Samples

Q1

Passage : Britain's decision on Thursday to drop extradition proceedings against Gen. Augusto Pinochet and allow him to return to Chile is understandably frustrating ... Jack Straw, the home secretary, said the 84-year-old former dictator's ability to understand the charges against him and to direct his defense had been seriously impaired by a series of strokes. ... Chile's president-elect, Ricardo Lagos, has wisely pledged to let justice run its course. But the outgoing government of President Eduardo Frei is pushing a constitutional reform that would allow Pinochet to step down from the Senate and retain parliamentary immunity from prosecution. ...

Question : Sources close to the presidential palace said that Fujimori declined at the last moment to leave the country and instead he will send a high level delegation to the ceremony , at which Chilean President Eduardo Frei will pass the mandate to XXX.

Choices : (1) Augusto Pinochet (2) Jack Straw (3) Ricardo Lagos

Q2

Passage : U.S. officials said NATO forces would step up efforts to catch indicted war crimes suspects ... To American statements that NATO troops would now start patrolling Pale, headquarters of Bosnian Serb leader and indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic, the spokesman noted this had happened for months ... Tuesday's confusion stemmed from comments by U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher that NATO troops would increase patrols to give them a better chance of capturing Karadzic ... Nicholas Burns, Christopher's spokesman, said ... He attributed his information to U.S. Gen. George Joulwan, the NATO commander in Europe. ... Simon Haselock, a NATO spokesman in Sarajevo, said ... Karadzic and his military commander, fellow nationalist hardliner Gen. Ratko Mladic, remain free despite provisions in the Bosnian peace agreement calling for their arrest. ...

Question : U.S. officials , repeatedly stymied in the quest to oust alleged war criminals from the Bosnian Serb leadership , said Tuesday that increased NATO patrols could improve the chances that indicted suspects such as Radovan Karadzic and XXX will be arrested.

Choices : (1) Warren Christopher (2) Nicholas Burns (3) George Joulwan (4) Simon Haselock (5) Ratko Mladic

Q3

Passage : Tottenham won 2-0 at Hapoel Tel Aviv in UEFA Cup action on Thursday night in a defensive display which impressed Spurs skipper Robbie Keane. ... Keane scored the first goal at the Bloomfield Stadium with Dimitar Berbatov, who insisted earlier on Thursday he was happy at the London club, heading a second. The 26-year-old Berbatov admitted the reports linking him with a move had affected his performances ... Spurs manager Juande Ramos has won the UEFA Cup in the last two seasons ...

Question : Tottenham manager Juande Ramos has hinted he will allow XXX to leave if the Bulgaria striker makes it clear he is unhappy.

Choices : (1) Robbie Keane (2) Dimitar Berbatov