Explanation
- A
Only one pair
Only one pair. Two of the three news-rows hold.
- B
Only two pairs
Only two pairs. Argentina’s crisis and Sudan’s war match; Turkey did not leave NATO.
- C
All three pairs
All three. Turkey remaining in NATO makes pair 3 false.
- D
None of the pairs
None. Two pairs are correctly matched.
Summary. Official key is (b) only two. Argentina’s economic crisis and Sudan’s war between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces were in the news. Turkey did not rescind NATO membership — pair 3 is false. So two pairs match.
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