The first scenario is tempting for some, because it would temporarily ease tensions, but in the long run it makes the third scenario more likely and much more lethal.

CNN: N. Korea endgame: 3 scenarios

The third scenario remains highly unlikely, though not impossible.

CNN: N. Korea endgame: 3 scenarios

Gender gap is also evident in the overall literacy scenario of the country as women constitute two-third of the total illiterate people.

UNESCO: Office in Islamabad

And third, there's the scenario of domain names as nothing more than a level of indirection in Internet numbering, allowing sites to move without notifying every last database and spreading loads among sites with the same service.

CNN: Opinion: The Internet's identity crisis

The aggregate tier one common capital ratio - assets held in reserve as a buffer against financial troubles - would fall from an actual 11.1% in the third quarter of 2012 to 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2014 in the hypothetical stress scenario.

BBC: Ally Financial sign