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: (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader took verbal jabs at the United States Saturday in his first public reaction since the United States accused Iran of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labeled the allegations "meaningless and absurd." "They (the U.S.) want to isolate Iran," Khamenei said over chants of "down with America" in a speech before thousands in the western Iranian city of Gilangharb. Also, an Iranian official said claims by the United States that a high-level U.S. diplomat had met Wednesday with an Iranian counterpart over the plot were untrue. "There were no kinds of negotiations between the two countries, and there was not such a contact," said Alireza Miryousefi, press secretary for the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.NEW: Scholar says plot does not fit Quds Force "M.O."Ayatollah Khamenei calls the U.S. allegations "absurd"Iranian diplomat: U.S. claims of a meeting with Iran are not trueThe U.S. alleges Iran was involved in a plot to kill a Saudi official in the United States 
 Question:"Doing so on _ soil is unmistakably an attack on the United States, not on Saudi Arabia."

A: United States
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Q: Stoke City appear to have bought astutely once again in the transfer market, strengthening in various areas and adding quality too. The departures of Steven N’Zonzi and Asmir Begovic are highly significant, but manager Mark Hughes has recruited in both positions and brought in players who can increase creativity and goals. They open their campaign at home to Liverpool, who were demolished 6-1 in the final game of last season, and the team is likely to have a number of alterations. Here, Sportsmail picks a likely XI for the duration of the season should all Hughes’s men be fit. Hughes set his team out in a clear system last year even while switching personnel depending on opponent and form. The front four, for example, was a carousel of names. It should be the same formation this campaign.Losing Asmir Begovic and Steven N'Zonzi this summer was a big blowBut Mark Hughes has responded impressively once again this summerStoke ended last season by battering Liverpool at the Britannia StadiumSo who is likely to line up for Hughes' side in this season's opener?Premier League news: CLICK HERE for all the latest from the EPL 
 Question:Butland has only made six _ appearances since signing in January 2013 but is finally in pole position despite the arrival of Shay Given, 39, from Aston Villa.

A: Stoke City
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Q: A prosecutor says a child who had been missing from Alabama and turned up 13 years later in Cleveland, Ohio was found in part because of red flags raised when he tried to apply for college. District Attorney Brandon Falls in Jefferson County, Alabama, told local news outlets that Julian Hernandez went to his school counselor for help when colleges kept having troubles matching his social security number to his name. Falls says the counselor then ran a search and realized Hernandez was listed as missing by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Authorities say Hernandez was 5 when his mother reported him missing. He is now 18. Falls says it's unlikely he knew he was listed as missing.Julian Hernandez was five when he was reported missing by his mother in Birmingham, Alabama, in August 2002Police suspected his father, Bobby Hernandez, who did not have custody of his son, as he had also disappearedNow 18, Julian discovered he was a missing person when he started applying to college and ran into issues with his social security numberBobby Hernandez has been arrested and faces felony charges; he was living in Cleveland, Ohio under the alias of 'Jonathan Mangina'Julian's mother is reportedly ecstatic to find her son, however it will be up to Julian whether he wants to be reunited since he is a legal adult 
 Question:Julian's mother, who was separated from _, reported him missing on August 28, 2002.

A:
Julian Hernandez
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