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) -- A federal court on Monday sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison for acts related to high-seas piracy, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Today marks the first sentencing in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney MacBride said in the statement. "Piracy is a growing threat throughout the world, and today's sentence ... demonstrates that the United States will hold modern-day pirates accountable in U.S. courtrooms." Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty in federal court in August, admitting he had intended to seize a U.S. merchant vessel on April 10 and hold it for ransom.NEW: A Somali man is sentenced to 30 years in prison in high-seas piracy attemptJama Idle Ibrahim is one of a group of would-be pirates who were capturedHe has admitted to trying to seize a U.S. merchant vessel and hold it for ransomUntil this year, the last piracy-related conviction in the United States was in 1861 
 Question:Ibrahim and five other would-be pirates learned too late that they had instead pulled alongside a _.

Answer: U.S.


Question: Pakistan has shut down Save the Children's headquarters in Islamabad and given aid agency 15 days to leave the country after accusing it of spying. Police locked the gate of the charity's office in the capital last night, demanded employees leave and put up a notice saying the building was sealed. Acting on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior, officials added that the government wanted all foreign nationals working with the charity to leave Pakistan within 15 days. It was not immediately clear how many foreigners were currently working with Save the Children in Pakistan. The charity, which has been in Pakistan for over 35 years, has had run-ins with the government since 2011, when it was linked to Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor recruited by the CIA to help in the hunt that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.Police arrived at charity headquarters last night and told all staff to leaveOfficers then locked the gate of the office and sealed off the premisesAllegedly acting on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior, the officials then told foreign workers they must all leave the country within 15 daysSave the Children has been add odds with Pakistani politicians since 2011Charity was said to have been linked to a Pakistani doctor recruited by the CIA in the hunt to find Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Abbottabad 
 Question:An official at the charity said several staff members had been denied visas since 2012, and aid supplies had been blocked by _ authorities.

Answer: Pakistan


Question: Gareth Batty took a hat-trick as Surrey clinched promotion from LV= County Championship Division Two by beating Derbyshire by an innings and 98 runs at the Kia Oval. Batty, the 37-year-old Surrey captain, finished the game in style by dismissing Tony Palladino, Mark Footitt and number 11 Ben Cotton in his 17th over to claim figures of six for 51. Palladino was caught at the wicket for two and Batty then bowled both Footitt and Cotton as Derbyshire we all out for 149 in the second innings. Sam and Tom Curran began Derbyshire's slide by each taking a wicket with the new ball as openers Billy Godleman and Ben Slater both fell for ducks.Gareth Batty cleans up in style as Surrey thrash DerbyshireThe win sends Surrey top of Division two, and guarantees them promotionSam and Tom Curran also starred with the ball in innings victoryKevin Pietersen started the season with the county but no longer playing 
 Question:An on-driven four by Madsen off _ and another boundary punched between mid-on and mid-wicket later in the over settled Derbyshire though, and he and Durston went on to build a determined fourth wicket stand.

Answer:
Tom Curran