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].

Q: Don McLean is selling the original manuscript and lyrics to pop anthem American Pie, including a 'lost verse', which included a line about the music being 'reborn'. The singer-songwriter's 16-page collection is expected to fetch up to $1.5million (£1,006,303) at auction today, which offers tantalising new details about the famous anthem, originally released in 1971. In an interview published by Christie's auction house New York, where the manuscript is up for grabs today, McLean says American Pie is about 'heading in the wrong direction'. Scroll down for video Original song: Christie's curator Tom Lecky holds the 16-page notes and manuscript for singer Don McLean's American Pie at Christie's auction house in New YorkOriginal lyrics to U.S. pop anthem American Pie up for auction todayNotes on Don McLean's 60s hit expected to fetch up to $1.5millionThe 16-pages also includes deleted verse about music being 'reborn'. 
 Question:_'s New York is estimating that  the American Pie manuscript will sell for $1million to $1.5million.

A: Christie
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Q: (CNN) The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn. Statements like this played to the worst fears in Seoul and Tokyo that the United States might no longer be a committed ally. It is now Mattis' job to reassure them of US commitments and return the trajectory of alliance relations back to pre-2016 presidential campaign rhetoric.Jeffrey Hornung: Japan, South Korea were shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigningWashington's alliances with Seoul and Tokyo will be critical in managing challenges posed by China and North Korea, he says 
 Question:Given the severity of the _ threat, it is crucial they hammer out any possible differences that may have arisen since Trump became president.

A: North Korea
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Q: Jerusalem (CNN) -- "Lift the siege." "Stop the rockets." The dialogue of the deaf continues after nearly three weeks of conflict and well over 700 deaths. Hamas has rejected one Egyptian proposal to silence the guns. It wants assurances that any deal includes an end to the blockade that has wrecked Gaza's economy and impoverished its people. No, says Israel: stop firing rockets and then we'll talk about it. Hamas is a resilient organization. Fighters of its military wing have put up stiff resistance to the Israeli ground incursion. But it has few friends in the Arab world, and the Arab street has not risen in solidarity. And this time, Israeli leaders are publicly and persistently demanding what they call the 'demilitarization' of Gaza as the price for peace - so that Israel is spared another barrage of rockets like those that fell on its soil in 2008 and 2012 - and are again now.The Gaza conflict has lasted almost three weeks with over 700 deathsIsraeli leaders are demanding the 'demilitarization' of GazaKhaled Mashal -- leader of Hamas political wing -- is against thisIs there a halfway house providing Israel with security guarantees? 
 Question:_ is aware that above all the people of Gaza are gasping for the chance to breathe a more normal life.

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Hamas
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