Question: Context: Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who stunned Germans with admission that he used illegal bank accounts to funnel secret money to Christian Democratic party, invokes personal honor in refusing to disclose names of people who gave more than $1 million between 1993 and 1998; scandal threatens to shred Kohl's place in history for reunifying Germany and leading Europe toward common currency.

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Answer: Hypothesis: The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.

Question: Context: China's announcement of a rival Panchen Lama to the boy already recognized by the Dalai Lama are indications that its Communist regime is desperate in using any means possible to strengthen control over Tibet and Tibetan affairs.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation.

Question: Context: Although most Palestinians crossed into Egypt in order to shop and see relatives, Palestinian officials say that the recent border chaos enabled smugglers to bring drugs and weapons into Gaza.

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Answer: Hypothesis: Egyptian and Palestinian border guards failed repeatedly in efforts to end the chaos and to close the border.

Question: Context: Budapest again became the focus of national political drama in the late 1980s, when Hungary led the reform movement in eastern Europe that broke the communist monopoly on political power and ushered in the possibility of multiparty politics.

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Hypothesis: In the late 1980s Budapest became the center of the reform movement.