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]: (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 _.
[A]: U.S.


[Q]: Controversial television presenter Jeremy Kyle says his 13-year marriage to his model wife ended after the pair 'grew apart'. It was revealed yesterday that the talk show host and his wife Carla Germaine had called time on their relationship. The pair are said to have separated amicably and Kyle, 50, says he and Ms Germaine, 40, have been living apart since the summer. 'After 13 years of a generally happy marriage my wife and I, Carla, have separated amicably,' the ITV star told The Sun. 'We have sadly grown apart over recent years and been living apart since earlier this ­summer.'Kyle married Carla Germaine in 2002 and they have three children togetherPair separated amicably and have been living apart since the summerTalk show host says he and second wife Carla have 'sadly grown apart'They met when model Carla took part in a competition at radio station where Kyle worked 
 Question:However, three months later the marriage was over and she began dating _.
[A]: Jeremy Kyle


[Q]: Washington (CNN) China has agreed to return the US underwater drone that it seized in international waters earlier this week, the Pentagon said Saturday. "We have registered our objection to China's unlawful seizure of a US unmanned underwater vehicle operating in international waters in the South China Sea. Through direct engagement with Chinese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will return the UUV to the United States," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement. Details were not immediately available on when or how the drone may be returned. Earlier, China's Defense Ministry said authorities had decided to return it, but criticized the US for having "hyped up" the issue. President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the incident, calling China's action "unprecedented."China said the US had "hyped up" the issueTrump called China's action "unprecedented" 
 Question:"Upon confirming that the device was a US underwater drone, the Chinese side decided to transfer it to the US side in an appropriate manner," Chinese _ spokesman Sr. Col. Yang Yujun said.
[A]:
Defense Ministry