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[Q]: Sudan has withdrawn its soldiers from Abyei, a disputed border region also claimed by South Sudan, but has left police officers, the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Wednesday. "The mission has confirmed the full withdrawal of the SAF from Abyei area yesterday," said Josephine Guerrero, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York, referring to the Sudan Armed Forces. "Armed police forces are still in the area." South Sudan's army spokesman, Philip Aguer, said he is "skeptical" that Sudan has truly pulled troops out. He said he had received reports that the Sudan Armed Forces left two platoons of soldiers dressed in police uniforms in Abyei town, and that two battalions remain about 40 miles away in Diffra, which is the only oil field inside the disputed territory.The U.N. has called for Sudan and South Sudan to withdraw forces from AbyeiA South Sudan army spokesman questions whether Sudan has truly pulled its forces outMany people remain displaced in the disputed border regionSudan and South Sudan have returned to peace talks 
 Question:But the new nation depends on pipelines and processing facilities that remain in _.
[A]: Sudan


[Q]: Washington (CNN) As the Senate prepares to vote this week on Neil Gorsuch's nomination, it's unclear yet whether Republicans will have enough votes to end an expected Democratic filibuster. Republicans, who have a 52-48 majority, need a total of eight Democrats to get to 60 -- the critical number required to end the filibuster. If they don't reach 60, they can still get around that filibuster, but it would require taking a highly controversial step to change the Senate rules, a move also known as the nuclear option. RELATED: Here's where Republicans stand on the nuclear option Republicans already have three Democrats who will vote with them to end the filibuster, so they need five more of the remaining eight undecided Democrats -- as of Sunday -- to do the same and reach that 60 number.Republicans need at least give more Democrats to help them confirm Neil Gorsuch under current rulesThe GOP has three Dems, but they've only got nine undecideds left to choose from as of Sunday 
 Question:Here's a look at the nine undecided _ and what they've said recently about Gorsuch:.
[A]: Democratic


[Q]: New rail routes and improved lines using 140mph trains to slash key journey times by up to 40 minutes are unveiled today as part of the Chancellor’s multi-billion pound plan to ‘revolutionise travel in the North’. Journey times between Leeds and Newcastle could be cut to 50 minutes - compared to a best time now nearly an hour and half ( 87 minutes currently) for cost of between £8.5bn and £14.0bn, says a new report to be published in Liverpool by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. The 140mph trains could reduce the Liverpool to Manchester journey times to around 20 minutes – but cost as much as £13billion.New rail routes are announced in plan to ‘revolutionise travel in the North’Journey times between Leeds and Newcastle could be cut to 50 minutes140mph trains could reduce Liverpool to Manchester times to 20 minutesThe multi-billion pound plan also includes major upgrades on current lines 
 Question:But sceptical rail unions dismissed the Government’ ideas to boost transport in the _ as: ‘yet more pie-in-the-sky nonsense’.
[A]:
North


