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A signed first edition of the novel 100 Year of Solititude by the late author ,Gabriel Garcia Marcus has been stolen in Columbia.The book is estimated to be worth60,000 dollars .But its owner says that for him,it’s priceless.Gabriel Garcia Marcus, won the Nobel prize for literature in 1982.Our America’s editor Candace Piette reports. “The book was on display in a pavilion at the international book fair in Bogota.The fair this year is dedicated to the work of Garicia Marcus who died last year at the age of 87.A spokesman for Colombian association of independent bookshops who is responsible for the pavilion said the thieves had opened the cabinet very quickly despite the presence of 20 employees and 2 security guards,which is really a shock to everyone there.”
How much is the book worth?
A.2 dollars
B.100dollars
C.1,982dollars
D.60,000dollars
How did the thieves steal the book?
The thieves stole the book with no body there.
The thieves stole the book with the writer there
The thieves stole the book with employees and guards there
The thieves stole the book with the police there
At least 10 people have died in the American state of Texas after a bus carrying 15 prisoners and prison staff skidded off an icy bridge on Wednesday morning.Kim Ghattas is in Washington,“The bus was carrying 12 prisoners who were being transferred from one prison to another in Texas,also on board was three correction officers.The white bus almost half way through its 6-hour journey from Abilenne to El Paso on the border with Mexico.It slid on the icy roads at seven thirty in the morning just west of the town of Odessa,slipped down in an embankment and then hit a freight train before landing on its side.Eight prisoners and two correction officers died.The other five passengers were injured and taken into hospital.”
How did the accident happen?
The bus skidded off the icy bridge
The prisoners fought against the prison staff
The driver drank too much
The brake system broken down
How many prisoners died?
A.8
B.10
C.12
D.15
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