question: Rebel-controlled northern Syria (CNN) -- Mohamed Rashid walked out of the gate of his house with a giant blood stain on his white T-shirt.

"This is the blood of a martyr! Of a hero! Of a lion!" he bellowed. "This is his blood. It is pure!"

Mad with grief, Rashid kissed his bloody T-shirt before being led away by worried relatives.

Just hours before, Rashid learned his son Abdul was killed in battle in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Housam Abdul Rashid was a 22-year-old defector from the army. He was also the fourth man from his small hilltop village to be killed fighting for the rebels.

The younger Rashid is one of the casualties of the five-day-old rebel offensive on Aleppo, the country's commercial capital. Another rebel, who asked only to be named "Khorshid" because his wife and children were still living in Aleppo, described how his comrade was killed by a helicopter gunship, while climbing onto a rooftop.

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"Housam's specialty was a sniper," Khorshid said. "He went to the roof, and a helicopter gunship killed him. Another fighter from Aleppo with him was also killed. I was just 4 meters away when it happened."

Khorshid said the rebels mounted their offensive on Aleppo last Friday, two days after a bomb killed four of Syria's top security officials.

Rebel commanders and fighters claimed they made gains, particularly in the neighborhood of Salahuddin. But they were also clearly suffering casualties.

What began 17 months ago as a peaceful protest movement has evolved into a full-fledged armed insurgency.
1. Who walked away from the residence with a blood stained shirt?
2. What had Rashid just recently learned?
3. Where did the incident take place?
4. How old was Rashid?
5. What city was Abdul killed in?
6. How long was the battle?
7. What was Housam known for?
8. How har away was Khorshid when a fellow rebel was killed?
9. CHow long ago did the resistance begin?
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answer: 1. Mohamed Rashid
2. learned his son Abdul was killed
3. in battle
4. 22-year-old
5. Aleppo.
6. five-day-old
7. sniper,"
8. 4 meters away
9. 17 months

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Not your average great-great grandfather, Fauja Singh has completed nine 26-mile (42-kilometer) marathons since taking up long-distance running just over a decade ago.

On Sunday, the 101-year-old Sikh finished his final competitive race in Hong Kong, putting an end to a sporting career that has raised thousands of dollars for charity and been an inspiration to many around the world.

Nicknamed "Turbaned Tornado" by fans for his distinctive traditional headwear, Singh said he began long-distance running in an attempt to lift the depression that engulfed him after he witnessed the death of his son.

"I suffered a tragic incident in my life, a traumatic experience; I took up running as a new focus in life. And then marathon running developed from there," he told CNN at a training session before Sunday's race.

He completed the 10-kilometer route that wound its way along Hong Kong's harborfront in one hour 32 minutes and 28 seconds -- four minutes faster than his time last year despite a small stumble.

"Five or six kilometers into the race, I really decided to go for it," he said. "I had lots of power today because I was very happy. "

Singh moved to the UK from India following the death of his son and entered his first marathon in London in 2000 aged 89.

In 2011, Singh became the first centenarian on record to complete a marathon after finishing the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2011 in eight hours and 11 minutes and six seconds. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How old is Fauja Singh
2. How many marathons has he completed?
3. What is his nickname?
4. Why did he start running?
5. how long was today's run?
6. How long did he take to complete it?
7. Was he faster or slower then last year?
8. How much faster?
9. How old was he for his first Marathon?
10. What year did he become the first centenarian to complete a run?
Answer: 1. 101
2. nine
3. Turbaned Tornado
4. attempt to lift depression
5. 10-kilometer
6. one hour 32 minutes and 28 seconds
7. faster
8. four minutes
9. 89
10. 2011

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "first colonial empire", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost, and the "second colonial empire", which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. The second empire came to an end after the loss of bitter wars in Vietnam (1955) and Algeria (1962), and peaceful decolonization elsewhere after 1960.

Competing with Spain, Portugal, the United Provinces, and later England, France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and India in the 17th century. A series of wars with Great Britain and other European major powers during the 18th century and early 19th century resulted in France losing nearly all of its conquests. France rebuilt a new empire mostly after 1850, concentrating chiefly in Africa, as well as Indochina and the South Pacific. Republicans, at first hostile to empire, only became supportive when Germany started to build her own colonial empire. As it developed, the new empire took on roles of trade with France, especially supplying raw materials and purchasing manufactured items, as well as lending prestige to the motherland and spreading French civilization and language, and the Catholic religion. It also provided manpower in the World Wars. 1. When did France first have a colony in India?
2. Was there a lot of competition with other countries?
3. Can you name one?
4. And another?
5. Did England eventually become competition, too?
6. What happened to France after going to battle with Great Britain and other countries?
7. What did France mainly rebuild itself?
8. Where did it do this, primarily?
9. Anywhere else?
10. Where?
11. Who started out against the empire but became a supporter later?
12. What did Germany do that brought about this change of stance?
13. Did that newly developed empire begin to exchange goods with France?
14. Can you name the main thing?
15. And what did the empire start buying?
16. Ejsy
17. What's something that started to spread?
18. What religion did they help spread?
19. When did the first colonial empire cease to be?
20. And what was it called after that?
numbered_answers:
1. the 17th century.
2. yes
3. Spain
4. Portugal
5. yes
6. it lost nearly all of its conquests.
7. a new empire
8. Africa
9. yes
10. Indochina and the South Pacific.
11. Republicans
12. started to build a colonial empire.
13. yes
14. raw materials
15. manufactured items
16. unknown
17. French civilization and language
18. Catholic
19. 1814
20. the "second colonial empire"