user: Problem: For Peterborough, the first half of this season turned out much like last. A strong start, some raw talent unearthed by shrewd dealing in the transfer market; followed by a slump that has seen them fall away from automatic promotion contenders to play-off outsiders. In fact, Darren Ferguson’s side are far closer to the League One drop zone in terms of points than they are the top two – 16 off second-placed Swindon yet only eight clear of Crewe in 21st. Peterborough made a strong start to the season but have fallen out of the League One play-off places The damning statistics go on. Following Sunday’s 0-0 draw at home to Doncaster, Peterborough have won just once in their last 10 league games. That is relegation form.



Answer: Darren Ferguson needs to get the best out of what he’s got already and with nearly two weeks until their next match while that review of 2014 takes places, the training field is where he has to find the answers.


Problem: U.S. aircraft have concluded a third round of strikes against an al Qaeda cell inside Syria, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the just-completed mission told CNN on Thursday. The officials said it was a small number of strikes and that the targets included at least one top operative of what's known as the Khorasan Group. The sources would not say who was targeted. They said it is too early to have an assessment of the strikes' results. Khorasan is a group of hard-core al Qaeda operatives, many of whom moved to Syria from Pakistan in the last few years.

At the same time, some of the

Answer: Khorasan leadership is still believed to be alive and the group continues to pose a threat, according to the officials, who say some are still in Syria, actively plotting against the United States.


Problem: Paris, France (CNN) -- A French court on Wednesday sentenced Manuel Noriega to seven years in prison for money laundering -- but.the former Panamanian dictator could be eligible for parole as early as next year, his lawyer told CNN. Noriega, who has been a prisoner since being toppled in a U.S. invasion more than 20 years ago, was also fined 2.2 million euros ($2.7 million), the amount he was accused of laundering in drug trafficking profits through French banks. The former dictator, who was was extradited from the U.S. to France in April, looked shaken and disconsolate at the sentence. Noriega spoke briefly to his three daughters after the sentencing, then had to be helped out of the court by French police, CNN's Jim Bittermann reported from the scene.



Answer: Panamanian has requested his extradition, but the United States honored France's extradition request instead.


Problem: It was the most emotional and heartfelt acceptance speech of the Oscars. Jared Leto, who won the Best Supporting actor award for The Dallas Buyers Club, paid tribute to his mother for encouraging him to believe he could one day become a star. He said she had pushed him to develop his artistic side and always urged him to 'do something special'. Scroll down for video Hippy: Constance cradles Jared in her lap while Shannon looks at the camera. The boys lived in four different states during their childhood, including a commune in Colorado, and then spent 18 months in Haiti

That's not supposed to happen for a couple of kids from

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assistant: Louisiana on food stamps.'