input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) --U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Saturday at the White House that China can have confidence in the American economy.

"Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the _ of investments in the United States," Obama said.

"There is a reason why even in the midst of this economic downfall you have seen actual increases in investment flows here in the U. S.,"he said.

Obama also noted the U. S. will push for stricter regulation of the financial industry "front and center" at the upcoming Group of 20Summit in London ,ending an argument between the Europe and the United States over whether more focus should be placed on financial regulatory reform.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said earlier Friady he is "a little bit worried "about the safety of Chineseassets in the United States ,urging the U. S. government to ensure the security of those assets.

China has invested its hugeforeign exchangereserves in low-risk but low-yield assets ,such as U. S.government bonds ,to play it safe . According to the U.S. Treasury, China held 681.9 billion U.S. dollars worth of U.S. government bonds as of November.

"China is indeed the largest creditor of the United States, which is the world' s biggest economy .We are extremely interested in developments in the U. S. economy."said Wen, adding that he is expecting the effect of the measures taken by the U.S.government to counter the global financial crisis.

Asked to react to Wen' s concern, Lawrence Summers, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, noted on Friday that the U.S. will be soundsteward of the money it invests.

"This is a commitment that the president has made very clear--we need to be sound stewards of the money we invest."said Summers in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a leading think tank in the united states. 1. Who is the biggest creditor of the U.S.?
2. Is the U.S. the second largest economy in the world?
3. Which is it?
4. Who is the Premier of China?
5. Is he comfortable with the Chinese investments in the U.S.?
6. What does China have most of its money in?
7. What is an example of that?
8. How much does it currently have in that particular investment?
9. Does the U.S. agree that China should be worried about its money?
10. Who has a contrary opinion?
11. Who is that?
12. Does anyone else share Lawrence's views?
13. Who else?
14. Is he Speaker of the House?
15. What's his official title then?
16. Does Obama believe the U.S. should loosen financial regulations?
17. Who has the U.S. recently been in disagreement with?
18. What about?
19. Where are they going to discuss this issue?
20. Will that be in London?
numbered_answers: 1. China
2. No
3. the biggest
4. Wen Jiabao
5. No
6. low-risk but low-yield assets
7. U.S.government bonds
8. 681.9 billion U.S. dollars
9. No
10. Lawrence Summers
11. director of the U.S. National Economic Council
12. Yes
13. Barack Obama
14. No
15. U.S. President
16. No
17. Europe
18. whether more focus should be placed on financial regulatory reform
19. at the Group of 20 Summit
20. Yes

input: (CNN)After five months of detention in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle arrived home in Ohio early Wednesday for an emotional reunion with his family.

Stepping off the plane at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and onto the tarmac, he was embraced by family members, including his three children.

"It's a good sign that the North Koreans released this man unconditionally," former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson told CNN's "New Day." "They usually demand a price."

Richardson has helped negotiate the release of prisoners in the past, including from North Korea.

Pyongyang's move is "a signal to the U.S. that says, 'All right, let's start talking,' " and perhaps restart nuclear negotiations, he said.

'Fig leaf' statement

A North Korean government official told CNN that Fowle was released after leader Kim Jong Un issued a "special dispensation."

"Comrade Kim Jong Un, the First Chairman of the National Defence Commission, in deference to agreement between the Supreme Leaders of the DPRK and the US, granted a special dispensation for the American Jeffrey Edward Fowle, who was being indicted, to be released after his case had been dismissed," an emailed statement read.

Former White House spokesman Jay Carney called the statement "a fig leaf."

Kim needed to free Fowle "to try to thaw relations a little bit, and he needs to pin it on the United States," said Carney, who is now a CNN commentator.

The Obama administration, for which Carney was the spokesman, continues to "press very hard" for the release of Americans being held in North Korea, as previous administrations did, he said. 1. What did Jay Carney call the statement?
2. What was Carney's previous job?
3. For who?
4. What does Carney do now?
5. What happened with Jeffrey Fowle?
6. For how long?
7. When did he get home?
8. Where was that?
9. Does he have family?
10. How many kids?
11. Did the North Koreans require a price?
12. Who said that was positive?
13. What news source did he talk to? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. a fig leaf
2. White House spokesman
3. The Obama administration
4. he's a CNN commentator
5. he served detention in North Korea
6. five months
7. early Wednesday
8. Ohio
9. yes
10. three
11. no
12. former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson
13. CNN's "New Day"

Q: (CNN) -- UK lawmakers have voted in the House of Commons to recognize Palestine as a state "as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution."

The motion was backed overwhelmingly Monday by 274 votes to 12. However, fewer than half of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons took part in the debate.

The motion passed was, "That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.

The measure is mainly symbolic and is not binding on the government. However, it lends added weight within Europe to calls for Palestinian statehood.

Ten days earlier, the new government in Sweden said it would recognize a Palestinian state.

"A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to coexist peacefully. Therefore, Sweden will recognise the State of Palestine," said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in his first statement of government policy.

'Not a gift, but a right'

The UK vote came after five hours of debate in the House.

Former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, of the Conservative Party, told MPs that during his time in office in the 1990s, the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."

"I have never wavered in that view and I believe that the earlier that state comes about the better, both for the Palestinians and for the Middle East as a whole," he said.

Shadow foreign minister Ian Lucas, of the opposition Labour Party, said the motion would be supported by his party but that the timing and manner of deciding whether to recognize Palestinian statehood was a matter for the current coalition government.

Answer the following questions:
1. Does Sweden recognize a Palestine state?
2. Does the UK?
3. Where did the voting to do so take place?
4. Its recognition is a contribution to what?
5. Was there a large gap in voting numbers?
6. How many were opposed to it?
7. Did all of the MPs vote?
8. How many are there?
9. Does the government recognize the the motion?
10. What is a benefit of it regarding Europe?
11. How much sooner did Sweden make the same decision?
12. What is stated that a two-state solution requires?
13. What else?
14. Who said this?
15. What is his name?
16. When did he declare this?
17. Who represents the conservative party?
18. What did he tell the Mps?
19. When?
20. Did he ever doubt that view?
A:
1. yes
2. yes
3. House of Commons
4. securing a negotiated two state solution
5. yes
6. 12.
7. Not sure, but less than half took part in the debate.
8. 650 MPs
9. yes
10. to calls for Palestinian statehood.
11. Ten days earlier
12. mutual recognition
13. a will to coexist peacefully.
14. Prime Minister
15. Stefan Lofven
16. his first statement of government policy.
17. Secretary Malcolm Rifkind
18. the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."
19. during his time in office
20. no