Problem: Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- When Burmese commuters have an accident they don't dial 911 or any ordinary emergency service.

They call the country's version of Marlon Brando, a heartthrob in the 1980s and 90s who turned his back on the film industry to run a fleet of ambulances and bury the nation's dead.

A household name in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, Kyaw Thu has starred in more than 200 films, and even took home a Myanmar Academy Award in 1994 for best actor in "Da-Byi-Thu Ma Shwe Hta."

He followed it up with best director for "Amay No Bo" in 2003, but by then his head had already been turned by the story of an old woman left to die alone in hospital.

"The doctor warned the patient's family that she was close to death. After that they disappeared. A few days later she passed away -- so this dead body had no owner," Kyaw Thu told CNN at this office on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city.

He later found out that the woman's family couldn't afford a funeral service. At the time, it wasn't uncommon; poor families would often sneak out in the dead of night to bury their dead, he said.

And so began the Free Funeral Service Society, founded in collaboration with multi-award winning late Burmese writer and director Thukha, which now also provides a free library, education, medical, dental care and disaster relief.

From films to funerals

Kyaw Thu's decision to leave the film industry wasn't entirely his own. In 2007, he was arrested and later banned from the film industry after being accused of supporting the Saffron Revolution.
1. what is Myanmar also known as?
2. who is the Marlon Brandon version there?
3. when was he arrested?
4. what happened to the woman's family?
5. why was he banned from the industry?
6. did the woman die?
7. did he direct movies?
8. did he win an award for it?
9. when?
10. what movie?
11. what award?
Answer: 1. Burma
2. Kyaw Thu
3. 2007
4. hey disappeared.
5. as he was accused of supporting the Saffron Revolution.
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. 2003
10. Amay No Bo
11. best director

Problem: EL PASO, Texas (CNN) -- The cell phone rang as Jorge Aguirre walked to a friend's funeral in Juarez, Mexico, last November -- a funeral for a fellow journalist who, Aguirre says, was assassinated for the critical stories he wrote.

Mexican federal police recently began patrolling Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas.

When he answered the phone, Aguirre heard a profanity-laced threat. "They told me I was next," Aguirre told CNN. "I thought they were going to kill me right there."

Aguirre immediately gathered up his family and darted across the border into El Paso, Texas. He hasn't returned to Juarez since that day.

Aguirre is seeking asylum in the United States, and he's part of a growing trend among Mexican citizens looking to escape the violence and corruption of their homeland. Watch journalists met with death threats "

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency that falls under the Department of Homeland Security, the number of Mexican nationals requesting asylum in the United States based on "credible fear" has gone up every year since 2003, even as the overall number of "credible fear" asylum cases remains steady.

In 2003, the USCIS reported 54 asylum cases from Mexican citizens. In 2008, that number reached 312. But asylum requests based on fear of violence aren't easy cases to make. Last year, the United States approved less than half of those cases.

"Whether they're fleeing extortionists or potential kidnappers or they're leaving because of the drug cartels, it tells you there are definitely problems in Mexico right now," said El Paso Mayor John Cook.
1. Who received a threat?
2. Was the threat in person?
3. How was it made?
4. Who was he telling about it?
5. What did he think was going to happen to him?
6. Where did he go?
7. Did he go alone?
8. With whom?
9. Where was he going when he got the threat by phone?
10. What was his friend's job?
11. Why was he killed?
12. Where was the funeral?
13. In 2003 how many asylum cases were there?
14. In 2008?
15. How many were approved?
16. Who is John Cook?
17. What is one reason they seek asylum?
18. And another?
Answer: 1. Jorge Aguirre
2. no
3. by phone
4. CNN
5. he was going to be killed
6. El Paso, Texas
7. no
8. his family
9. a friend's funeral
10. journalist
11. he wrote critical stories
12. Juarez, Mexico,
13. 54
14. 312
15. less than half of those cases
16. mayor of El Paso
17. to escape violence
18. to escape corruption

Problem: Jean is a young girl who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy. The problem is that Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. Jean is quite lonely . So she spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous , talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had the same interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself. He was a tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him. She wanted to give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of a rock singer. But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a 70-year-old man named Jim! How disappointed Jean was!
1. Who is the young girl?
2. What does she spend a lot of time on?
3. Does she tell others who she is there?
4. What synonym does she use?
5. Does she use the program because she is lonely?
6. Who does she meet there?
7. How many interests did they have in common?
8. What was the first one?
9. What was the second one?
10. Was the boy short?
11. Did he always send her gifts but got none in return?
12. Where did he live?
13. Who was leaving to travel there?
14. What was his name?
15. Did she get to tag along?
16. How many presents did she bring?
17. Who did she meet?
18. What was his real name?
19. Is she still in high school?
20. Where does she attend?
Answer:
1. Jean
2. on her QQ.
3. no
4. Linda
5. yes
6. David
7. Two
8. rock music
9. modern dance
10. no
11. no
12. San Francisco,
13. Jean's father
14. unknown
15. yes
16. one
17. 70-year-old man
18. Jim
19. no
20. a good university