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: (CNN) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took to live television early Monday to announce the start of an operation to recapture the city of Falluja from ISIS. Speaking on Iraqi state TV from the military's Joint Operations Command in Baghdad, Abadi said Iraqi security forces would provide safe passage for civilians to leave the city during the operation. Abadi's overnight announcement came hours after Iraq's military implored residents of ISIS-held Falluja to flee their homes ahead of the operation to wrest the metropolis from the terror group. "I am calling for citizens who are inside Falluja to leave their areas and head towards safe corridors," military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasoul said on Iraqi TV. "In the coming few days, the operations to liberate Falluja will be launched."Iraq's military tells Falluja residents to flee the city before anti-ISIS operation launchesISIS took control of the metropolis in January 2014 
 Question:_ planes have dropped thousands of leaflets -- safe passage cards -- on Falluja, according to a statement from Iraq's Joint Operations Command.

Answer: Iraqi


Question: (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.

Answer: Oscar Pistorius


Question: Diyarbakir, Turkey (CNN) -- The empty anchorman's chair in the small television studio said it all. Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkey's most charismatic broadcaster, writer and political commentator had passed away. Birand was in his 70s. He had been battling cancer for years. But news of his death after undergoing gallbladder surgery in hospital still came as a shock. On Thursday night, a hush settled over a bustling restaurant in Diyarbakir when a waiter turned the TV up to hear the sad announcement. Only two days before, Birand had been broadcasting from behind that same desk. His eyes sparkled. He smiled as he spoke. He always performed in front of the camera with such energy. It looked like he was popping out of his chair.Respected Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand dies after operationDuring Turkey's recent history he often angered national leaders"We don't have enough freedom in criticizing" powerbrokers, he said in 2010His last published work included a plea for calm at a Kurdish demonstration 
 Question:But _ was so charming, elegant and vibrant, it's not fair to compare the veteran journalist to anyone else.

Answer:
Mehmet Ali Birand