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: Rio Ferdinand believes Louis van Gaal's decision to return Wayne Rooney to his favoured attacking role has led to the Manchester United's upturn in performance levels. Writing in his column in The Sun ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, Ferdinand, now at Queens Park Rangers, revealed his belief that Rooney playing as a striker is fundamental to United hitting fifth gear. He praised Van Gaal for moving his captain further up the field after a spell in the centre of the pitch at the start of the year but admitted the return to form and fitness of Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick has also been important.Rio Ferdinand says Manchester United need Wayne Rooney in attackHe believes Rooney's form has been key to their upturn in performancesFerdinand said United's 2-1 win at Anfield shows they are 'on to something'Manchester United vs Manchester United: The expert view of the derbyCLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester United news 
 Question:Ferdinand also pointed to the return of midfield player Michael Carrick (left) as a help to _.

A: Manchester United
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Q: Havana, Cuba (CNN) Hurricane Irma, which devastated much of the Caribbean in September, has claimed a new victim: Raul Castro's succession plans. On Thursday, Cuban officials said the island was still dealing with the aftermath of the killer storm and needed to postpone long-held plans for Castro, 86, to retire on February 24, 2018, when his second five-year term ends. It was to have been the first time that Cuba was ruled by a leader not named Castro since the 1959 revolution that swept Raul Castro's older brother Fidel Castro to power. The wrath of Irma, however, delayed the Communist-run island's single party elections process, which appoints the Cuban National Assembly that in turn selects Cuba's president.Cuba, dealing with Hurricane Irma aftermath, says Castro will retire in April instead of FebruaryCastro has indicated first Vice President Miguel-Diaz Canel has his blessing to be the next president 
 Question:"My second and last term will have concluded," _ told Cuban lawmakers on Thursday, "and Cuba will have a new president."

A: Raul Castro
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Q: The first American believed to have been killed while fighting the Islamic State was 'guided to Syria' by God, his father said. Tom Broomfield was speaking out on Wednesday, the day of his son Keith's funeral. The 36-year-old - who died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria - was laid to rest in a private burial, following a service at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson, Massachusetts. Friends described him as a car and motorcycle enthusiast who embraced his passions headlong. They remembered how he drove a DeLorean car in high school and later fixed up a 1970s motorcycle to ride on a cross-country adventure to California.Keith Broomfield, a Massachusetts man who had no military training, was fighting alongside Kurdish forces in SyriaFriends and family gathered Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson for his funeral before a private burialHis dad said Keith's path in life had been straightened 'by God'A group of American Kurds also came to show their support. 'He passed away in our land for us,' said Abdul Tammo, of Hartford, Connecticut 
 Question:'Our hearts go out to her, his family and the _ people.

A:
American
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