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The Taliban ( ' "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.

From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban held power over roughly three quarters of Afghanistan, and enforced there a strict interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law. The Taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War, and largely consisted of students recently trained in madrassas in Pakistan. Under the leadership of Mohammed Omar, the movement spread throughout most of Afghanistan, sequestering power from the Mujahideen warlords. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was established in 1996 and the Afghan capital transferred to Kandahar. It held control of most of the country until being overthrown by the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in December 2001 following the September 11 attacks. At its peak, formal diplomatic recognition of the Taliban's government was acknowledged by only three nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The group later regrouped as an insurgency movement to fight the American-backed Karzai administration and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
1. between what years did they hold power?
2. where?
3. what law did they enforce?
4. Where did the students train?
5. in which country?
6. which countries acknowledged them?
7. what do Taliban refer to themselves?
8. what did they regroup as later?
9. to fight who?
10. was that it?
11. who is the latest head mentioned?
12. when did the group emerge?
13. who was the leader then?
14. are they christian?
15. then what?
16. who did they take control from?
17. where did the capital move to?
18. were they ever defeated?
19. when?
20. what else happened in 2001?

Numbered answers:
1. 1996 to 2001
2. Afghanistan
3. Sharia, or Islamic law
4. madrassas
5. Pakistan.
6. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
7. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
8. an insurgency movement
9. Karzai administration
10. and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force
11. Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
12. 1994
13. Mohammed Omar,
14. No
15. Sunni Islamic
16. Mujahideen warlords
17. Kandahar
18. Yes
19. December 2001
20. September 11 attacks

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BT Group plc (trading as BT) is a holding company which owns British Telecommunications plc, a British multinational telecommunications company with head offices in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, mobile and broadband services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.

BT's origins date back to the founding of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846 which developed a nationwide communications network. In 1912, the General Post Office, a government department, became the monopoly telecoms supplier in the United Kingdom. The Post Office Act of 1969 led to the GPO becoming a public corporation. British Telecommunications, trading as "British Telecom", was formed in 1980, and became independent of the Post Office in 1981. British Telecommunications was privatised in 1984, becoming "British Telecommunications plc", with some 50 percent of its shares sold to investors. The Government sold its remaining stake in further share sales in 1991 and 1993. BT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

BT controls a number of large subsidiaries. BT Global Services division supplies telecoms services to corporate and government customers worldwide, and its BT Consumer division supplies telephony, broadband, and subscription television services in Great Britain to around 18million customers. BT announced in February 2015 that it had agreed to acquire EE for 12.5 billion, and received final regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority on 15 January 2016. The transaction was completed on 29 January 2016.
1. Which holding is held by British Telecomm?
2. In what country is it located?
3. Does it do business outside that country?
4. Besides UK, in how many others?
5. What organization controlled telecoms in the UK in 1912?
6. What act made it a public corp?
7. What business formed in 1980?
8. When did it go private?
9. How many were investor shares?
10. Did Government keep their shares?
11. When did they sell?
12. Does it have a secondary listing?

Numbered answers:
1. unknown
2. United Kingdom.
3. yes
4. in around 180 countries
5. the General Post Office
6. The Post Office Act of 1969
7. British Telecom
8. in 1984
9. some 50 percent
10. no
11. in 1991 and 1993
12. yes

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CHAPTER I

The Marchioness of Amesbury was giving a garden party in the spacious but somewhat urban grounds of her mansion in Kensington. Perhaps because it was the first affair of its sort of the season, and perhaps, also, because Cecilia Amesbury had the knack of making friends in every walk of life, it was remarkably well attended. Two stockbrokers, Roger Kendrick and his friend Maurice White, who had escaped from the City a little earlier than usual, and had shared a taxicab up west, congratulated themselves upon having found a quiet and shady seat where iced drinks were procurable and the crush was not so great.

"Anything doing in your market to-day?" Kendrick asked his younger associate.

White made a little grimace.

"B. & I., B. & I., all the time," he grumbled. "I'm sick of the name of the damned things. And to tell you the truth, Ken, when a client asks for my advice about them, I don't know what to say."

Kendrick contemplated the tips of his patent boots. He was a well-looking, well-turned-out and well-to-do representative of the occupation which he, his father and grandfather had followed,--ten years older, perhaps, than his companion, but remarkably well-preserved. He had made money and kept it.

"They say that Rockefeller's at the back of them," he remarked.

"They may say what they like but who's to prove it?" his young companion argued. "They must have enormous backing, of course, but until they declare it, I'm not pushing the business. Look at the Board on their merits, Ken."
1. Who was hosting a celebration?
2. What kind?
3. Where?
4. Had there been similar events recently?
5. Where there many people there?
6. How did the stock traders arrive?
7. Where did they come from?
8. Were they sitting in a crowded area?
9. What was the younger man's name?
10. And the other?
11. What was the younger man tired of?
12. Did he have good advice for his clients?
13. What article of clothing was the older man looking at?
14. Was he a poor man?
15. Was he the first in his family to do this work?
16. Who had preceded him?
17. What was the age difference between the two men?
18. Had the older man squandered his earnings?
19. Who did he think was behind stuff?
20. Did the younger man accept this as certain?
Numbered answers:
1. The Marchioness of Amesbury
2. a garden party
3. Kensington
4. No
5. Yes
6. taxicab
7. the City
8. No
9. Maurice White
10. Roger Kendrick
11. the name of the damned things
12. No
13. boots
14. No
15. No
16. his father
17. ten years
18. No
19. Rockefeller
20. No