Question: The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from 7 to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games). China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in East Asia and Asia, after Tokyo, Japan, in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea, in 1988.

The Games were the most watched Olympics in history, attracting 4.7 billion viewers worldwide and landed on Guinness World Records. The event was also the most expensive Summer Olympic Games ever held, reaching a total cost of US$40 billion, and among the most successful.

The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making it the third time the events of the same Olympics were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs, while sailing was contested in Qingdao, and football events took place in several different cities. 1. when did the event take place?
2. when did it start?
3. and when did it finish?
4. where did it take place?
5. which city?
6. how many athletes competed?
7. how many sports were featured?
8. in how many events?
9. was that more than in 2004?
10. had the Summer olympics been held in Asia previously?
11. how many times?
12. so how many previous games were held in Asia?
13. which other asian countries had hosted?
14. were someof the events held in a different place?
15. where were they held?
16. was that still under the same NOC?
17. did they run the games on a tight budget?
18. why did these games earn a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records?
19. how many people viewed them?
20. what was the final expense? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 2008
2. 7 August
3. 24 August
4. China
5. Beijing
6. 10,942
7. 28
8. 302
9. yes
10. yes
11. third time
12. Two
13. Japan and South Korea
14. equestrian
15. Hong Kong
16. no
17. no
18. the most watched Olympics in history
19. 4.7 billion
20. US$40 billion,

Question: CHAPTER SIXTEEN.

ARRIVAL IN POLOELAND.

Fortune, which had hitherto proved favourable to our brave explorers, did not desert them at the eleventh hour.

Soon after their arrival at Refuge Island a fair wind sprang up from the south, and when the _Charity_ had been carefully patched and repaired, the kites were sent up and the voyage was continued. That day and night they spent again upon the boundless sea, for the island was soon left out of sight behind them, though the wind was not very fresh.

Towards morning it fell calm altogether, obliging them to haul down the kites and take to the oars.

"It can't be far off now, Chingatok," said the Captain, who became rather impatient as the end drew near.

"Not far," was the brief reply.

"Land ho!" shouted Benjy, about half-an-hour after that.

But Benjy was forced to admit that anxiety had caused him to take an iceberg on the horizon for land.

"Well, anyhow you must admit," said Benjy, on approaching the berg, "that it's big enough for a fellow to mistake it for a mountain. I wonder what it's doing here without any brothers or sisters to keep it company."

"Under-currents brought it here, lad," said the Captain. "You see, such a monster as that must go very deep down, and the warm under-current has not yet melted away enough of his base to permit the surface-current to carry him south like the smaller members of his family. He is still travelling north, but that won't last long. He'll soon become small enough to put about and go the other way. I never saw a bigger fellow than that, Benjy. Hayes, the American, mentions one which he measured, about 315 feet high, and nearly a mile long. It had been grounded for two years. He calculated that there must have been seven times as much of it below water as there was above, so that it was stranded in nearly half-a-mile depth of water. This berg cannot be far short of that one in size." 1. What did Benjy mistake for land?
2. What caused that?
3. What did Benjy say it was as big as to mistake it for?
4. What did the Captain say brought it there?
5. Did he call it a monster?
6. What direction was the iceberg traveling?
7. Would that be for a long or short time?
8. What nationality was Hayes?
9. Did the Captain say he ever seen an iceberg larger than the one they saw?
10. How large was the one Hayes saw?
11. What did not abandon them at the eleventh hour?
12. What island did they arrive at?
13. Did something spring up?
14. What?
15. From what direction?
16. What was it like in the morning?
17. What did they pull down?
18. And take to what?
19. Had the Charity undergone repairs?
20. Did the trip go on after that? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. an iceberg
2. anxiety
3. a mountain
4. Under-currents
5. yes
6. north
7. short
8. American
9. no
10. about 315 feet high, and nearly a mile long.
11. Fortune
12. Refuge
13. yes
14. a fair wind
15. south
16. it fell calm
17. the kites
18. oars
19. yes
20. yes

Question: HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Political corruption in Zimbabwe threatens efforts to save millions of people from malaria in the southern African country, according to aid agency officials.

HIV-positive 13-year-old orphan Evans Mahlangu, left, and his brother Edmond, 8, had to jump Zimbabwe's border with Mozambique to get anti-retroviral drugs.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has demanded that Zimbabwe's government return $7.3 million placed in the country's reserve bank to pay for the distribution medicine that can cure malaria, according to the group's spokesman.

A senior western diplomat in Zimbabwe told CNN he believes the money was taken by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government to fund political activities. He accused reserve bank governor Gideon Gono of involvement.

"This could put millions of people in Zimbabwe at risk of malaria in the current malaria season," said John Linden, spokesman for the group which is a leading international financing institution for those diseases.

Linden said his group has given Zimbabwe until Thursday to repay the money or else no more aid will be sent to the country.

"At this stage we do not have confidence in the reserve bank's ability to release the money when needed, so we have demanded that all the money be released immediately," Linden said.

The money was intended to train thousands of health workers to distribute the malaria cure, medicine that is already available but sits on shelves.

CNN's Kim Norgaard in Johannesburg, South Africa contributed to this report.

1. Who is the President of Zimbabwe?
2. How much money is he accused of misusing?
3. Who does he claim is responsible, instead?
4. What illness, in particular, could be cured by those funds?
5. How long does the country have to repay the funds?
6. Or what will be witheld?
7. According to whom?
8. What was the money intended for?
9. How many workers are in need of training?
10. Is the medicine readily available?
11. How many people are at risk of Malaria in Zimbabwe? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Robert Mugabe
2. $7.3 million
3. Gideon Gono
4. malaria
5. until Thursday
6. aide
7. Linden
8. to pay for distribution medicine
9. thousands
10. Yes
11. millions