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: Two of the world's most baseball-obsessed nations declared an end to a half-century of hostility six months ago, raising hopes of warmer ties between the home of the Major Leagues and the source of some of its best talent. But the most important act of sports diplomacy since then is taking place on a soccer field. On Tuesday, the New York Cosmos become the first U.S. professional team to play in Cuba since Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced that they were re-establishing diplomatic relations. Cuban officials said the friendly match against Cuba's national team was a sign of soccer's growing popularity on the island, and an important step in the normalization of the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.New York Cosmos will play the Cuba national football team on TuesdayAmerica and Cuba put an end to a half-century of hostility six months agoPele, who played for the original Cosmos franchise, will attend the matchNow-defunct Chicago Sting were last team to play in Cuba, back in 1978 
 Question:While _ is far from a soccer powerhouse, the sport hasn't been spared the waves of departures that have robbed the island's teams of many top-ranked athletes.

SOLUTION: Cuba

PROBLEM: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Members of the Senate Finance Committee met Tuesday with treasury secretary nominee Tim Geithner over concerns involving his personal taxes and the immigration status of a former housekeeper, transition officials said. Timothy Geithner has been nominated for the post of treasury secretary in the Obama administration. The Geithners employed a housekeeper whose employment authorization document expired about three months before she stopped working for them in October 2005, according to a written statement from the Senate Finance Committee. Later, the housekeeper, who is married to a U.S. citizen, was granted a green card, transition officials said. The second concern involves Geithner's taxes while he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to a statement released by the committee, Geithner failed to pay self-employment taxes while the IMF paid him from 2001 to 2004.Committee: Housekeeper worked for 3 months after employment document expiredGeithner failed to pay self-employment taxes while working for IMF, committee saysErrors were "honest mistakes," don't rise to "level of disqualification," chairman saysTax issue a "common mistake," incoming White House spokesman says 
 Question:After _ nominated him for treasury secretary, Geithner voluntarily amended his taxes for 2001 and 2002, paying $25,970 for those taxes and interest, the committee said.

SOLUTION: Obama

PROBLEM: Humboldt County, California (CNN) Elle Snow laces up her combat boots, prepared once again, to go to war with "The Game." "The [purchasers] really want new products all the time," says Snow. "The [sex] traffickers like to move their victims frequently so they can't get to know anyone and it's harder for law enforcement to track them." For Snow, a native of Eureka, a town in rural northern California, this fight against sex trafficking is personal. She says she was 19 when she was first approached by an older man, who expressed an interest in dating her. "I met my trafficker the same way a lot of us do," says Snow. "You always hear, 'I met a guy.' And he was here in rural Humboldt County and we kept bumping into each other. I took this as fate and he portrayed it that way. He met my mom, he met my family. I didn't realize that I had been marked."Elle Snow was trafficked for sex in CaliforniaShe founded 'Game Over' to protect other girls from the misery she went through 
 Question:And traffickers in _ should be on guard, listening for Snow's hard-soled footsteps, and the legion of newly informed supporters, charging up behind them.

SOLUTION:
California