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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Question: (CNN) Russia, of late, has been demonstrating not only increased confidence in its own abilities and capabilities, but also a sense of urgency in being as well prepared as possible for open conflict. Russia's ramping up of hostile actions reflects not so much a disregard for its international reputation, as some commentators have suggested, as an urgent concern in Moscow at the prospect of impending conflict with the West. Each week brings startling new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agenda. Opinions differ on the underlying objectives, but it is almost always a mistake to look for a single reason for Russian actions.Keir Giles: Each week brings new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agendaRussia sees that it is already in conflict with the West in every domain except direct and deliberate military clashes, he says 
 Question:The move to overt, even blatant, intelligence gathering and probing for vulnerabilities has led to the activities of _ hackers, spies, submarines and satellites that previously were conducted in deep secrecy now being commonly reported in open media.

Answer: Russia


Question: (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."

Answer: United States


Question: Police were led to the site where Stephanie Scott's remains were found by the family of her accused killer, it has been revealed. Detectives were pointed to Cocoparra National Park north of Griffith, NSW by the mother and brother of Vincent Standford - who has been charged with Ms Scott's murder. Standford, 24, was familiar to the area and had camped and travelled through the park on many occasions, News Corp reported. Police discovered the burnt remains of a woman's body - who they believe is Ms Scott, 26, - in bushland late around 5pm on Friday afternoon, the night before the Leeton school teacher was due to get married.Police discovered the body of a female at a national park on FridayIt is believed to be the remains of teacher Stephanie Scott, 26The body had been burnt and a gasoline can was found nearbyVincent Stanford, a cleaner at her school, has been charged with murderStanford's family led police to Cocoparra National Park north of GriffithForensic testing will be carried out on the remains of the bodyMs Scott was due to marry her partner Aaron Leeson-Woolley on Saturday 
 Question:_ was comforted by friends and family at the heartbreaking service at the weekend.

Answer:
Aaron Leeson-Woolley


