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].

Terrified: Miriam, 11 (left), and Ayesha, nine (right), are currently living in fear in their basement A terrified British family who are stuck in a basement in war-torn Yemen have launched a desperate appeal to be evacuated to the UK. Louise Henderson Alakil, 49, moved to the Middle Eastern country 27 years ago and worked as a teacher at the International School in the capital Sanaa until recent fighting forced it to close. She is now hiding in a shelter below her family home on the outskirts of the city with her youngest children, Miriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, amid heavy shelling and while bombs fall all around them.Louise Henderson, 49, moved to Yemen 27 years ago to work as a teacherHer family are now caught up in fighting in the country's capital, SanaaShe is currently hiding below her home with her two young daughtersMiriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, have pleaded for the bombing to stop and for their family to be evacuated to the UK 
 Question:The family are facing a number of problems in their fight to leave the country, as Louise and her children's passports have expired and the _ authorities are closed.
British

(CNN) -- Less than two months before the world focuses on Russia for the Sochi Olympics, President Vladimir Putin is handing out "get out of jail free" cards. A new amnesty law introduced by Putin allowed two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot to leave prison on Monday, two months before the end of their two-year sentences for a performance critical of the President. In addition, 30 Greenpeace demonstrators could go free under the amnesty law passed by Russian lawmakers last week that could affect 25,000 prisoners. Putin also pardoned former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who had been jailed since 2003 and was convicted in 2005 of tax evasion and fraud.Pussy Riot band members go free under new amnesty lawA former oil tycoon and political opponent gets pardonedPutin wants to improve Russia's image and promote investmentThe Russian President believes he has crushed the opposition 
 Question:The _ case made headlines around the world, as did the anti-gay law passed in July that banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors."
Pussy Riot

The 11-foot alligator who killed a man that jumped into a Texas marina last week has been fatally shot in the head. It was shot off of Burkhart's Marina in Orange, the same place where it killed Tommie Woodward early Friday morning. The gator was found with some of Woodward's body parts, Justice of the Peace Rodney Price told 12News. Scroll down for video A group of men claimed they set out a trap for the 400lb gator earlier today and shot it in the head before they dragged it out of the water. Killing an alligator is a class C misdemeanor with a fine up to $500, Texas Parks Wildlife Capt. Rod Ousley told the Beaumont Enterprise.The 11ft gator who killed Tommie Wooward on Friday was found with some of his body parts, Justice of the Peace Rodney Price confirmedWoodward, 28, lost his left arm from the elbow down during the attack and also had puncture wounds on his chestA group of men claimed they set out a trap for the 400lb gator and dragged it out of the water after shooting it on MondayKilling an alligator is a class C misdemeanor with a fine up to $500He mocked the gator before jumping into Burkhart's Marina in Orange, despite his friends' desperate pleas to stay out of the water 
 Question:_ mocked the alligator and ignored both the desperate pleas' of his friends and warning signs put up by employees when he went swimming around 2.30am at the private marina.

Tommie Woodward