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Ten Questions: Bush asks for patience on Iraq, China plans to enter aircraft market

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(CNN Student News) -- March 20, 2007

Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided.

1. According to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: What is the biggest threat to Iraq's stability? What is the status of sectarian violence and insurgent violence in Iraq?

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2. What message did President George W. Bush deliver yesterday about the war in Iraq? If you could have attended Mr. Bush's news conference, what questions would you have wanted to ask the president?

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3. How would you define winning the war in Iraq? What is your opinion about the war?

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4. Why is the Airbus A380 plane unique? Do you think that the A380 will influence the future of commercial air travel? If so, how? If not, why not?

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5. According to the report: What two companies are said to have a "duopoly" in the passenger plane market? What plans did China recently announce for challenging this duopoly?

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6. Based on the information presented in the segment: What will help China carve out a niche in the passenger jet market? What challenges do you think that China might face as it attempts to become a major player in this market?

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7. Who is Ken Noguchi, and to what environmental cause has he dedicated himself?

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8. Where is Mount Fuji located? What type of trash did Noguchi's team find on Mount Fuji?

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9. Why do you think that some climbers litter? What, if anything, do you think can be done to stop climbers from littering?

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10. Ken Noguchi has scaled the world's seven highest peaks. Can you name them?

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