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Consider the following pairs:
Regions often mentioned in news | Reason for being in news
1. North Kivu and Ituri | War between Armenia and Azerbaijan
2. Nagorno-Karabakh | Insurgency in Mozambique
3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia | Dispute between Israel and Lebanon

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

AOnly one
BOnly two
CAll three
DNone
Correct Answer — D

Explanation

All three pairs are mismatched. North Kivu and Ituri are eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hit by insurgent violence — not linked to Armenia-Azerbaijan at all.

Nagorno-Karabakh is actually the disputed mountainous region between Armenia and Azerbaijan — not connected to any insurgency in Mozambique.

Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are Ukrainian regions that Russia claimed to annex in 2022 during the Russia-Ukraine war — they have nothing to do with any Israel-Lebanon dispute.

Each pairing swaps the real context for an unrelated conflict, so the correct answer is Option D — None.

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