into her stomach after having intercourse with her.  Police established the crime on the basis of physical evidence which were ear ring, the fingerprint on the knife, and clothes of the culprit found with the woman. The murder was John Howard, aged 36, who was a captain of the local inn and had very notorious history of having woman and drinking alcohol.

1. How did the woman's husband die?
2. How far was Dixon from San Francisco?
3. When was the woman killed?
4. Where was the passer by from?
5. What was the body found under?
6.  Who did the Inspector call for help?
7. What were the physical evidences found by police?
8. What time was the woman seen with the man and where?
9. How was she murdered?
10. Where was the earring found?

20. EGYPT KILLING

      On the 20^th October, 2003, at 5 am in the morning. Two joggers found a dead man who was washed up on the shore of a southern beach resort of Hurgada in Egypt.

      The man was about 40 years of age had a beard, short cut hair and a rounded face. The man was also missing a left ear lobe. Apart from this there was nothing else distinctive about his appearance. He was dressed in normal shirt and trousers, his right shoe and sock was missing. There were no visible signs of how the man had died. When the police arrived at his scene of the crime they thought that he drowned. They took the body to the police lab for post mortem. They found that the man had been very heavily drugged before drowning so it was a case of murder. They checked in the dead man's clothes to see if they could find any identification of who he was, but none was fund. The police asked around in all the hotels and restaurants if they had seen the man. An owner of a lodge said he had seen the man a couple of nights before with 3 other men. However a restaurants owner said that the man had come in the night before for dinner with 5 men and by the way they were acting, it seemed that they were close friends. The restaurant owner said they wanted to take a boat out for a short sail at around 10 PM, and asked the owner if they knew anybody who would rent them one. After police received this information they went to the boat rental place. The night watchman there said he had seen these people and they had taken a boat out for a sail for about 1 hour. When they came back there were only 5 of them. The police asked the man for the description of the other men and sent out a search for them. By 8 PM in the evening there was still no clue as to who these men were or where they stayed. The news of the washed up body was given on the 8.30 PM news and almost immediately the police were called by a taxi driver saying that he had dropped these same 5 men to a town 20 kilometers east of the city. Police sent out a search team and found the 5 men eating at a restaurant there. The men were immediately apprehended and taken for questioning.

      Police found that these 5 men had met the deceased man who was traveling alone in Cairo and had come to the resort together The 5 men had also seen that the man had been carrying a lot of money with him in cash. They had drugged his drink at the restaurant, taken him for a bat ride and threw him into the sea the 5 men have been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life.

      On 20^th October, 2003 at 5 PM , two joggers found a dead man on the beach at he southern resort of Hurgada, Egypt .

      The man was about 40 years old. With a beard, short cut hair and a rounded face. He was also missing a left ear lobe. He was dressed in a normal shirt and trousers, his right shoe and sock were missing. When the police arrived at the scene, they thought that the man had drowned, but after a post mortem, it was found that the man had been killed. So this was a murder case. He had no identification on him so the police asked in the hotels and restaurants if they had seen the man. He was seen by a lodge owner a couple of nights before with 3 men. They seemed a very friendly, like close friends. They had asked the restaurant owner if he knew where they could rent a boat for a sail at around 10PM. They then went to the boat rental place and the night watchman said that he had seen the 6 men take a boat out for about 1 hour. However, only 5of them returned. The night watchman gave a description of the 5 men and the police searched for them. By 8 PM there was still no clue as to who the men were or where they stayed no the police flashed a news bulletin at 8.30 PM about the dead man. Almost immediately, a taxi driver phoned the police and said that he had dropped the 5 men at a town 20 KM east of the city. The Police then sent a search team and found the 5 men in a restaurant there. They were taken in for questioning. The men said that they had met the deceased in Cairo and he was traveling alone, so they came to the resort together. They had seen that he had a lot of cash, so they drugged his drink at the restaurant taken him fort a boat ride and threw him in to the sea. The 5 men had seen the victim had a lot of money of cash so they killed him in order to get his money. The 5 men were apprehended and confessed to their crime. They have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

1. What time was the body found?
2. Who found the dead body?
3. How did the police think the man had died at first?
4. Which part of Egypt did this incident happen?
5. How long had the boat been hired for?
6. Why had the 5 men killed the man?
7. When was the news about the body given?
8. Where was the town the 5 men were staying at?
9. How many men were involved in the killing?
10. How many men was the man with at the lodge? 

21.  CHINA STUDENT KILLED

                  Two Asian students from China, who were studying Commercial Art at the Alexandria University in Egypt, were found dead in the early hours of February 16 , 1987 on the beach . They both had been shot twice in the chest. By the powder burns found on their shirts, the investigation team came to the conclusion that they had been shot at close range. The team of specialists who were called in to investigate the crime said it could have been somebody the two students knew as they were standing close together. Since the two victims were from another country, their Embassy in Cairo was notified, and two officials were sent from there to observe the investigation, and to send back information back to China to the concerned relatives. A through search of the area was made but apart from the normal things found on a beach nothing unusual was found. The police asked around but nobody had seen or heard anything. After a month, because there was no new evidence to the crime. The case was put on hold.

                  After a year and some months an exact killing was done at almost the same spot on the beach. This time it was a local boy who was studying in the same university as the Chinese students. The police at once knew that it was either a student or somebody related to the university and started to make detailed inquiries. During their inquiry, the police found that there was a student from America who had been quite friendly with the murdered boy as well as the two Chinese students. They were all in the same class.

                  The boy who was the suspect was called in for questioning but the police could not link him to the crime as the boy said that at the times the crimes were said to be committed, he was with his girl friend. When the police questioned her, she confirmed the fact that the boy in question was with her at the time. However, they did find the girl friend very scared and not willing to answer any questions. Since the police did not have any hard evidence they could not take the boy into custody. After a week, the girl friend phoned the police and said she had something to say and wanted to come down to the headquarters. The girl friend arrived at the headquarters at 4 PM and gave a statement saying that although she was with the boy at the time, he left her for about 45 minutes on both occasion. The police calculated and saw that this was enough time for the boy to do the killings. A team was sent to the boy's house and a thorough search was conducted. The police found the murder weapon with his finger prints all over the gun. The bullets from the gun matched those found on the bodies of all three deceased. On further investigation, the police found that the American boy did not like it when another student in class receives more marks in a subject than he did. Therefore, the animosity between the students grew which let to the killings.

Background to situation

On 16 February 1987, two Chinese students are murdered on the beach of Alexandria , Egypt . About one year and some months later, an exact replica of this killing took pace on the same seaside.

Details

      In the first incident in 1987, the two students, who were studying Commercial Art at the Alexandria University, had been shot at close range as there were powder burns on their shirt. They had both been shot twice in the chest and their bodies were discovered in the early hours of the morning 16 February. The police came to the conclusion that it may have been some body they knew that shot them as they were standing close together. The police then notified the Chinese Embassy in Cairo and two officials were sent to observe the investigation so that they could send back information to the relatives in China. Even though a thorough search of the area was done nothing unusual was found and no witnesses came forward. Due to the lack of evidence, the case was closed after one month.

                  After a year and some months, the exact same type of killing happened at the same spot on the beach. This time it was an Egyptian boy from the same university that was killed. The police knew that it was either a student or somebody related to the university that had committed the crimes and started to make detailed inquires. The police then found that there was an American student who had been friendly with the dead students as they attended the same class. He was then called in for questioning, but the police couldn't link him to the crime as the boy said that he was with this girlfriend at the times of crime. His girlfriend confirmed this, but was scared and unwilling to answer any other questions. The boy couldn't be taken into custody as he had an alibi. After a week, the girlfriend phoned the police and said that she had something to say. She wanted to tell the police and arrived at the police headquarters at 4 PM .She gave a statement saying that although she was with him at the time of the murder, he had left her for 45 minutes on both occasions. The police calculated that this was enough time to commit the murders and a team was sent to his house to conduct a search. The murder weapon was found with the boy's fingerprints all over it. The bullets matched the ones fund in the victims. On further investigation, the American boy admitted that he didn't like it when another student got more mark and he grew angry which led to the killing.

      The American boy was resentful of is classmates higher marks in class, so he killed them.

The boy confessed to the murders and was taken in to custody.

1. How many students were murdered?
2. How were the students killed?
3. After how long was the case closed?
4. How did the killer know the boys?
5. What year did the second murder take place?
6. Which country did this incident happen?
7. Who was the suspect with at the time of killings?
8. How long did the killer leave the girlfriend for?
9. Where did the police find the gun?
10. what country was the killer from?

22. TENANT FOUND DEAD

      In the town near the city of Seattle, USA, a land lady complained that she had not seen her tenant Mr.Harry Jeffery for a number of days. She knew that he had not left for work or on a holiday as he would always inform her whenever he went out .The land lady had not seen Mr. Jeffery for at least 10 days.

      When police arrived at the house they saw that there was no sign of a break in. They opened the lock on the door and went inside. They saw that all the furniture was moved around as if there had been a struggle and there was broken glass everywhere. Police also found blood stains on the carpet and signs that a body had been pulled across and taken into a storage room downstairs. Here investigators found the body of a man aged about 58 with his hands and legs tied behind his back .He was covered from head to foot in a large plastic bag. The body was taken to the morgue for post mortem. The report on the body showed that the man had died of suffocation due to the plastic bag. The land lady previously identified the body as that of Mr. Jeffery.

      Police made a thorough search of the house and found Mr. Jeffery's old bank cheque books but not his latest one. They also found receipts for a credit card but this was also missing. A witness said that he had seen a young couple in their early 30's entering Mr. Jeffery's apartment, but it was difficult to say if these two were the killers as it was over a week ago. The post mortem report also showed that Mr. Jeffery had died about 8 days ago, however according to Mr. Jeffery's bank details he had used his credit card only 3 days ago . The police at once knew that the people who had killed Mr. Jeffery were using his credit card to purchase items. The credit card was found to be last used at a petrol station 30 KM away from where Mr. Jeffery lived. The police sent out an investigation team to the site and the attendant there gave the same description of the couple as the first witness, at Mr. Jeffery's residence. Now the police had a confirmed description of the suspect which they sent out to all police stations in the area. It was quite difficult to find out which direction they were heading but the suspects used the credit card again to pay for a hotel accommodation which was in the north of the city.

      The police realized that the suspect were heading north and most probably trying to get in to Canada, they informed the border patrol there. The two suspects were apprehended by the border patrol when they were trying to get on3.30 PM train that would take them in to Vancouver, Canada.

Back ground to situation

In a town near the city of Seattle, USA, a landlady informed police that she had not seen her tenant; Mr. Jeffery aged 58 for a number of days and was worried about him. After opening the apartment, the tenant was found dead inside so a murder investigation began.

Details

Mr. Harry Jeffery had not been seen for ten days and the landlady informed the police of this as he normally told her whenever he went out. When the police arrived, there was no sign of a break in. They then opened the door and saw that all the furniture was moved and there had been a struggle, there was broken glass everywhere. Police also found blood stains on the carpet and signs that a body had been pulled across and taken into a storage room downstairs. Investigators found Mr. Jeffery in this room with his hands and legs tied behind his back and he was covered with a plastic bag from head to foot. The landlady identified the man as being Mr. Jeffery. The post mortem report showed that the man had died from suffocation due to the plastic bag. Police thoroughly searched the house and found Mr. Jeffery old bank cheques books, but not his latest one. They also found receipts for a credit card, but the card was missing. A witness said that he had seen a couple in their early 30's entering Mr. Jeffery's apartment about a week ago. The post mortem showed that Mr. Jeffery had died 8 days ago, but according to his bank details, he had used his credit card 3 days ago. The police then knew that the people, who had killed Mr. Jeffery, had used his credit card. The card was used at a petrol station 30 kilometers away from the deceased's house. The police had a confirmed description which was sent to all police stations in the area. The suspects used the credit card again, this time to pay for hotel accommodation which was in the north of the city. The suspects were heading north into Canada, so they informed the border patrol there. The two suspects were apprehended by the border patrol when they were trying to get on a 3.30 PM train that would take them into Vancouver, Canada.

The suspects obviously wanted to take Mr. Jeffery's money as he was old and living alone

The suspects confessed to their crime under police interrogation.

1. Where did this incident happen?
2. Who informed he police first?
3. How did the man die?
4. How long had Mr. Jeffery been dead for?
5. Why did Mr. Jeffery suffocate?
6. What was stolen?
7. How old were the suspects?
8. Where was the stolen credit card first used?
9. Where the card was used a second time?
10. Where were the couple heading?

23.  RANSOM DEMANDED

            Mr. George Smith ran a supermarket, it was self owned and it had been his family business for the past 30 years. Since it was the only supermarket in the town of Pretoria, South Africa, business was very food and profits were very high. Mr. Smith had a son and daughter who helped him in his business. They had a close friend, Mr. Raymond, who was an employee in the local bank, who helped out sometimes in the supermarket when he had the days off from work.

            On the 15 July 2003 , Mr. Smith's son Rob went missing . He did not return home after closing the store for the night at 8 PM . Mr. Smith phoned most of his son's friend's houses at 9 PM that night, to see if his son had gone there , but didn't find him. Mr. Smith informed the local police at 10 PM . The police said that they should wait until the next morning as his son any have gone somewhere without informing them.

            The next morning they found a note stuck on the front door saying that the son had been kidnapped and that the kidnapper wanted 50 thousand dollars for his release, the kidnapper said he would contact again to tell Mr. Smith where and how the money should be paid . The police were informed and they came around for an investigation. They interviewed the son's friends as well as neighbors, but found no clues. The police kept officers watching the supermarket as well as monitoring Mr. Smith's phone. At around 5 PM in the evening, Mr. Smith was contacted by phone when he was in the supermarket. The kidnapper said that Mr. Smith should have the cash put in a bag and should be left at a nearby abandoned warehouse, which was 10 kilometers away, the kidnapper also told him that he should not inform the police or his son would be killed.

            At 8 PM that night Mr. Smith took the bag with the money inside and left it at the said place. The police had been watching the area from 6 PM. They saw Mr. Raymond coming but didn't think any thing of it as he was not a suspect at the time. When he came out of the warehouse with the bag in hand, the police immediately took him into custody. He was taken to the police station for questioning.

            After questioning, the police had found out that Mr. Raymond had met the son after he closed the supermarket on the 15 July and told him his aunt who lived in Cape Town was seriously sick and the rest of the family had gone there and he should go as well as soon as possible. Mr. Smith's son had immediately gone to the nearest train station and set off for Cape Town. Meanwhile Mr. Raymond thought he could get some money out of his friend by acting like a kidnapper. He was later found out to he is heavily in debt.

            Mr. Raymond a good friend of Mr. Smith ,can not be a suspect of kidnapping so he made a plan to get some money . Raymond contacted 5 professional kidnappers from the Cape Town and handed over 5 thousand US dollar as advance a week ago . When Raymond asked the friend's  son to go to see his aunt Raymond informed it to his contacted kidnappers .  kidnappers took the friend's son from the railway station to a isolated area and put him in the private cell.

            Police set a team to search the victim and thoroughly searched the said area. Police found the boy tied with the rope and suffering from thirst on 18 July.  Police arrested all the kidnappers from the house and took in to custody. All the criminals are black American and already faced criminal charge before. Mr. Raymond faced a charge of conspiracy of kidnapping and other criminal faced the charge of kidnapping. Police handed over the money to Mr. Smith after a week.  Later on it was noticed that Mr. Smith forgave to Mr. Raymond of kidnapping and bailed from the jail and help him to establish his business once again.

1. Who did bail out to Mr. Raymond?
2. Why Mr. Raymond did the kidnapping?
3. How many people were involved in the kidnapping?
4. How much money had been paid as advance for kidnapping?
5. How many days Rob spent as victim?
6. What was the condition of the victim while he was found?
7. How many hours' police spent watching kidnapper near the warehouse?
8. What was the profession to Mr. Raymond?
9. Why did police say Mr. Smith to wait till morning?
10. What was written in the paper stuck out side the Smith's house?

24. HIT AND RUN

            On the main high way running to Kabul, At 10.30 PM, on Friday the 22^nd March, there was a hit and run case. Eyewitnesses say it was a1976, blue, Volkswagen minivan. The van was heading towards Kabul when a cyclist on the same road was hit. It was snowing heavily and visibility was very bad. The cyclist for some reason moved into the centre of the road from the side and was hit. His cycle was completely crushed, and his left leg and arm were broken, he received minor injuries to his head though he was wearing a helmet. The victim was wearing cycling gear but didn't have any protection from the snow. He was about 28 years old, slim and 5'10" tall. The cyclist was coming from a small town 7 kilometers west of Kabul. The victim was taken to Kabul central hospital, and is said to be out to danger.  The van was said to have some scratches from the cycle of the left -hand side as well. Due to the poor visibility, the witnesses at the scene of the crime could not read the number plate.

            A search is taking place for the van in Kabul, as it was heading in that direction. The eyewitness said that there were four people in the van and did not know if there were more in the minivan. By the brief close look he got and poor visibility, the witness thinks they were all men.

            The family member of the victim approached to the local police station on 23^rd of March and registered a criminal case against the minivan. They mentioned in the case that the victim called Yusuf is only one bread earner of the family and he has 12 family members who are dependent to his earnings. So they want compensation from the van owner. They demanded 56 thousand US dollar as compensation.

            Police said Yusuf did not get serious injuries so they were not entitled to get more money as they demanded. They will only get as per the current law.

            The family member threatened to the police that if they were not get as their demand they would have attacked to police station and result will be very adverse.

            After 3 days of accident happened, the van owner phoned to the police station and said that he will bear all the expenses of medical treatment but not the compensation. The van owner claimed that the cyclist was drunk at the time of accident and it was illegal according to the Afgan law. Cyclist approached suddenly and accident took place.

1. What were the threats given by family member?
2. What was the date the van owner phone the police?
3. What side were the scratches made from the bicycle?
4. What time did the accident happen?
5. What was the make of van?
6. Why was the visibility so bad?
7. What injuries did the cyclist receive?
8. Where was the injured taken?
9. Where was the cyclist coming from?
10. How many people were in the van?

25.  HUSBAND KILLED WIFE

            A police sergeant' wife, aged 35, was found dead at the residence, on the morning of the 24^th April 2001. The police were sent to check, as the wife did not answer any phone calls. It was neighbor that reported this incident to the police, as she knew that the woman was inside the house but for some reason did not answer any calls. The police arrived at the scene at 9.30 AM and fund her dead on the bed. There were no visible signs of a struggle or any clues that she had been murdered. The police sergeant had been on night duty so was not at home. Since no clues were fund, the body was sent for post mortem. The report showed that she had died of a heart attack. However her blood sample showed a high level of arsenic, which is not normally found. The woman had been taking medication, recommended by her doctor, which contained a very low level but this was mainly for medication purposes and should not have been fatal.

            A thorough search of the house did not provide any evidence that the arsenic had been given to the woman in the house. At first the police sergeant was not a suspect as he was on duty at the time his wife had died. However they found out later on that he had been involved in a case a few weeks ago where a similar death had occurred on a factory worker who had accidentally inhaled a large amount of arsenic which was in liquid form. After the police found out this information, they checked around the bed room for the substance, they found that the whole room had been sprayed with liquid arsenic and the woman had inhaled the substance from the air, which caused her to have a heart attack. The husband thought that this would not be found and thought that the investigators would think she died of a heart attack. He had sprayed the bed room before he left for work the previous night and kept the door closed. His wife had only inhaled the poisonous substance when she went to sleep after the sergeant had gone to work.

            It was later found that the police sergeant had a gambling problem and was in debt. He had taken out a life insurance policy in his wife's name the previous year for 100 thousand dollars.

            The local police station commander issued a arrest warrant against the police Sergeant Robert who has been assigned in the same police station since 3 years. A police team leaded by the inspector Henry arrested him from the duty spot near the City supermarket and put him in cell.

After the thorough investigation it was found that he lost his all money in Casino and to hide the matter he bought liquid arsenic from the supermarket and sprayed in the room. Robert thought that he had got success before so this time also he will get success to deceive the police of committing the crime.

            Police sent him to the local court with the evidence of a bottle of arsenic, a receipt of buying arsenic and the contamination of arsenic in the cloths. The court issued an ordered to put him jail in accusation of killing his wife Maria.

            The police headquarter issued an order that no police personnel shall be entitled to go to Casino and play game if found so, should have to face strain department punishment

1. What was the name of victim?
2. What were the physical evidences provided to court by the police?
3. What was the order issued by the headquarters?
4. Who reported the incident?
5. Where the husband was at the time of dead body was found?
6. On what date did the husband spray the room?
7. What was the cause of death?
8. What did the woman's blood sample show?
9. How much was the insurance made out for?
10. What time did the police arrive at the crime scene?

26. PROTECTION MONEY

            In the Indian State of Haryana, 4 men who were dressed up as police approached Mr. Rajiv Puri , an industrialist , for protection money .They said that the crime  in the area was very high so in order to protect him and his industry from these people they wanted a sum of five hundred thousand rupees. They said that this amount would be used to mobilize their force and to be able to keep a close watch on Puri's industry .The four men were dressed up as a DSP, Inspector and two Police Constables. The 4 men came in a Maruti Gypsy Jeep just like the ones used by the normal police. They said that they would come the next day, the 20 March, at around 12 noons to collect the money. They also said that they would give Puria receipt so that he would be able to show this amount for tax purposes.

            However, Mr. Puri became suspicious of the men so he phoned his friends to see if they had been approached for money for protection. When his friends knew nothing of the incident, Mr. Puri approached the local police station. He found out that no police personnel had been sent out from anywhere to Mr. Puri office, and that this was not a normal practice.

            The next days at the time when the so called police were to come to collect the money the local police in plain clothes were waiting for them, however no body turned up . There was no sign of them until 4 PM in the afternoon so the police called off the watch.

            Since Mr. Puri had had a good look at the 4 men he went to the local station and gave a detailed description to the police. A search for these men is being conducted.

            Mr. Puri received a phone call in the night at about 11 PM. The caller said that Mr. Puri had informed police about the demand and he will face negative situation if he denied their proposal. The caller did not mention his name but asked him to give said money on 22 March.

            Mr. Puri collected all the money to pay the caller and waited to receive call from the man. In the morning of 23 March, he received a phone call and got information that he has to go to old railway station and put the money in the no. 34 rail way buggy in the evening at 6 PM. Puri went there with his vehicles with out informing the police and put his money bag in no.34 Buggy and returned back to home. 

At night he saw on   TV news that 4 persons have been arrested from rail way station involved in extortion and kidnapping. Police said that they demanded money from Puri and police arrested them.

            The police said that these 4 men kidnapped puri's son from the Central Secondary high school and demanded the money. But the son informed the abduction to the police by the emergency mobile call and help to the police to trace out the criminals. Mr. Puri became so confused about the accident and went to the local police station to get his son and the money. The entire culprits are sent to jail on charge of the kidnapping and the extortion.

1. How Mr. Puri did know that his son was kidnapped?
2. Where did Puri handed over the money?
3. Where was the son studying?
4. How did the son informed to the police about his abduction?
5. What did the 4 men say the money was for?
6. What rank were the 4 men?
7. What did the men say they would give Puri in return for the money?
8. Where did Mr. Puri give the description of the men?
9. What time did the men say they would come to collect the money?
10. Who is Mr. Puri?

27.  MILITANTS KILLED POLICE

            KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban militants slashed the hands and legs of five abducted policemen in southern Afghanistan and hung their mutilated bodies from trees in a warning to villagers against working with the government, officials said Sunday.

The discovery of the bodies came as officials said that recent violence and clashes had left at least 68 people dead across Afghanistan.

            The officers had been abducted two months ago from their checkpoint in southern Uruzgan province, said Juma Gul Himat, the provincial police chief. The Taliban slashed their hands and legs and hung the bodies on trees Saturday in Gazak village of Derawud district, he said.

            "The Taliban told the people that whoever works with the government will suffer the same fate as these policemen," Himat said. "This village is under Taliban control. There are more than 100 Taliban in this village."

Two tribal elders received the bodies of the policemen on Sunday, he said.

More than 6,000 people have died in insurgency-related violence this year -- a record number, according to an Associated Press count based on figures from Western and Afghan officials.

The executions followed several days of violence in the country's south which left at least 63 people dead, including 58 militants and two Canadian soldiers.

            Also in Uruzgan, police shot and killed two suspected Taliban militants on Sunday as they approached a police checkpoint on a motorbike, Himat said.

In Zabul province, the Taliban ambushed and clashed with an army patrol Saturday night, leaving 11 suspected insurgents dead and four soldiers wounded, said Qasem Khan, a provincial police official.

Authorities recovered the bodies of the 11 militants killed alongside their weapons, Khan said.

In southern Helmand province, a suicide bomber attacked a NATO patrol Sunday in Gereshk district, damaging a vehicle but causing no casualties,  said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal. The police chief said that the suicide bomber was killed in the spot injring 6 NATO army including driver. All the injured were taken to the level 4 hospital run by NATO army.

In Kandahar province, Canadian and Afghan troops battled militants and called in airstrikes in Zhari district on Saturday. One Afghan soldier and at least 20 suspected militants were killed, said provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqeb.

A roadside bomb hit a NATO vehicle during the same battle, killing two Canadian soldiers and their translator and wounding three other Canadian troops, officials said. The body of  deceased Canadian soldiers have been sent to Canada by air and other injured were admitted to the level 4 hospital run by NATO army.

            Separately, a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a NATO convoy in Nangarhar province's Chaparhar district, killing an Afghan civilian and wounding another NATO soldier, officials said Saturday. People of Nagarhar Province said that NATO army killed the civilian knowing while the bomb attack and started demonstration in the capital against the NATO soldiers.

Elsewhere, 23 Taliban militants were killed during a U.S.-led coalition operation on Thursday aimed at disrupting a weapons transfer in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said.

1. Why did the Nagharhar people demonstrate in the Province capital?
2. How many dead bodies have been sent to Canada?
3. Who was the Police chief of Kandahar Province?
4. How many armies were admitted in level 4 hospitals?
5. How did the 6 police men were killed?
6. What was the threat given by militant to Police officials?
7. What was the source of information of Associated Press?
8. How many suspected Taliban militants had been killed in Uruzan ?
9. How many motorbikes were used in suicide attacked?
10. Who was Juma Gul Himat ?