question: Kinshasa, DRC (CNN) -- Kinshasa hasn't had an easy time of it. A decade ago, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a broken city, ravaged by years of war and infighting. Of late, however, Kinshasa has witnessed a resurgence, with many expatriated Congolese returning to build a new city.

"When I came back, people thought I was crazy. "[They would ask], 'why would you go into a country where there is war? Where nothing is working? Why not stay in the States and make your life?'" says Joss Ilunga Dijimba, who returned to Kinshasa in 1996 after studying in America. Today, Dijimba runs his own eponymous business, manufacturing plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical industry.

"In the USA, everything has been done -- everything. In Congo, there is still a way to make things right. I am a Congolese. If I'm not going to make it, who's going to?"

In agreement is Olivier Ndombasi, who always planned on building his fortune in his homeland. Like his elder brothers, he studied abroad in the hope of bringing back knowledge that could improve the family business: groceries. His father's small store has now turned into a supermarket franchise called Peloustore, with four locations and more on the way.

"It's very exciting to be able to do things in a new environment, and do things you didn't think you'd be able to do," says Ndombasi.

"The challenge is great, but it's very exciting."

Many agree that there are obstacles, but returnees often cite the exhilaration of starting with a clean slate.
1. Where are some people heading back to?
2. Does everyone think going back is a great idea?
3. Who is hoping to make good money there?
4. Is he an only child?
5. Did he attend school at home?
6. What did he want to bring home with him?
7. For what purpose?
8. Which is?
9. Did it work?
10. What is the name of the big shop?
11. Does he find it fun?
12. How recently has the area gotten better?
13. What had made it bad?
14. Are many folks coming home now?
15. Who came back in 1996?
16. Where had he been?
17. Is he successful now?
18. Doing what?
19. What sort?
20. Do many folks find the challenges of coming home rewarding?
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answer: 1. Democratic Republic of Congo
2. no
3. Olivier Ndombasi
4. no
5. no
6. knowledge
7. improve the family business
8. groceries
9. yes
10. Peloustore
11. yes
12. very recently
13. years of war and infighting
14. yes
15. Joss Ilunga Dijimba
16. America
17. yes
18. business
19. manufacturing plastic bottles
20. yes

question: (CNN) -- President Barack Obama told a Labor Day crowd in Detroit that he's prepared to fight for a new job growth plan, defend organized labor and take steps to "restore the middle class in America," while five Republican candidates hoping to defeat him next year all called for repealing the major legislation passed so far in Obama's presidency.

The Republican presidential candidates participating in the Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, South Carolina, which was televised on CNN, were unified in advocating the end of the health care reform law and the Wall Street reform measure passed by a Democratic-led Congress.

They also all expressed strong anti-abortion views and their belief in marriage being between a man and a woman at the event set up by Sen. Jim DeMint, a leading tea party conservative.

Meanwhile, in the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, other Republican presidential contenders ripped Obama's handling of the economy and pledged to take an economically battered America in a new direction marked by less spending and fewer regulations.

The sharply differing visions raised new questions about the ability of top Democrats and Republicans to tackle pressing budgetary and other issues while positioning themselves for what promises to be a bitterly contested campaign next year.

In a speech that likely previewed his scheduled address Thursday to a joint session of Congress to present a jobs plan, Obama directly challenged Republicans, whom he has accused of obstructing progress in order to score political points.

"These are tough times for working Americans," Obama told the union-dominated crowd at a rally that included a warm-up from Aretha Franklin. "The time for Washington games is over. The time for action is now."
1. what did the Republican candidates participate in?
2. where was that held?
3. who did Obama accuse of obstructing progress?
4. what was Obama prepared to defend?
5. how many republican candidates were there?
6. what were they advocating for?
7. who was Obama addressing in the beginning of the article?
8. was it a holiday?
9. which holiday?
10. which senator was mentioned?
11. what group does he lead?
12. which states have early primaries?
13. who ripped Obama's handling of the economy?
14. what did they pledge?
15. how did characterize the American economy?
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answer: 1. the Palmetto Freedom Forum
2. Columbia, South Carolina
3. Republicans
4. organized labor
5. five
6. the end of the health care reform law
7. a crowd in Detroit
8. yes
9. Labor Day
10. Sen. Jim DeMint
11. tea party
12. New Hampshire and South Carolina
13. other Republican presidential contenders
14. spend and regulate less
15. economically battered

question: Napoleon Bonaparte (/npolin, -poljn/; French: [naple bnapat], born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. Often considered one of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. He also remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in Western history. In civil affairs, Napoleon had a major long-term impact by bringing liberal reforms to the territories that he conquered, especially the Low Countries, Switzerland, and large parts of modern Italy and Germany. He implemented fundamental liberal policies in France and throughout Western Europe.[note 1] His lasting legal achievement, the Napoleonic Code, has been adopted in various forms by a quarter of the world's legal systems, from Japan to Quebec.
1. What was Napoleon's lasting achievement?
2. when was he born?
3. When did he die?
4. When was he Emperor?
5. Did he lose a lot of battles?
6. When did Europe collapse?
7. What do military schools study?
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answer:
1. the Napoleonic Code,
2. 15 August 1769
3. 5 May 182
4. from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815
5. yes
6. 1815.
7. his wars and campaigns