Q: (CNN) -- Some long-time Cuba watchers expressed skepticism Tuesday over a report by a former Mexican foreign minister that Communist leader Raul Castro removed two top-ranking officials earlier this month because they were plotting to overthrow him with the support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Fidel Castro, beset by illness, ceded power to his younger brother, Raul, pictured, last year.

Jorge G. Castaneda, who served as Mexico's foreign minister from 2000 - 2003, wrote in the March 23 issue of Newsweek, which became public Saturday, that Deputy Prime Minister Carlos Lage Davila and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque were concerned that Raul Castro would make concessions that would betray the 50-year-old Cuban Revolution.

"For at least a month or so, Lage, Perez Roque and others were apparently involved in a conspiracy, betrayal, coup or whatever term one prefers, to overthrow or displace Raul from his position," Castaneda wrote. "In this endeavor, they recruited -- or were recruited by -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who in turn tried to enlist the support of other Latin American leaders, starting with Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic, who refused to get involved."

The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington did not answer a verbal and written request for comment.

The Dominican Republic Embassy in Washington did not answer telephones calls at various numbers.

Robert Pastor, who served as a Latin America National Security adviser for President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, returned Saturday from a weeklong visit to Cuba.

Pastor said he wrote Castaneda a letter upon his return expressing his disbelief in Castaneda's contentions.

1. a communist leader
2. Hugo Chavez
3. Lage, Perez Roque
4. 2000 - 2003
5. at least a month
6. Fidel Castro
7. other Latin American leaders
8. Leonel Fernandez
9. the Dominican Republic
10. no
11. Robert Pastor

Numbered questions:
1. Who is Raul Castro?
2. Who was the president of Venezuela?
3. Who plotted to overthrow Castro?
4. When was Castaneda a foreign minister?
5. How long was the conspiracy?
6. Who was Raul's brother?
7. Who did Chavez attempt to get support from?
8. Like who?
9. From where?
10. Did he help?
11. Who wrote a letter to Castaneda?

Q: (CNN) -- An attorney for a 14-year-old Australian, accused of marijuana possession in Indonesia, is hoping to avoid a prison sentence for his client and have the boy released to undergo drug rehabilitation.

The teen, whose name has not been publicly released, could face a minimum of four years in prison, according to Bali police. The teen has been held since his arrest last week in Bali's Kuta street area.

"We are still investigating on his involvement for carrying, using and having the narcotics," said Bali police spokesman Hariadi, who, like many Indonesians, uses only one name.

Indonesia's drug laws are among the strictest in the world. But they do have a provision, article 128, under which those arrested with small amounts of drugs can be released to rehabilitation if they can prove they are an addict. In the case of underage offenders, that requires a declaration from the youth's parents, officials said.

Mulyadi, superintendent of Bali's police drug squad, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the teen will be dealt with under the law applying to minors needing treatment for a drug problem. His parents would have to ensure he completes rehabilitation, Mulyadi said, and if they fail to report regularly they could face jail time.

Michael Tene, spokesman for Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Friday that the nation's policy on drug offenses is clear. "I believe everybody should know by now that illegal drugs in Indonesia will face a really severe penalty," he said.

The boy's attorney, Mohammad Rifan, said that he and the Australian Embassy are concerned about the junior high school student's rights as a juvenile.

1. 14
2. marijuana possession
3. in Indonesia
4. no
5. Mulyadi
6. no
7. spokesman for Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
8. yes
9. Mohammad Rifan
10. yes
11. article 128
12. let's them be released to rehabilitation
13. last week

Numbered questions:
1. How old is the Australian?
2. What was he accused of?
3. Where?
4. Does Indonesia have lax drug laws?
5. Who is the superientendent of the drug squad?
6. Will he be treated as an adult?
7. Who is Tene?
8. Does the boy have a lawyer?
9. Name?
10. Is there a special provision for addicts??
11. What is it?
12. What does it do the offenders??
13. When was he arrested?

Q: Collections were the inspiration for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage

The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction . "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."

1. Collections
2. Thomas Tallis
3. Imagine Children's Literature Festival
4. Literature Festival last autumn
5. 12-13
6. beatified a box
7. yes
8. wrote a story
9. within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom
10. Luren
11. a collection of letters
12. Charlotte
13. a coin collection
14. collected coins
15. since they went to Tenerife
16. an author
17. tea-novel
18. thinks that setting the subject was useful
19. yes
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What was the inspiration for the project?
2. Which school?
3. Which festival did it help form
4. When?
5. What age were the children?
6. What did they do?
7. Anything else?
8. What was it?
9. Where were the boxes spread?
10. Which child chose a Cinderella story?
11. What was she inspired by?
12. Who is Lauren's best friend?
13. What is Charlotte's story inspired by?
14. What have they done for years?
15. Since when?
16. Who is Millie Murray
17. What kind?
18. What does she think?
19. Did she question if the children could do it?
20. Had it been fruitful?