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Karachi (; ALA-LC: , ; ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the most populous city in Pakistan, sixth most populous city proper in the world and the 8th most populous metropolitan city in the world. Ranked as a beta world city, the city is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. Karachi is also Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city. Situated on the Arabian Sea, Karachi serves as a transport hub, and is home to two of Pakistan's two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, as well as the busiest airport in Pakistan.

Though the Karachi region has been inhabited for millennia, the city was founded as a fortified village named "Kolachi" in 1729. The settlement drastically increased in importance with the arrival of British East India company in the mid 19th century, who not only embarked on major works to transform the city into a major seaport, but also connected it with their extensive railway network. By the time of the Partition of British India, the city was the largest in Sindh with an estimated population of 400,000. Following the independence of Pakistan, the city's population increased dramatically with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from India. The city experienced rapid economic growth following independence, attracting migrants from throughout Pakistan and South Asia.
1. Which province is Karachi located in?
2. In what country?
3. Do a lot of people live there?
4. Is it considered to be cosmopolitan?
5. Is it situated near water?
6. Are the seaports there considered to be big?
7. When was it founded?
8. What was it's original name?
9. What made it grow in importance?
10. When did the population increase?
11. What was this increase do to?
12. Who else moved there?
13. What happened in the 19th century?
14. What did they do for the city?
15. What did the company do to increase the importance?
16. What other form of transportation did they increase?
17. What was the result of the transportation increase?
18. How large?

Numbered answers:
1. Sindh
2. Pakistan
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. 1729
8. Kolachi
9. Arrival of British East India company
10. Following the independence of Pakistan
11. Arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees
12. Migrants from throughout Pakistan and South Asia.
13. British East India company arrived
14. The settlement drastically increased in importance
15. Embarked on major works to transform the city into a major seaport
16. Railway
17. The city became the largest in Sindh
18. Estimated population of 400,000.

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(CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed.

Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death, a team led by Francisco Etxeberria announced Tuesday that they were confident they had found Cervantes' coffin in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in the Barrio de Las Letras (Literary Quarter) in Madrid. Historical records indicated Cervantes had been buried there, but the convent had been substantially rebuilt since. (Etxeberria, incidentally, performed the autopsy on former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende, confirming he had committed suicide.)

At a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Etxeberria said that while there was no mathematical proof or DNA test available to completely verify the findings, there were "many coincidences and no discrepancies" in the examination of "Osario 32," a common grave in the crypt that contained the remains of 16 people.

"We have Cervantes, represented in some form in this group of bones that are unfortunately very degraded and very fragmented," Etxeberria told national television.

The search for Cervantes' coffin -- using radar -- began last year, funded by the Madrid City Council. It first mapped more than 30 burial cavities in the walls and nearly 5 meters beneath the floor of the church. Mass spectrometry dated fragments of wood and cloth found in these cavities to the 17th century, an encouraging but far from conclusive development.
1. Whose body is Franciso Etxeberria searching for?
2. What association is Miguel de Cervantes given?
3. When did the search for his remains begin?
4. When did Exteberria confirm they had succeeded?
5. Where was the coffin found?
6. In what city?
7. Was this confirmed by historical documents?
8. What condition did he say his findings were in?
9. Who did he announce this to?
10. Could the bones be conclusively identified via DNA testing?
11. How many other persons' remains were found in the same area?
12. How many burial chambers were in the church, according to initial radar testing?
13. How deep under the ground were they?
14. Was spectometry used to determine the dates of artifacts in the area?
15. What date did the testing suggest?
16. Could this conclusively confirm Cervantes' presence?
17. Who funded the search?
18. What artifacts were examined and dated?
19. What other remains has Exteberria examined?
20. What did he determine was the cause of death?

Numbered answers:
1. Cervantes'
2. the Shakespeare of Spain.
3. Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death
4. Tuesday
5. in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians
6. in Madrid.
7. yes
8. unfortunately very degraded
9. At a news conference
10. no
11. 16 people.
12. it mapped more than 30 burial cavities
13. 5 meters
14. yes
15. they were from the 17th century,
16. no
17. the Madrid City Council
18. wood and cloth'
19. the remains of former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende
20. suicide

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(CNN) -- During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that President Obama laughed at, but that you could see was just killing him inside.

"Mr. President, do you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow?" Kimmel asked. "That was hilarious. That was your best one yet."

Yeah it was.

I'm sure he still has a lot of hope. But I would dare to say the thing that changed most over these past three years is Obama. The unbridled optimism that his first campaign once embodied has been bludgeoned by dogmatism, pragmatism and bipartisan cronyism.

Hope and change are tough when the worst economy in 80 years is waiting to greet you at the door.

Hope and change are challenging when Rush Limbaugh, the unofficial gatekeeper of the conservative movement, tells his troops "I hope Obama fails" before your first day on the job.

Hope and change are virtually impossible when working with a Congress so dysfunctional that its approval rating never reached 25% in all of 2011 and was as low as 10% in February.

No wonder his hair is a bit grayer these days.

And no wonder the new Obama slogan is "Forward."

"Hope and Change" captured the heart of a people who believed one man could change the culture of Washington. "Forward" acknowledges things are not where he said they would be, but takes ownership of a record that shows he at least has us pointed in the right direction: 12 consecutive months of job losses before he took office, 25 consecutive months and counting of job growth since 2010.
1. What was Obama's previous slogan?
2. And the new one?
3. Obama was president during the worst economy in how many years?
4. Who wished for Obama to fail?
5. Is he a liberal or a conservative?
6. What event was on Saturday?
7. Who spoke at it?
8. Did Obama chuckle?
9. When this was written, how long had Obama been president?
10. How many months have jobs grown?
11. Were there any breaks in those months?
Numbered answers:
1. "Hope and Change"
2. "Forward."
3. 80
4. Rush Limbaugh
5. conservative
6. White House Correspondents' Dinner
7. Jimmy Kimmel
8. yes
9. three
10. 25
11. no