Question: Kacey was a princess living in a magical kingdom with her parents and two little brothers. One day a monster bashed down the door to the castle when Kacey wasn't home and grabbed her youngest brother. "Give me your jewels or I eat him!" the monster yelled. Kacey's mom and dad called for the guards, but the monster bashed them down. "Give me my jewels!" the monster said. "Or I'll eat your other son too!" Kacey got home to see the big back of the monster in the door. "What do I do?" Kacey thought. Then she remembered a move she had seen a fighter use at the fair she had gone to. She also remembered she could lift a thousand pounds. "I know!" She ran up behind the monster, grabbed him around the waist and lifted. She picked the monster up into the air, then slammed him down on his head. He didn't move, and Kacey smiled at her parents. Then she saw their sad faces. Oh no! She had squashed her little brother. 1. Who lived in a kingdom?
2. who was she?
3. Anyone else live there?
4. Anyone else?
5. What happened to them?
6. why?
7. or else what?
8. What did they do?
9. Did they help?
10. What happened to them?
11. Was KAcey there?
12. What happened when she got home?
13. Then what?
14. How much could she lift?
15. What happened after that?
16. on what?
17. How did her parents react?
18. how come?
19. Did the monster move?
20. Did he hit his head? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Kacey
2. princess
3. her parents
4. two brothers
5. monster bashed door
6. jewels
7. he eats youngest brother
8. called for the guards
9. no
10. monster bashed them
11. no
12. saw monster in door
13. lifted monster
14. a thousand pounds
15. slammed him down
16. little brother.
17. sad faces
18. squashed brother.
19. no
20. yes

Question: On 16 September 2001, at Camp David, President George W. Bush used the phrase war on terrorism in an unscripted and controversial comment when he said, "This crusade this war on terrorism is going to take a while, ... " Bush later apologized for this remark due to the negative connotations the term crusade has to people, e.g. of Muslim faith. The word crusade was not used again. On 20 September 2001, during a televised address to a joint session of congress, Bush stated that, "(o)ur 'war on terror' begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated."

U.S. President Barack Obama has rarely used the term, but in his inaugural address on 20 January 2009, he stated "Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred." In March 2009 the Defense Department officially changed the name of operations from "Global War on Terror" to "Overseas Contingency Operation" (OCO). In March 2009, the Obama administration requested that Pentagon staff members avoid use of the term, instead using "Overseas Contingency Operation". Basic objectives of the Bush administration "war on terror", such as targeting al Qaeda and building international counterterrorism alliances, remain in place. In December 2012, Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, stated that the military fight will be replaced by a law enforcement operation when speaking at Oxford University, predicting that al Qaeda will be so weakened to be ineffective, and has been "effectively destroyed", and thus the conflict will not be an armed conflict under international law. In May 2013, Obama stated that the goal is "to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America"; which coincided with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget having changed the wording from "Overseas Contingency Operations" to "Countering Violent Extremism" in 2010. 1. What phrase did he say?
2. Was it planned?
3. What word was considered offensive?
4. Why?
5. For which religion?
6. Where was Bush when he made this remark?
7. What day?
8. Of which year?
9. When did he apologize?
10. Where did he say the war began?
11. When does it stop?
12. Did Obama use the phrase a lot?
13. When did he use the phrase war?
14. What does the OCO stand for?
15. What was the name before?
16. When was it changed?
17. Was the phrase encouraged by him?
18. What dictionary is mentioned?
19. What did Obama say he wanted to get rid of?
20. What was something changed to in 2010? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. "This crusade this war on terrorism is going to take a while"
2. No
3. Crusade
4. Negative religious connotations.
5. Muslim
6. Camp David
7. 16 September
8. 2001
9. "Later"
10. Al-Qaeda
11. When every terrorist group has been defeated.
12. No
13. 20 January 2009
14. Overseas Contingency Operation
15. Global War on Terror
16. March 2009
17. Yes
18. unknown
19. Use of the term "War on Terror."
20. The wording from "Overseas Contingency Operations" to "Countering Violent Extremism."

Question: Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Friday, but it broke apart before escaping the earth's atmosphere and fell into the sea, officials said.

"It flew about a minute, and it flew into the ocean," said Noriyuki Shikata, a spokesman for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

He added that Japanese authorities "have not identified any negative impacts, so far," though he said the international ramifications could be significant. "This is something that we think is a regrettable development," he said.

Joseph Cirincione, president of the global security foundation The Ploughshares Fund, told CNN that the launch's apparent failure "shows the weakness of the North Korea missile program" and suggests that the threat from North Korea has been "exaggerated."

"It's a humiliation," he told CNN. "I wouldn't want to be a North Korean rocket scientist today."

In an unusual admission of failure, the North Korean state media announced that the rocket had not managed to put an observation satellite into orbit, which Pyongyang had insisted was the purpose of the launch.

In the past, North Korea has insisted that failed launches have been successful.

"Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure," the official Korean Central News Agency said in a report, which was also read out in a news broadcast on state-run television.

The United States, South Korea and other countries see the launch as a cover for a ballistic missile test.

"Our government strongly criticizes their action," said South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Sung Hwan. "They have ignored the starvation of their people and spent money on missiles. It is very unfortunate." 1. did something happen on the day that follows Thursday?
2. did it hit anything?
3. what happened to it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. North Korea launched a long-range rocket
2. no
3. fell into the sea