In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

Q: ロシアの通信社であるイタル・タス通信が、「最近の肖像画が朝鮮の公共の場での展示から外された」と報じてからまだ数日のことでした。

A: It was only days after the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported that portraits of Kim Jong Il have recently been removed from public display in North Korea.
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Q: 李は続けて、「それは、台湾の人々が国との一体感を強め、自決権を擁護する強い意志を表明した新しい出発点だった」と言った。

A: Lee continued, "It was a new starting point for consolidating people's identification with Taiwan and declaring the Taiwanese people's strong will to defend their right of self-determination."
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Q: オレゴン州立大学(OSU)の動物研究者は、デュボアにある米国農務省(USDA)のアイダホ州を基点とするSheepExperimentStationと共に、繁殖用に購入される何頭かのラムがなぜメスに関心を示さないか結論が欲しいと畜産家が政府に要請した後1995年に始まったOSU-USDA研究についての報告書を公表した。

A:
Oregon State University (OSU) animal researchers in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Dubois, Idaho-based Sheep Experiment Station released a report on an OSU-USDA study which was initiated in 1995 after breeders asked the government to determine why some rams bought as breeding studs showed no interest in females.
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