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Canberra ( or ) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 403,468, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran". Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.

The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any state, similar to Washington, D.C. in the United States, or Brasilia in Brazil. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.

The city's design was influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation. The growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the ineffectiveness of a procession of bodies that were created in turn to oversee the development of the city. The national capital emerged as a thriving city after World War II, as Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development Commission was formed with executive powers. Although the Australian Capital Territory is now self-governing, the Commonwealth Government retains some influence through the National Capital Authority.
1. What is the capital city of Australia?
2. What are Australia's two largest cities?
3. What's Canberra's population?
4. Is it Australia's largest inland city?
5. What is its rank overall?
6. What is a resident of Canberra called?
7. Who were the architects responsible for its design?
8. And what year did they start the construction?
9. What was the design influenced by?
10. Did the world wars hinder Canberra's growth?

Numbered answers:
1. Canberra
2. Sydney and Melbourne
3. 403,468
4. Yes
5. eighth
6. Canberran
7. Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin
8. 1913
9. geometric motifs
10. Yes

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(CNN) -- Brazil's highest court said Wednesday it does not have jurisdiction over who should have custody of a U.S.-born 9-year-old boy -- his Brazilian stepfather or his father in the United States.

David Goldman is seeking custody of his son, Sean, who is living with relatives of his deceased mother in Brazil.

The high court's ruling sends the ongoing case back to an appeals court in Rio de Janeiro.

In the unanimous vote, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court said it could not rule over The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, of which Brazil is a signatory. Brazil is undergoing constitutional reforms and has recently voted on a law that would make all international human rights conventions part of its constitution.

Last week, Judge Marco Aurelio, who sits on the Supreme Federal Court, suspended a lower court ruling that custody of Sean Richard Goldman be turned over to the U.S. consulate, which was to have then handed him over to the boy's father, David Goldman, who is a U.S. citizen.

Aurelio's decision was based on a conservative party's petition that said the boy's removal from Brazil would cause him psychological harm.

But the father responded that his son was suffering psychological harm simply by remaining with his Brazilian relatives, whom Goldman -- a part-time model who captains boats -- accused of turning Sean against him.

The case now goes to the Federal Appeals Court in Rio de Janeiro and does not mean the boy will return to his father without further rulings.
1. which court does Aurelio sit on?
2. of which country?
3. where does the case go from there?
4. where is that based?
5. where is his father from?
6. and his mother?
7. what's his dad's name?
8. the boy's name?
9. was the high court split in it's decision?
10. how old is Sean?
11. where's he living?
12. with?
13. is his mother alive?
14. had the lower court ruled Sean could stay in Brazil?
15. where did they say to send him?
16. via?
17. which convention did the court say they couldn't rule on?
18. is Brazil a signatory?
19. What does Goldman do?
20. and?

Numbered answers:
1. the Supreme Federal Court
2. Brazil
3. to the Federal Appeals Court
4. in Rio de Janeiro
5. the United States
6. Brazil
7. David Goldman
8. Sean
9. No
10. Nine
11. Brazil
12. relatives
13. No
14. No
15. to the U.S.
16. the U.S. consulate
17. The Hague Convention
18. Yes
19. captains boats
20. He's a part-time model

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San Francisco (initials SF) (, Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. The consolidated city-county covers an area of about at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887. The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033.

San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asis a few miles away, all named for St. Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time. San Francisco became a consolidated city-county in 1856. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. In World War II, San Francisco was a major port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. It then became the birthplace of the United Nations in 1945. After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, massive immigration, liberalizing attitudes, along with the rise of the "hippie" counterculture, the Sexual Revolution, the Peace Movement growing from opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and other factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a center of liberal activism in the United States. Politically, the city votes strongly along liberal Democratic Party lines.
1. What is the fourth most populous city in California?
2. What does it rank in the US?
3. When was it founded?
4. What was it named for?
5. How many people live there?
6. During the gold rush was it a small city?
7. How big was it?
8. Is it part of Southern California?
9. Is it a conservative city?
10. What happened to the city in 1906?
11. by what?
12. What happened in 1945
Numbered answers:
1. San Francisco
2. 13th
3. June 29, 1776
4. St. Francis of Assisi.
5. 870,887
6. No
7. largest city on the West Coast
8. No
9. No
10. destroyed
11. earthquake and fire
12. birthplace of the United Nations in 1945