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].

Q: We're not bluffing, the Obama administration told Afghanistan on Tuesday in announcing for the first time it has started planning for the possible withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of the year if no security agreement is signed. Statements by the White House and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel showed President Barack Obama's impatience with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign the agreement that would keep several thousand American troops in the country after combat operations conclude this year. In a phone call with Karzai on Tuesday to discuss upcoming elections for a new Afghan leader, Obama made clear that time was running out to properly plan for keeping any U.S. forces in the country beyond 2014, the White House said.President Obama calls Afghan leader to discuss security agreementObama orders planning for bringing home all U.S. troops at the end of 2014Afghan President Karzai refuses to sign a deal to keep some troops thereThe White House says an agreement could happen after Karzai leaves office in April 
 Question:Obama, he said, has been very clear that the possibility of U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan depends "on whether we have a bilateral security agreement signed by the Afghani government, to assure our rights of our troops and other important elements that are required any time _ has troops in another country."

A: U.S.
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Q: Planners in Windsor have allowed two Costa cafes less than 500 yards apart (file picture) Coffee addicts in Windsor won't have to go far for a fix – after planners in the royal borough allowed two Costa shops less than 500 yards apart. And anyone really desperate can always stop off at the Costa Express in between. The latest Costa will open on the site of the former Dedworth Road HSBC branch, the last bank in the area before it closed last year amid protests. Less than 500 yards away is a Costa which replaced a cycle shop earlier this year.Town planners have allowed two Costa cafes less than 500 yards apartTwo coffee shops in Windsor will be just a short walk away from each otherAnd there is even a Costa Express in between the two new outlets 
 Question:_'s planning application says the new shop would be a 'significant driver to local trade'.

A: Costa
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Q: For most parents, their child's birthday party might entail a game of pass the parcel followed by ice cream and jelly, but not for Sophie-May Dickson, 22, who claims she splashed out £2,500 on her daughter's fifth birthday bash. Ponies were hired, a red carpet laid out and a three-tiered crystal-encrusted birthday cake delivered to create a party fit for Princess Bliss Dickson, Sophie-May's oldest daughter. The mother-of-two, from Essex, whose youngest daughter Precious Belle Ruby Rozina, is three, appeared on ITV's This Morning this week to defend her lavish party throwing - and now FEMAIL has an exclusive peek into the bash.Sophie-May Dickson, 22, says she splashed £2,500 on her daughter's partyPrincess Bliss Dickson turned 5 in September and had ponies at her partyDescribing the event, Sophie-May said: 'It felt like her wedding' 
 Question:_-May started planning the event in January and on Princess's big day in September there was a DJ, an entertainer, a bouncy castle, a three-tiered cake, a sweet buffet - and of course some visiting ponies to entertain.

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Sophie
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