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: The White House says President Obama will offer congratulations to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his come-from-behind election victory, but not until after a coalition government is formed 'days' from now. The U-turn comes hours after Obama political strategy director David Simas added fuel to U.S.-Israeli tensions by stopping short of congratulating Netanyahu – and instead only patting Israelis on the back for voting. 'We want to congratulate the Israeli people for the democratic process – for the election that they just engaged in, with all the parties that engaged in that election,' Simas had said. Aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that Obama plans to call Netanyahu 'in the coming days.'White House said Wednesday that John Kerry phoned the Israeli PM – from the scene of his Iran negotiations – on behalf of the State DepartmentObama plans to call him in the coming days, his press secretary said, but wouldn't give specificsOpposition leader immediately congratulated Netanyahu on his stunning win, but President Obama won't until Israel's president asks the PM to form a coalition governmentNetanyahu's Likud party earned 30 of the Knesset's 120 seats, enough to control a majority with help from other ring-wing and ultra-Orthodox partiesThe election was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu and a former senior Obama campaign elped organize opposition voters 
 Question:Pictured are _ supporters cheering as the results come in.

A: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Q: Virginia is poised to execute a convicted serial killer who claims he's intellectually disabled using lethal injection drugs from Texas because the state's supply of another controversial drug will expire the day before the execution is supposed to take place. Unless Gov. Terry McAuliffe or the U.S. Supreme Court steps in this week, Alfredo Prieto will be executed Thursday - the first Virginia inmate to be receive the death penalty in nearly three years. The El Salvador native was already facing execution in California for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl when a Virginia jury sentenced him to death in 2010 for the 1988 killings Rachael Raver and her boyfriend, Warren Fulton III.Alfredo Prieto raped and murdered a 15-year-old girl in CaliforniaHe also murdered a Virginia couple in 1988 and will be executed ThursdayPrieto claims he has a 'significant brain dysfunction' from a malnourished childhood in El Salvador but psychologists say he is brightThe state will use a lethal three-drug cocktail partially supplied by TexasVirginia has executed 110 people since 1976, the third highest state 
 Question:_ officials agreed to send him to Virginia on the rationale that it was more likely to carry out the execution.

A: California
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Q: Liverpool have rejected Manchester City's improved offer for Raheem Sterling. City's second offer for the England star was around £40million including add-ons, but Anfield bosses have turned it down. City are understood to be reluctant to increase their offer, though could make one last bid to the tune of £40m straight cash with reduced add-ons - the maximum amount they are willing to pay for Sterling. The view at the Etihad Stadium is that a valuation of £50m for a player offered £100,000 a week is unrealistic. However, Liverpool could point to comments from Pellegrini in March when he said: 'Can you get Raheem Sterling? Maybe if you go to Liverpool with £100m you can.'Liverpool are said to be holding out for £50million for Raheem SterlingManchester City reluctant to up their bid, but may offer £40m straight cashCity are also preparing a move for Arsenal midfielder Jack WilshereTransfer news: CLICK HERE for all the latest 
 Question:The reality is, though, that _'s exit from Anfield now seems inevitable and it would appear to be the only issue is at what price the two clubs can strike a deal.

A:
Raheem Sterling
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