Q: Johannesburg (CNN) -- A plane carrying Madagascar's ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana was turned away from Madagascan airspace Saturday as he tried to return from exile, his spokesman and the airline said.

Ravalomanana, who had been in South Africa in exile, took off from Johannesburg Saturday morning in what was his second bid to return to his home country.

But Ravalomanana's spokesman Patrick Gearing, in South Africa, told CNN that the civil aviation authorities on the Indian Ocean island had closed the airspace, refusing the plane permission to land.

By Saturday afternoon the plane -- and Ravalomanana -- were back in South Africa, said Gearing.

Ravalomanana was ousted in March 2009 through a coup backed by the military, which handed power to current President Andry Rajoelina, the youthful former mayor of Antananarivo.

Shortly before boarding his flight to the capital, Antananarivo, Ravalomanana said that he had just spoken with the Madagascan Prime Minister Omer Beriziky, who told him "everything was OK."

Speaking before the flight took off, Gearing said: "He has no control over what will happen to him when he arrives but he is prepared to face whatever comes his way."

Ravalomanana's previous unsuccessful effort to return last year came to an end in Johannesburg, when the airline he was using was told it wouldn't be allowed to land if he was on board.

Madagascar is in the process of implementing a peace agreement facilitated by a regional body, the South African Development Community.

Gearing says Ravalomanana met with South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Friday to thank him for letting him stay following his ouster.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was formerly the leader of Madagascar?
2. What was he trying to do?
3. Who was his spokesman?
4. What did he say?
5. Who did he tell that?
6. Did they let him land?
7. Where did they go after that?
8. When was he removed from office?
9. How?
10. Who became President?
11. Who was the Prime Minister?
12. What did he say?
13. What is Madagascar doing?
14. Who is facilitating it?
15. What's their name?
16. Who did he meet with?
17. Why?
18. For what?
19. When did he stay?
20. Who was the South African President?
A: 1. Marc Ravalomanana
2. to return
3. Patrick Gearing
4. Airspace was closed.
5. CNN
6. No
7. South Africa
8. 2009
9. a coup
10. Andry Rajoelina
11. Omer Beriziky
12. everything was OK
13. implementing a peace agreement
14. a regional body
15. South African Development Community
16. South Africa's President
17. to thank him
18. letting him stay
19. following his ouster
20. Jacob Zuma
Q: Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments Standardization can help to maximize , interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality. It can also facilitate commoditization of formerly custom processes. In social sciences, including economics, the idea of "standardization" is close to the solution for a coordination problem, a situation in which all parties can realize mutual gains, but only by making mutually consistent decisions. This view includes the case of "spontaneous standardization processes", to produce de facto standards.

Standard weights and measures were developed by the Indus Valley Civilisation. The centralised weight and measure system served the commercial interest of Indus merchants as smaller weight measures were used to measure luxury goods while larger weights were employed for buying bulkier items, such as food grains etc. Weights existed in multiples of a standard weight and in categories. Technical standardisation enabled gauging devices to be effectively used in angular measurement and measurement for construction. Uniform units of length were used in the planning of towns such as Lothal, Surkotada, Kalibangan, Dolavira, Harappa, and Mohenjo-daro. The weights and measures of the Indus civilisation also reached Persia and Central Asia, where they were further modified. Shigeo Iwata describes the excavated weights unearthed from the Indus civilisation:

Answer the following questions:
1. who developed standard weights and measures?
2. how many towns were planned?
3. how many start with the letter m?
4. name a few of the towns
5. what is the process of developing different technical standards?
6. who excavated weights?
7. what person unearthed the weights?
8. what can standardization help maximize?
9. what else can it maximize?
10. can it help maximize quality?
11. how many things does it maximize in total?
A: 1. the Indus Valley Civilisation.
2. Six
3. One
4. Lothal, Surkotada, Kalibangan,
5. Standardization
6. the Indus civilisation:
7. . Shigeo Iwata
8. interoperability,
9. safety,
10. Yes
11. Four
Q: (PARIS) ----An English tourist who was highly praised for rescuing a three-year-old boy in Paris said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing river.

Tuesday's news said 25-year-old John Smith from England was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little boy out of the water after he fell off the bank. He handed the child to his father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

"I didn't think at all," John told the News. "It happened very fast. I reacted very fast."

John, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water. When he reached the child, he appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when he was out of the water, he opened his eyes.

Anderson said his son slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for him, said John, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. John caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for England. John said he didn't realize his story had greatly moved Paris until he was leaving the city the next morning.

"I don't really think I'm a hero," said John. "Anyone would do the same thing."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who fell into the river?
2. How old?
3. What country were they in?
4. What country was the rescuer from?
5. What was his profession?
6. Was he there on business?
7. What did he think fell into the river?
8. Did he hesitate?
9. Was the river cold?
10. Did the child survive?
11. How many days did he have left in his trip?
12. Does he consider himself a hero?
13. Who was the child's father?
14. Did he also jump in the river?
15. What was the name of the rescuer?
16. And how old was he??
17. What clothing did he remove before jumping in?
18. Did John ride in the ambulance?
19. What was the father doing when his son fell?
20. When was the news reported?
A:
1. a child
2. three
3. Paris
4. England
5. engineer
6. no
7. a doll
8. no
9. yes
10. yes
11. one
12. no
13. David Anderson
14. yes
15. John Smith
16. 25
17. his coat
18. no
19. adjusting his camera
20. Tuesday