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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Question: The Conservatives’ ‘independent’ investigation into the ‘Tatler Tory’ scandal was already unravelling last night as it emerged the law firm conducting the inquiry has worked for the party for years. Clifford Chance has been used repeatedly by Tory headquarters for legal advice – raising questions over its independence. Despite this, the firm has been brought in to find what senior officials – including chairman Lord Feldman – knew about allegations of bullying and blackmail by election aide Mark Clarke. It is estimated Clifford Chance – said to be the ‘go-to firm’ for the Tories – has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees from the party over that period.The law firm Clifford Chance has worked for the Conservatives for yearsQuestions have now been raised over the company's independenceBrought in to find what senior officials knew about allegations of bullying and blackmail by election aide Mark Clarke 
 Question:‘_ are a very reputable firm and we are confident they will carry out the investigation in the proper fashion.

Answer: Clifford Chance


Question: A Japanese newspaper has unearthed previously secret audio suggesting that government armed forces in Algeria attacked al-Qaeda hostage-takers with abandon in January 2013, killing dozens of captives despite an apparent promise not to interfere with the terrorists and pleas from foreign governments to safeguard the innocents. The news outlet Nikkan-Gendai published the shocking revelation on December 5, contradicting one line of thought that suggested the terrorists killed their own hostages as they came under fire from the Algerian army. A Japanese government-certified translator has provided DailyMail.com with an exclusive copy of the news report in English, headlined: 'The truth regarding the Algeria Hostage crisis has been verified by audio information.'Al-Qaeda offshoot group took hundreds of hostages during a 2013 attack on an Algerian natural gas facilityFour-day standoff ended when Algeria's army attacked the militants, killing dozens of innocentsAudio recordings obtained by a Japanese newspaper indicate the Algerian special forces were aware they were targeting cars carrying hostagesIn one audio intercept, a terrorist complains that 'the army has violated the pledge ... [and] struck the vehicles carrying the hostages and our friends'Initial reports had suggested that the terrorists may have killed their hostages as their master plan fell apart in a hail of gunfire 
 Question:Overall, 685 _ workers and 107 foreigners were set free.

Answer: Algeria


Question: (CNN) It was another day of violent protests in Venezuela's capital of Caracas, where a convoy of armored trucks, or "rinocerontes," inched forward on a major highway as smoke drifted overhead. Opposition leaders had planned "the mother of all marches" to mark a holiday commemorating the country's independence from Spain. At least three people were shot and killed, and the streets were littered with debris and blood. Then a woman stepped out of the smoke and in front of one of the hulking National Guard trucks, stopping them in their tracks. And amidst the chaos came a lasting moment.Unknown woman stands down armored vehicle amid protests on the streets of CaracasImage is reminiscent of the man who stood before a row of tanks in 1989 in China's Tiananmen Square 
 Question:_ has been rocked by anti-government protests in recent months amid rising unemployment and food shortages.

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Caracas