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: Stoke City appear to have bought astutely once again in the transfer market, strengthening in various areas and adding quality too. The departures of Steven N’Zonzi and Asmir Begovic are highly significant, but manager Mark Hughes has recruited in both positions and brought in players who can increase creativity and goals. They open their campaign at home to Liverpool, who were demolished 6-1 in the final game of last season, and the team is likely to have a number of alterations. Here, Sportsmail picks a likely XI for the duration of the season should all Hughes’s men be fit. Hughes set his team out in a clear system last year even while switching personnel depending on opponent and form. The front four, for example, was a carousel of names. It should be the same formation this campaign.Losing Asmir Begovic and Steven N'Zonzi this summer was a big blowBut Mark Hughes has responded impressively once again this summerStoke ended last season by battering Liverpool at the Britannia StadiumSo who is likely to line up for Hughes' side in this season's opener?Premier League news: CLICK HERE for all the latest from the EPL 
 Question:Butland has only made six _ appearances since signing in January 2013 but is finally in pole position despite the arrival of Shay Given, 39, from Aston Villa.

A: Stoke City
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Q: (CNN) Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman not only wants to be extradited from Mexico to the United States -- he wants to go sooner rather than later. The defense team for the notorious criminal, and two-time prison escapee, has asked to speed up the process to get him out of Mexican custody and into the hands of U.S. authorities, a senior Mexican law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. While it's not clear where Guzman might end up in the United States (he faces a litany of charges in various cities, like Chicago and New York), the Mexican official predicted he'll be there within the next two to three months.Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has asked to speed up the extradition process, an official saysThe expectation is he'll be out of Mexico and in the United States within 3 months, says the sourceThe notorious drug kingpin has twice escaped Mexican prisons 
 Question:_ authorities have taken pains to make sure he doesn't get out again, or get too comfortable.

A: Mexico
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Q: (CNN) -- Cheers in Moscow. Fear in Kiev. And jeers from the West. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region Tuesday and signed a formal decree, he made a major European crisis almost irreversible. His nation's lawmakers wept and gave him a standing ovation in parliament as he barraged the West for what he described as its numerous betrayals. But in Western capitals, there was no applause. Governments imposed sanctions on Russian leaders and warned that's just the beginning. Here's the rationalization for Putin's decision, and the reasoning for the West's derision. POINT Crimea rightfully belongs to RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin announces the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea regionAdmonition, sanctions pour in from the West 
 Question:And _ was handed over "like a sack of potatoes," Ukraine's Kyiv Post said.

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Crimea
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