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: We're not bluffing, the Obama administration told Afghanistan on Tuesday in announcing for the first time it has started planning for the possible withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of the year if no security agreement is signed. Statements by the White House and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel showed President Barack Obama's impatience with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign the agreement that would keep several thousand American troops in the country after combat operations conclude this year. In a phone call with Karzai on Tuesday to discuss upcoming elections for a new Afghan leader, Obama made clear that time was running out to properly plan for keeping any U.S. forces in the country beyond 2014, the White House said.President Obama calls Afghan leader to discuss security agreementObama orders planning for bringing home all U.S. troops at the end of 2014Afghan President Karzai refuses to sign a deal to keep some troops thereThe White House says an agreement could happen after Karzai leaves office in April 
 Question:Obama, he said, has been very clear that the possibility of U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan depends "on whether we have a bilateral security agreement signed by the Afghani government, to assure our rights of our troops and other important elements that are required any time _ has troops in another country."

A: U.S.
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Q: While conventional cancer treatment involves chemotherapy and radiation, one Queensland woman says she is 100 per cent in the clear after choosing a more natural, drug-free route. Sunshine Coast mother-of-three, Corissa Macklin-Rice, 43, told Daily Mail Australia she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage three breast cancer in December 2013 which had spread into her lymph nodes. But after undergoing a double mastectomy to remove the tumours, the animal rights activist and former hairdresser decided to fight the rest of her battle using less conventional and 'natural' healing methods. 'After the surgery I was told I had a 24 per cent chance of survival if I didn't do any of the chemotherapy or radiation or hormone follow-up treatments - they ridiculed me and said if I left it too long I would die and they couldn't do anything to help me,' Ms Macklin-Rice told Daily Mail Australia.Ms Macklin-Rice was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in 2013She had a double mastectomy to remove the cancerous lumps in her chestInstead of chemotherapy or radiation she decided on a drug-free planShe began eating vegan and would drink 13 juices a day and lots of fruitShe would also do five 45 minute long coffee enemas per dayUsed illegal 'black salve' ointment that draws cancerous tumours outThe controversial corrosive salve burns through layers of skinThe 43-year-old says she's 100 per cent cancer free and happier than everDr Sue Ieraci said there's 'no evidence to back up' Macklin-Rice's beliefsDo you have a story? Email FemailAU@mailonline.com 
 Question:Ms Macklin-_ said she tried to ignore the criticism she receives online from those sceptical of her methods.

A: Rice
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Q: A British woman told today of her horror at finding her two best friends shot dead on a sofa at a villa in Spain. Peter Tarsey and his wife, Jean, both 77, were found covered in a green raincoat, each killed with a single bullet in a double murder of 'terrible cruelty'. The friend, Ann, said she had gone to the house on Sunday afternoon with another friend because she was concerned at not being able to reach the couple on the phone. The expat, who had been friends with the couple for 25 years, said: 'I knew something was wrong as soon as we got there. What we found was like something out of your worst nightmare.Peter Tarsey and his wife, Jean, both 77, each killed with single bulletFriends went to their villa after being unable to reach them on phoneThey found them in each other's arms 'like he was protecting his wife'British expat friend: 'It was like something out of your worst nightmare' 
 Question:_, who asked for her surname not to be published, said she 'can't imagine' who would want to kill them, adding: 'They were such a lovely, friendly couple who would do no harm to anyone.'

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Ann
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