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].

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(CNN) Flanked by Iraqi forces of all stripes, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared Mosul has been recaptured from ISIS. "From here, from the heart of the liberated and free Mosul, by the sacrifices of the Iraqis from all the provinces, we declare the great victory for all of Iraq and Iraqis," al-Abadi announced Monday. "This is a great celebration that crowned the victories of the fighters and the Iraqis over the last three years." The US-led coalition fighting ISIS, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, congratulated Iraqi security forces "on their remarkable progress against ISIS while making extraordinary efforts to safeguard civilian lives."The US-led coalition fighting ISIS congratulates Iraqi security forcesThere has been little progress in a deal on who will govern, a source says 
 Question:But al-_ has tried hard to brand the fight against ISIS as a national one, involving a range of ethno-religious groups fighting under one national Iraqi flag.

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Abadi


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(CNN) -- Tiger Woods' personal life went off the rails. Lance Armstrong's sporting image crashed in drugs. Both were sponsored by Nike in multi-million dollar deals. Now Nike is being reminded again that pinning your company reputation on star names is a risky business. This time it's Oscar Pistorius whose life has moved from sports headlines to the news pages to cause headaches at Nike headquarters. Pistorius, known as the 'blade runner,' is the man Nike called a bullet and who is now charged with shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. With Pistorius, Nike had a star able to attract supporters to disabled athletics and who was so fast he could compete against able-bodied runners.Nike carried ad calling Oscar Pistorius a bulletNike has sponsored other stars who have fallen from graceReputation expert says as soon as an athlete harms a brand the link is cutSome brands are looking at evading future fallout by using different language, he says 
 Question:_ rejects the murder allegation "in the strongest terms," Van Zuyl said.

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Oscar Pistorius


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Yayladagi, Turkey (CNN) -- Syrian security forces and helicopters sprayed automatic weapons fire into a crowd of thousands of protesters demonstrating Friday after prayers in the northern town of Maaret al-Nouman, witnesses said. At least four men were killed, activist Fadi Moustafa Sufi said. An activist who has provided CNN with reliable information in the past said the crowd numbered in the tens of thousands when security forces on the streets and an attack helicopter aloft opened fire. Some demonstrators used their personal weapons, including hunting rifles and AK-47s, to detain a number of members of the security forces when they ran out of ammunition, said the activist, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation. He did not say that demonstrators exchanged fire with the security forces.NEW: Activist, citing the intensity of the gunfire, predicts the death toll will riseProtesters attacked in Maaret al-Nouman, witnesses sayMore than 3,800 Syrian refugees have fled to TurkeySyrian families chant "Thank you, Erdogan" 
 Question:The ongoing bloodshed in Syria is putting its neighbor and close trade partner _ in an increasingly uncomfortable position.

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Turkey