Question: Context: Argentina remains one of 17 countries still banning British cattle for breeding because of the outbreak of mad cow disease in 1980s.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Refusal of Argentina to buy cattle created new tensions between the two countries.

Question: Context: A report by the AfricanElephant Specialist Group, which is responsible for monitoring the conservation of the elephants,concludes that elephant poaching has increased despite the 1989 international ban on ivory trading

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Answer: Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.

Question: Context: Following the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, in exchange for peace with its neighbor. For over two decades, the Sinai Peninsula was home to about 7,000 Israelis.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement was signed in 1979.

Question: Context: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai were among foreign dignitaries flying in for Endon's funeral later Thursday. Thousands of people filed past Endon's body, which lay in state wrapped in white linen on a table while Muslim clerics recited verses from the Quran.

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Hypothesis: Lee Hsien Loong is friends with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.