TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: A Japanese newspaper has unearthed previously secret audio suggesting that government armed forces in Algeria attacked al-Qaeda hostage-takers with abandon in January 2013, killing dozens of captives despite an apparent promise not to interfere with the terrorists and pleas from foreign governments to safeguard the innocents. The news outlet Nikkan-Gendai published the shocking revelation on December 5, contradicting one line of thought that suggested the terrorists killed their own hostages as they came under fire from the Algerian army. A Japanese government-certified translator has provided DailyMail.com with an exclusive copy of the news report in English, headlined: 'The truth regarding the Algeria Hostage crisis has been verified by audio information.'Al-Qaeda offshoot group took hundreds of hostages during a 2013 attack on an Algerian natural gas facilityFour-day standoff ended when Algeria's army attacked the militants, killing dozens of innocentsAudio recordings obtained by a Japanese newspaper indicate the Algerian special forces were aware they were targeting cars carrying hostagesIn one audio intercept, a terrorist complains that 'the army has violated the pledge ... [and] struck the vehicles carrying the hostages and our friends'Initial reports had suggested that the terrorists may have killed their hostages as their master plan fell apart in a hail of gunfire 
 Question:Overall, 685 _ workers and 107 foreigners were set free.

SOLUTION: Algeria

PROBLEM: (CNN) Argentina felt the loss of the suspended Lionel Messi as they were beaten 2-0 by Bolivia in La Paz in a key World Cup qualifying game. Barcelona star Messi was hit with a four-game ban by football's governing body FIFA and fined $10,000 just hours before the game after verbally abusing a match official in a win over Chile on March 24. He will also miss upcoming games against Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela. Barcelona released a statement Wednesday expressing its "surprise and indignation" at the FIFA Disciplinary Committee's decision, branding the length of the ban "unfair and totally disproportionate."Lionel Messi banned for four matches by FIFAArgentina loses World Cup qualifier 2-0 in Bolivia 
 Question:Messi became animated at the end of Argentina's victory over _ -- a game settled by the forward's first-half penalty -- after being flagged for a foul, waving his arms and sending a volley of verbal abuse at the referee's assistant.

SOLUTION: Chile

PROBLEM: A couple have splashed more than £200,000 on plastic surgery just so they can look just like their idols, Ken and Barbie. Anastasia Reskoss, 20, and Quentin Dehar, 23, admit to both being obsessed with the dolls from a young age - and after becoming a couple in 2013, the pair have had more than 15 procedures between them, paid for mainly by their parents. Quentin, from Marseille, France, and Anastasia, who lives in Paris, plan to continue having surgery and are legally changing their names to 'Ken' and 'Doll.' Student Anastasia said: 'We want to spend the rest of our lives together morphing into the dolls we love.'Anastasia Reskoss and Quentin Dehar, from France, want to look like dollsThey spent £206,000 on recreating Barbie and Ken's appearanceThe couple want more surgery and changed names to Barbie and Ken 
 Question:I was on the dance floor and suddenly, I saw _.

SOLUTION:
Anastasia Reskoss