Question: Seoul (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuing to rule with an iron fist, having ordered the execution of about 15 senior officials so far this year, according to an assessment by South Korean intelligence agents, a lawmaker who attended a closed briefing said.

Shin Kyung-min, a lawmaker with the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, told a handful of reporters that he had been given the information by the South Korean National Intelligence Service.

CNN cannot independently confirm the executions. The nature of the intelligence supporting the National Intelligence Service allegations was also not immediately clear. North Korea is one of the most closed societies in the world.

According to Shin, intelligence officials say Kim is ruling in an impromptu manner and does not countenance excuses or any views at variance with his own.

He considers those a challenge to his authority, the intelligence officials said, according to Shin.

For example, a senior official with Ministry of Forestry was executed for expressing dissatisfaction with the country's forestry program, the lawmaker said.

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The vice chairman of the State Planning Commission was executed because he objected to changing the design of a science and technology hall from a rounded shape to one resembling a flower, the intelligence officials said, according to the lawmaker.

And in March, according to the South Korean lawmaker, Kim executed on charges of espionage four members of the Unhasu Orchestra, including the general director, because of a scandal, Shin said.

Kim became North Korea's Supreme Commander in December 2011 following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. According to the National Intelligence Service, he is reported to have executed 17 senior officials in 2012, 10 in 2013 and 41 in 2014. 1. Who is the leader of North Korea?
2. How many executions have been ordered?
3. What position did the executed people hold?
4. Which organization discovered this?
5. Why were they executed?
6. Can the news organization prove the deaths occurred?
7. Are there any witnesses?
8. Is it dangerous to oppose this country's ruler? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Kim Jong Un
2. 15
3. senior officials
4. The South Korean National Intelligence Service
5. for expressing dissatisfaction
6. No
7. unknown
8. Yes

Question: (CNN) -- Bagpipers sounded "Amazing Grace" on a snowy day at a Utah cemetery as military pallbearers marched to rest the casket of Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, one of 13 people gunned down last week in Ford Hood, Texas.

A throng of mourners arrived for the funeral service at a Mormon church in West Jordan, and then solemnly witnessed the burial of the 19-year-old combat engineer set for deployment in Afghanistan.

One of six of the Fort Hood victims laid to rest across the country on Saturday, Nemelka was buried at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park, south of Bluffdale.

American flags flapped in the freezing wind and a soldier played "Taps" amid a graveside huddle of military comrades, veterans, family members and Patriot Guard Riders, the motorcycle group that honors slain troops.

"This one is a little bit hard to understand," said Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, who spoke to reporters after the church service.

He said Nemelka's death is particularly hard to accept because of the circumstances.

Authorities say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood on November 5, killing 13 people. Hasan, who was seriously wounded in the incident, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder -- charges that make him eligible for the death penalty.

Nemelka graduated from high school in 2008 and enlisted the same year, and then was ready to deploy to Afghanistan in January.

The youngest of four children, Nemelka loved his work as a combat engineer and was being trained to defuse bombs, according to a report in Salt Lake City's Deseret News posted on the Nemelka family Web page. He had been assigned to the 510th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion in Fort Hood. 1. What did the musicians play?
2. Where?
3. What was the weather like?
4. Did a lot of people attend?
5. Who was buried?
6. How many people died besides him?
7. What happened to them?
8. Where?
9. When did they die?
10. What kind of church was it held at?
11. Where was it located?
12. What was the name of the park?
13. Who killed them?
14. What was his job>
15. What date did this happen?
16. Who spoke to journalists at the funeral?
17. Had he come to terms with it yet?
18. Did the killer live?
19. Was he injured? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. "Amazing Grace"
2. at a Utah cemetery
3. snowy
4. Yes
5. Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka
6. 12
7. they were gunned down
8. Ford Hood, Texas.
9. last week
10. a Mormon church
11. in West Jordan
12. Utah Veterans Memorial Park
13. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
14. a U.S. Army psychiatrist
15. November 5
16. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert
17. No
18. Yes
19. Yes

Question: Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born[N 3] scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876.[N 4] Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.[N 5]

Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. Although Bell was not one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society, he had a strong influence on the magazine while serving as the second president from January 7, 1898 until 1903. 1. who was deaf?
2. what did he research?
3. Was he one of the 33 founders?
4. Where was Bell born?
5. what did he invent?
6. When was he born?
7. is he still living?
8. was that the only thing he invented?
9. When did he die?
10. when did he get the patent?
11. how many other things did he work on?
12. did he work in aeronautics?
13. was he a scientist?
14. did he have a brother?
15. what did he experiment with?
16. did he work with hydrofoils?
17. what was he second president of? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. his mother and wife
2. hearing and speech
3. no
4. Scotland
5. the telephone.
6. March 3, 1847
7. no
8. no
9. August 2, 1922
10. 1876
11. Three
12. yes
13. yes
14. yes
15. hearing devices
16. yes
17. the National Geographic Society magazine