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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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The family of schoolgirl Alice Gross have demanded to know how her murderer got into Britain despite killing his wife in his native Latvia. The 14-year-old went missing in August last year and her body was discovered the following month in the Grand Union Canal in Ealing, west London. Her killer Arnis Zalkalns, 41, had been named as a suspect in her disappearance but his body was later found hanging in a woodland nearby. Police later confirmed that the Latvian builder, who had come to the UK in 2007, was responsible, and the CPS announced that he would have been charged with murder if alive.Alice went missing last year and body later found in canal in west LondonThe man suspected of killing her was found hanging in woodland nearbyArnis Zalkalns had been jailed in native Latvia for 7 years for killing his wifeCame to UK in 2007 and in 2009 was arrested on suspicion of sex asault 
 Question:Mr Thacker told the court, that _'s nationality was not the issue here and that Alice's family 'just want answers'.
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Arnis Zalkalns


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Washington (CNN) -- A federal budget compromise that already passed the House cleared a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday in the Senate, increasing the likelihood it will win final Congressional approval this week. President Barack Obama has signaled his support for the plan worked out by the budget committee leaders in each chamber that would guide government spending into 2015 to defuse the chances of another shutdown such as the one that took place in October. Tuesday's vote overcame a Republican filibuster attempt that required 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to proceed on the budget measure. The count was 67-33, with a dozen Republicans joining the 55 Democrats and independents in support of the plan.NEW: A new poll shows public support for the budget deal12 Republicans join Democrats in overcoming a filibuster attemptBill aims to avert another government shutdown as early as mid-JanuaryThe House already passed the compromise budget plan 
 Question:Some Senate _ said before Tuesday's vote that the most important thing for now was to lower the budget deficit, even if only by a small percentage, and prevent further government shutdowns like the 16-day stoppage in October that proved politically damaging to the GOP.
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Republicans


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Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- New clashes erupted in eastern Ukraine as the divided country prepared for presidential elections this weekend, raising the question of whether pro-Russian forces sought to disrupt the vote in a move that the United States and its European allies say would trigger tougher sanctions on Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that his government would respect the will of the Ukrainian people in Sunday's vote, but added Russia would closely monitor events. In a speech to an international economic forum in Saint Petersburg, Putin also warned of a "dangerous civil war" underway in Ukraine following what he called a "state coup" carried out "with support of the West, the United States" that ousted the country's pro-Russian leader earlier this year.NEW: Pentagon official says small number of Russian troops pulling back from borderClashes reported in eastern Ukraine as election approachesRussia's President warns of civil war in Ukraine; says he will respect voters' willSeparatists and pro-Ukrainian militants clash near town of Karlivka 
 Question:So far, U.S. and _ sanctions have targeted individuals and some banks and other entities.
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European