Problem: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( SBA; ; ), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as well as other land, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty of independence, signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus. The territory serves an important role as a station for signals intelligence and provides a vital strategic part of the United Kingdom communications gathering and monitoring network in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

The territory is composed of two Base Areas. One is Akrotiri, or the "Western Sovereign Base Area" ("WSBA"), which includes two main bases at RAF Akrotiri and Episkopi, plus all of Akrotiri Village's district (including Limassol Salt Lake) and parts of eleven other village districts. The other area is Dhekelia Cantonment, or the "Eastern Sovereign Base Area" ("ESBA"), which includes a base at Ayios Nikolaos plus parts of twelve village districts.

The Sovereign Base Areas were created in 1960 by the London and Zurich Agreements, when Cyprus achieved independence from the British Empire. The United Kingdom desired to retain sovereignty over these areas, as this guaranteed the use of UK military bases on Cyprus, including RAF Akrotiri, and a garrison of the British Army. The importance of the bases to the British is based on the strategic location of the island, at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean, close to the Suez Canal and the Middle East; the ability to use the RAF base as staging post for military aircraft; and for training.
1. How many base areas comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia?
2. What is in the Western one?
3. what is the Eastern Base?
4. When were they created?
5. Why did the UK want to maintain control of these areas?
6. What are included in the base areas?
7. what agreements set the bases aside for the British?
8. were any other agreements involved?
9. which ones?
10. why did the British want to keep military bases in the area
Answer: 1. two
2. Western Sovereign Base Area ("WSBA")
3. Dhekelia Cantonment
4. in 1960
5. its a vital strategic part of their communications gathering and monitoring network
6. British military bases and installations
7. the 1960 treaty of independence
8. yes
9. the London and Zurich Agreements
10. it guaranteed the use of UK military bases on Cyprus

Problem: (CNN) -- Marco Simoncelli hopes he has put his Le Mans nightmare behind him after earning the first pole position of his top-level motorcycling career in Spain on Saturday.

The Italian rider was reprimanded by MotoGP chiefs following an incident in France two weeks ago that caused Dani Pedrosa to crash and miss his home race after breaking his collarbone.

Simoncelli reportedly received death threats following that collision, which resulted in the 24-year-old finishing fifth after being hit with a ride-through penalty, having been denied his first podium placing.

"This is the best way to forget what happened in Le Mans and what everyone has been saying in the last two weeks, and before this race," he said after qualifying first for Sunday's Catalunya Grand Prix near Barcelona.

Pedrosa crash overshadows Stoner's French MotoGP success

Simoncelli headed off Le Mans winner Casey Stoner and Yamaha's world champion and series leader Jorge Lorenzo as he set a late lap of one minute 42.413 seconds.

Stoner had led for the entire session but was denied his fourth pole position from five attempts this season as he bids to cut Lorenzo's 12-point advantage.

"I'm very satisfied and happy. I didn't expect it because Stoner was faster than me in the other sessions and today we had some problems in the first part of qualifying, but after we chose the right tire for me I could push like I wanted and got this time," Simoncelli said.

American Ben Spies will lead the second row on the grid from Honda's Andrea Dovizioso and fellow Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow, while seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi was seventh ahead of Ducati teammate Nicky Hayden of the U.S.
1. Why was Marco Simoncelli punished?
2. What sort of incident?
3. Against whom?
4. Who punished him?
5. What other punishment did he receive?
6. What did he win on Saturday?
7. What allowed him to make his top time?
8. What was the time?
9. Who set better times than him earlier on?
10. Who's at the front of the next row?
11. What nationality is he?
12. What brand of motorcycle does he drive?
13. What made Dani Pedrosa's crash especially disappointing?
14. Who has won the world championship several times?
15. Who rides a Honda?
16. What track are the runs being described taking place at?
17. What city?
18. What track did the crash take place at?
19. Who's on top of the current series?
20. How much of a lead does he have?
Answer: 1. racing incident in France
2. caused a crash
3. Dani Pedrosa
4. MotoGP chiefs
5. a ride-through penalty,
6. his first pole position
7. chose the right tire
8. one minute 42.413 seconds.
9. Stoner
10. Ben Spies
11. American
12. Yamaha
13. rwithout the penalty, Simoncelli would have won
14. Valentino Rossi
15. Andrea Dovizioso
16. Catalunya Grand Prix
17. Barcelona
18. in Le Mans
19. Jorge Lorenzo
20. 2-point advantage.

Problem: Is there anything the latest cell phone can't do? It can record movies, surf the net, and download the newest MP3 songs, but don't let those fancy features fool you.

After all, chances are that phones have a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. GPS lets phone companies determine the location of your phone at all times. If you are hurt and call 911, rescuers can find you by using your phone's GPS.

But emergency officials aren't the only people interested in knowing where you are. Several new companies are using cell phones with GPS to monitor teen drivers for _ parents.

The programs vary, but most of them allow parents to use the Internet to monitor their kids' locations, driving habits and speed. Some programs even let parents set speed and location limits so that they are alerted if their kids drive too fast or go beyond a predetermined boundary.

Supporters of monitoring say that the programs also help if a teen is kidnapped or lost. Andrea Gutierrez uses a driving program to help her daughter get home. "I give her directions by looking at an online map, which shows me where she is".

Jean Nichols, 17, says that parents are forgetting one very important thing: trust. "I don't like the idea of someone using a device that keeps tabs on me."

Others say the information could be misused. "If everyone can find out exactly where your 17-year-old girl is at all times, it will present a potentially dangerous problem," Hohn Lawford told the Ottawa Citizen.

Alana Watenpuhl, 19, says that teens can easily outsmart the programs. "Teens can always leave their cell phones somewhere and then go out with their friends. It's not likely that the chips are attached to their bodies," she told reporters. "But who knows?" she added. "That might be what's coming next."
1. What do programs use to see where people are?
2. What does that stand for?
3. Where can you find this?
4. Are parents using this now?
5. For what?
6. Is Andrea Gutierrez a mother?
7. What does she help her daughter do?
8. How does she locate her?
9. What does Alana Watenpuhl think of the programs?
10. By who?
11. would this be hard for them?
12. What's one simple thing they can do?
13. When?
14. What does she wonder might be next?
15. Is Jean Nichols fond of the programs?
16. What does he think is being violated?
17. How old is he?
18. What kind of restrictions can be set on kids by their parents?
19. What kind of speed would cause an alert to be sent?
20. What kind of boundaries can be broken?
Answer:
1. GPS
2. Global Positioning System
3. cell phones
4. yes
5. tmonitor kid's location and driving habits
6. yrs
7. get home
8. an online map
9. they can be outsmarted
10. teens
11. no
12. leave their phones somewhere
13. when they go out
14. Imicrochips on their bodies
15. no
16. trust
17. 17
18. speed and location
19. high speed
20. location