question: (CNN) -- A Yemeni court Monday sentenced to death one of the leaders of the terrorist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen's state-run news agency reported.

Prior to his capture, trial and sentencing, Saleh al-Shawsh had been one of the three most wanted members of the group, an arm of Osama bin Laden's broader terrorist organization formed last year.

The Specialized Criminal Court in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa sentenced al-Shawsh after finding him guilty of killing Yemeni soldiers and attacking oil installations and security checkpoints in the province of Hadramout, reported Saba, the Middle Eastern nation's state-run news agency. Referring to al-Shawsh as a member of an "armed gang," the report said that the incidents he was involved in occurred between 2007 and 2010.

Yemen has become a main battleground for al Qaeda, with the government carrying out air strikes and a ground campaign against the group this weekend.

President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, met the president of Yemen a month ago to discuss al Qaeda and U.S. support for Yemen, the U.S. Embassy announced at the time. Brennan delivered a letter to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh affirming U.S. support for Yemen, the embassy said.

The Obama administration is considering adding armed CIA drones to help fight the increasing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen, a U.S. official said in August.

A U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN that the administration recognizes that "not enough is being done in Yemen" to meet the growing challenge posed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
1. What court sentenced someone to death?
2. Who was sentenced?
3. What group was he a member of?
4. Who's organization was it?
5. What kind of organization is it?
6. What was Saleh sentenced for?
7. What was the president's administration's answer to this?
8. Who reported that?
9. When did the the crimes take place?
10. In what province did the crime take place?
11. When was it announced that Obama was going to add the drones?
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answer: 1. A Yemeni court
2. Saleh al-Shawsh
3. al Qaeda
4. Osama bin Laden's
5. a terrorist organization
6. killing Yemeni soldiers and attacking oil installations and security checkpoints
7. They are considering adding armed CIA drones to help fight the increasing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen
8. U.S. official
9. between 2007 and 2010.
10. the province of Hadramout
11. It was announced a month ago.

question: CHAPTER VIII.

THE STEALING OF THE HORSES.

"Go slow, men," came softly from Gilroy. "You know what kind of a man Leeson is."

"Reckon I do know," came in a growl from Fetter. "And I've got an account to settle with him, too."

"I'm pretty certain the boy is here," went on the leader. "But we must make sure if the others are here too, or if they have ridden off to the fort. If they have gone to the fort----"

"Hist!" came in warning from Potts. "You're talking too much. I've heard that this Leeson sleeps with his ears wide open."

"He does," grumbled Fetter; and then the three desperadoes relapsed into silence.

They were advancing upon the cabin from the rear, and each held a ready pistol in his hand, while his rifle was slung over his back. They had seen the boys and Benson head for the trapper's home while it was still light and they were on a high cliff; but darkness had closed in on the scene, and they had come up to the spot in ignorance of what had followed.

Tiptoeing their way they reached the lean-to where the horses had been stabled, and with caution Gilroy went inside. By feeling the animals he soon learned that three had been in use but a few hours before, while the fourth was cool and comfortable.

"Their horses are here," he announced. "And a fourth is here, too."

"That's Leeson's," answered Fetter. "But I thought he had two or three."
1. What were they coming up on?
2. From what side?
3. What was in their hands?
4. What was on their backs?
5. Who were they looking for?
6. Did he have anyone with him?
7. Who?
8. Where were the horses?
9. Who went inside?
10. What did he do to the animals?
11. What did that tell him?
12. How many?
13. For how long?
14. Had any not been used?
15. How many?
16. Whose horse was it?
17. Were they concerned that other people were with the boy and Leeson?
18. If they weren't, where would they have gone?
19. How does Leeson sleep?
20. Who owns the cabin?
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answer: 1. the cabin
2. the rear
3. pistol
4. rifle
5. Leeson
6. Yes.
7. a boy.
8. the lean-to
9. Gilroy
10. Felt them.
11. They had been in use.
12. three
13. a few hours
14. Yes.
15. One.
16. Leeson's
17. Yes
18. the fort
19. his ears wide open
20. the trapper

question: On a lot of occasions, you have to make some public speaking. However, public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearance of all kinds.

Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways.

While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal , it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British Comedian Julian, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.

In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.

Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.

Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.

Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers.

But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.

I remember going to see British psychiatrist R.D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.

The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.
1. How do most people fill about speaking in public?
2. What are they most afraid of?
3. What will this kind of situation illuminate?
4. Is it worse for men or women?
5. Is personality a good indicator of who will be good at this?
6. How do politicians prepare?
7. What is the audience aware of?
8. Who is Princess Diana's brother?
9. Did he speak at her funeral?
10. How did he act?
11. How often is a script a good tool?
12. Who is R.D. Laing?
13. from where?
14. Has he spoken in public?
15. What was his topic?
16. What did he write about?
17. Did he do well?
18. How did his behavior seem
19. What state do psychologists say you need to be in?
20. What does this make your speech look like?
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answer:
1. they dread it
2. Humiliation
3. insecurities
4. women
5. no
6. they have scripts
7. it might not be true
8. Earl Spencer
9. yes
10. natural
11. rarely
12. a psychiatrist
13. Great Britain
14. yes
15. madness
16. mental illness
17. no
18. odd
19. state of flow
20. natural