Consider the following pairs: Regions Often in News Reason for Being Mentioned in News1. North Kivu and Ituri War between Armenia and Azerbai- jan2. Nagorno-Karabakh Insurgency in Mozambique3. Kherson and Zapor- izhzhia Dispute between Israel and LebanonHow many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
✓ Correct answer: d) None
ExplanationPair 1 is incorrectly matched : North Kivu and Ituri are located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.In these two provinces a “State of Siege” was declared in response to escalating violence.Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Nagorno-Karabakh is a land- locked, mountainous region at the heart of a long-standing conflict between Azerbaijan and its predominantly Armenian population, which is backed by neighboring Armenia.Although internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, the region re- mains a source of ongoing dispute.Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Russia has disclosed voting re- sults indicating significant backing from four Ukrainian provinc- es— Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson to unite with Russia.13
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