Q: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- An American man fighting for custody of his 9-year-old son has been invited to spend Christmas with the boy's Brazilian family, the family's attorney said Friday. 

David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over custody of his son, Sean Goldman, with the family of the boy's deceased mother. 

The family's attorney, Sergio Tostes, said Friday that the legal battle had gone too far. 

"It is about time that Sean's family, and I mean all Sean's family, get together. I am authorized by Mrs. Silvana Bianchi to invite you, Mr. Goldman, to spend Christmas night at her house," Tostes said, referring to Sean's maternal grandmother. "This will be a long awaited family reunion" 

"I hope you can accept and we can talk logistics," he said, with the boy's grandmother standing next to him. 

Tostes also said that the family would consider allowing the boy to go to the United States, perhaps for the holidays, if Sean wants to go. However, "Sean must be heard in court," he said. 

There was no immediate response from Goldman. 

Earlier Friday, Goldman slammed a decision by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice Thursday that prevented the boy's return to the United States. That decision had "nothing to do with the merits" of the case, he said. 

On Wednesday, a lower court unanimously upheld a decision ordering that Sean be returned to his father in New Jersey. That decision was made in accordance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abductions. 

Answer the following questions:
1. Where does the story take place?
2. What nationality is the father?
3. Who has custody of his son?
4. How old is the boy?
5. Where is his mother?
6. Did the father want custody of his son?
7. Was it eventually granted?
8. By whom?
9. Was that the first decision pertaining to the case?
10. Who else ruled on it?
11. Why was their decision overturned?
12. Where did the boys father live?
A: 1. RIO DE JANEIRO
2. American
3. the boy's Brazilian family
4. Nine
5. deceased
6. yes
7. yes
8. a lower court
9. no
10. the Brazilian Supreme Court
11. the decision had "nothing to do with the merits" of the case
12. New Jersey
Q: Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia"' (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, "yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk" ), is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 100 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent. It occupies a total area of , and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa. 

Some of the oldest evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia. It is widely considered as the region from which modern humans first set out for the Middle East and places beyond. According to linguists, the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations settled in the Horn region during the ensuing Neolithic era. Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history. In the first centuries AD, the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region, followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137. During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was the only territory in Africa to defeat a European colonial power and retain its sovereignty. Many newly-independent nations on the continent subsequently adopted its flag colours. Ethiopia was also the first independent member from Africa of the 20th-century League of Nations and the United Nations. In 1974, the Ethiopian monarchy under Haile Selassie was overthrown by the Derg, a communist military government backed by the Soviet Union. In 1987, the Derg established the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, but it was overthrown in 1991 by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which has been the ruling political coalition since.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is this about ?
2. is some of the oldest traces of humans from there ?
3. it traced roots as far back as when ?
4. ad or bc ?
5. did it have a democrat  government ?
6. what kind was it ?
7. what happened in 1991 ?
8. by who ?
9. is it still ruling ?
10. when was it 1st overthrown ?
11. under who ?
12. by the what ?
13. whats the population ?
14. and the 2nd most what ?
15. what it the capital ?
16. it that the smallest city ?
17. how many borders does it share ?
18. what it to the north ?
19. what maintained a unified civilization ?
20. when ?
A: 1. Ethiopia
2. yes
3. 2nd millennium
4. BC
5. no
6. monarchy
7. it was overthrown
8. Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
9. yes
10. 1974
11. Haile Selassie
12. Derg
13. 100 million
14. populous nation
15. Addis Ababa
16. largest city
17. Six
18. Eritrea
19. Kingdom of Aksum
20. first centuries AD
Q: Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong."

Answer the following questions:
1. Was something stolen?
2. What or who?
3. What breed?
4. What's the animals name?
5. Who owns him?
6. How did Harry get him?
7. How long did he have the animal?
8. Did the boy learn to talk?
9. What did he say first?
10. Who is his mom?
11. What did she say?
12. Why?
13. Did she get him another animal?
14. What happened?
15. Does the boy go to school?
16. What did his educators point out?
17. What organization was mentioned that might help?
18. Who speaks for them?
19. What does she think?
20. Why?
A:
1. yes
2. the dog
3. a pug
4. Millie
5. Harry
6. for his fourth birthday
7. two months
8. es
9. "dog" and "mummy"
10. Mrs Hainsworth
11. My son is very sad.
12. Millie was really his best friend.
13. yes
14. he just "pushed it away"
15. yes
16. how much Millie had helped him
17. Pets as Therapy
18. Maureen Hennis
19. People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human
20. A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong.